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Keep on top of the latest Cheltenham Festival News as it happens. The build up to the Cheltenham Festival started as soon as the last Festival drew to a close.

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Cheltenham Gold Cup: Glory for Galopin des Champs

Published by Timeform on 17 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Galopin Des Champs and Paul Townend powered clear of Bravemansgame to justify favouritism and land the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup, giving Willie Mullins chasing’s blue riband for a third time in five years.

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Mullins reflects on Galopin des Champs' Gold Cup victory

Published by Timeform on 17 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Willie Mullins might have won just about everything this great sport has to offer – but the most successful trainer in Festival history admitted to feeling a level of pressure he has never previously experienced ahead of Galopin Des Champs’ victory in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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Cheltenham Festival: Reports for day four

Published by Timeform on 17 Mar 2023
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St Patrick’s Day got off to a raucous start for the legions of Irish racing fans at Cheltenham as Lossiemouth easily justified favouritism in the JCB Triumph Hurdle.

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Cheltenham Gold Cup: Trainer quotes

Published by Timeform on 16 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Willie Mullins is confident Galopin Des Champs is becoming “the complete package” ahead of his bid for glory in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

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Triumph Hurdle: What they say

Published by Timeform on 16 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Gala Marceau looks to confirm Dublin Racing Festival Form over Lossiemouth as Willie Mullins holds an enviable hand in the JCB Triumph Hurdle.

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Stayers' Hurdle: Shock 33/1 success for Sire du Berlais

Published by Timeform on 16 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Sire Du Berlais ground down Dashel Drasher late on in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle as the big-race outsiders fought out a thrilling finish to the Cheltenham Festival’s day three feature.

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Cheltenham Festival: Reports for day three

Published by Timeform on 16 Mar 2023
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Stage Star jumped his rivals into submission in the Turners Novices’ Chase to end Paul Nicholls’ three-year drought at the Cheltenham Festival.

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Stayers' Hurdle: Trainer quotes

Published by Timeform on 15 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Blazing Khal faces his toughest task yet at Cheltenham on Thursday when he attempts to extend his five-race winning streak in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle.

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Ryanair Chase: Trainer quotes

Published by Timeform on 15 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Shishkin “will have to earn” a third Cheltenham Festival success in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on Thursday.

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Champion Chase: Dominant Energumene defends his crown

Published by Timeform on 15 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Energumene defended his Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase crown in imperious style at Cheltenham – routing the opposition to become the first back-to-back winner of the day two feature since Altior in 2018 and 2019.

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Champion Chase: Trainer quotes

Published by Timeform on 15 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Energumene has something to prove when he returns to Cheltenham to defend his Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase crown on Wednesday.

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Brown Advisory Novices' Chase: View from connections

Published by Timeform on 14 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Johnson White has been Philip Hobbs’ right-hand man for nearly three decades and he will join the Somerset handler on the training licence for the first time when Thyme Hill lines up in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

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Ballymore Novices' Hurdle: What they say

Published by Timeform on 14 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Impaire Et Passe will lead a four-strong team for Willie Mullins into battle in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

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Cheltenham Festival: Reports for day one

Published by Timeform on 14 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Michael O’Sullivan produced an ice-cool ride aboard Marine Nationale to register a famous victory for trainer Barry Connell in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

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Cheltenham Festival: Day 3 runners and riders

Published by Timeform on 14 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Gavin Cromwell’s Flooring Porter will face 10 rivals as he bids to win the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday for the third time.

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Mares' Hurdle: Quotes from connections

Published by Timeform on 13 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

There will surely be no more popular winner at this year’s Cheltenham Festival than Honeysuckle if she can go out in a blaze of glory in Tuesday’s Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle.

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Sporting Life Arkle: What they say

Published by Timeform on 13 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Jonbon gets the chance to emulate his brother Douvan and land the Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy when he takes on El Fabiolo in a powerhouse clash on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

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Supreme Novices' Hurdle: Trainer quotes

Published by Timeform on 13 Mar 2023
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Barry Connell is quietly confident Marine Nationale can land the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the opening race of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday.

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Mullins trio among Triumph Hurdle confirmations

Published by Timeform on 11 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Willie Mullins appears to have a stranglehold on the JCB Triumph Hurdle with the first three in the ante-post betting among 17 confirmations for the day four opener at the Cheltenham Festival.

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Marie's Rock camp still weighing up options

Published by Timeform on 9 Mar 2023
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Connections of Marie’s Rock are still no nearer to determining whether she will defend her Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle or instead attempt to land the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham next week.

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County Hurdle target for Aucunrisque

Published by Timeform on 9 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Chris Gordon’s Aucunrisque will run in the McCoy Contractors County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in preference to the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase.

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Henderson makes two new entries in Mares' Hurdle

Published by Timeform on 8 Mar 2023
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Nicky Henderson has supplemented Epatante and Theatre Glory to take on Honeysuckle in a fascinating renewal of the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

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WATCH: Cheltenham Festival Stable Tours

Published by Timeform on 4 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Get insight from Willie Mullins, Paul Nicholls, Dan Skelton, Nicky Henderson and Gordon Elliott ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.

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Willie Mullins' Cheltenham runners: Horse-by-horse guide

Published by Timeform on 1 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Sporting Life ambassador Willie Mullins is the winningmost trainer in Cheltenham Festival history with 88 victories and has a host of leading fancies this year. Here's his horse-by-horse guide to his team for 2023.

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Patrick Mullins pondering Champion Bumper options

Published by Timeform on 1 Mar 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Patrick Mullins believes It’s For Me is a worthy favourite for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper – but admits he faces a tough choice to pick between all his father’s contenders.

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Constitution Hill shines in Kempton spin

Published by Timeform on 28 Feb 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Nicky Henderson has hinted that his running plans are in place ahead of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, as the six-time Champion Trainer galloped some of his key stars at Kempton Park this morning.

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Connell happy with his star novices

Published by Timeform on 23 Feb 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Barry Connell has seen his yellow and blue silks carried to Cheltenham Festival glory before but should either Marine Nationale or Good Land win in the Cotswolds next month it will be extra special.

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Gold Tweet to be added to Stayers' Hurdle field

Published by Timeform on 9 Feb 2023
Posted in: Cheltenham Festival News

Gold Tweet is on course for a tilt at the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle, with trainer Gabriel Leenders confirming he intends to supplement his Cleeve Hurdle winner for the Cheltenham Festival contest.

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For a successful Cheltenham Festival as a punter, you need to be on top of the latest Cheltenham Festival news as it happens. We’ll be covering the horses, riders, raiders and trainers that you need to know about ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. Watch this space to make sure you’re on top of all the key information before the Festival begins.

Whether you’re at the races, at work, or watching Cheltenham Festival on TV, we’ll keep you up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes. We’ll start to cover the latest Cheltenham Festival news well before it is even on the horizon – with some of our first articles coming as early as October 2020.

Keep a close eye on horses as they follow the path to Cheltenham, entering key meetings and performing (or underperforming) as the Festival draws closer. We’ll keep you up to date on the entries for all the races. In the build-up to the Festival, we’ll also be bringing you updates on the entries for the races and news on the horses straight from the top stables such as Willie Mullins , Nicky Henderson , Paul Nicholls , Colin Tizzard , Gordon Elliott and many others.

What’s the weather looking like and what sort of effect will that have on the racing? What is the going expected to be for the Festival? What is the actual going on the day? Which horses does the favour? Get the latest non-runners – and find out if we feel that might change the face of the race. Keep on top of the market movers – who’s drifting to good value odds? Which unlikely backmarker is shortening to be one of the favourites? Plus, over on our tips section , we’ll keep you up to date with the latest tips – where we think you should be putting your money. We’ll also be providing fast Cheltenham results – with on the post results, followed later by more in depth results that includes the starting price.

If you’re looking for Champion Hurdle News, Champion Chase News, Stayers Hurdle News, Gold Cup News, you’re in the right place. For general horse racing news, make sure you visit the Timeform Horse Racing website where you’ll find the best guide to today’s racing.

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