1.30: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.10: PIED PIPER – EW – (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.50: FAVORI DU CHAMPDOU – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.30: GALLOPIN DES CHAMPS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: CHRISS DREAM – EW – (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN (5)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.50: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 5.30: NO ORDINARY JOE – EW – (LUCA… Read More Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 4
1.30: MIGHTY POTTER (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: GOOD TIME JONNY – EW – (LIAM MCKENNA (5)/TONY MARTIN) 2.50: JANIDIL – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.30: BLAZING KHAL (PHILIP BYRNES (5)/CHARLES BYRNES) 4.10: HAUT EN COULEURS – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: FOXY GIRL – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: DUNBOYNE… Read More Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 3
Less than 24 hours before the commencement of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, this corner had no problem admitting that, in some ways, not a sh** was given about the action at Prestbury Park. Mitigating such misgivings, though, was the hope that the sound of the Cheltenham roar at the start of the first race would… Read More The foreseen, the unexpected and the downright emotional
1.30: GOOD LAND (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (3)/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: THE REAL WHACKER – EW – (SAM TWISTON-DAVIES/PADDY NEVILLE) 2.50: HMS SEAHORSE – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 3.30: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: GALVIN (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.50: EPSON DU HOUX – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: BETTER DAYS AHEAD – EW – (JAMIE… Read More Selections for Cheltenham 2023 – Day 2
1.30: MARINE NATIONALE (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN/BARRY CONNELL) 2.10: EL FABIOLO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: THE BIG BREAKAWAY – EW – (BRENDAN POWELL/JOE TIZZARD) 3.30: VAUBAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.10: BRANDY LOVE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: BAD – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/BEN PAULING) 5.30: MISTER COFFEY – EW – (DEREK O’CONNOR/NICKY HENDERSON)
Jack Kennedy has emerged as a serious doubt for this year’s Cheltenham Festival having sustained a significant leg injury following a fall from Top Bandit in a novice chase at Naas on Sunday. Gordon Elliott trains Top Bandit and he said the jockey faces being sidelined for the “Foreseeable future” owing to what is by… Read More Kennedy a major Festival doubt
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2.10: MAGICAL ZOE (CONOR BRASSIL (2)*/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.45: RED STRIKER – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFE/ANDY MCNAMARA) 3.20: MARY MEEHAN (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: ELUSIVE SEA (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: RAMBRANITJAC – W/O FAV – (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.05: FILON DOUDARIES (MARK WALSH/SHANE BRODERICK) 5.35: LESSOFDNEGATIVITY – EW – (PADDY O’HANLON (5)/ANDY MCNAMARA)
5.10: HMS SEAHORSE (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAUL NOLAN) 5.40: PUNTERS POET – EW – (BRYAN COOPER/MATTHEW SMITH) 6.10: TIVERTON (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 6.40: WINTERWATCH – EW – (AINE O’CONNOR (5)/HARRY FRY, IN GB) 7.15: DAIRERIN (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 7.50: WAR CORRESPONDENT – EW – (BILLY LEE/RAY CODY) 8.20: THISSONGISFORYOU (DEREK O’CONNOR/EMMET MULLINS)