Don Cossack won the Gold Cup Friday as novice rider Victoria Pendleton, a double Olympic cycling gold medalist, silenced her critics with a fifth-placed finish in the amateur race around the same Cheltenham course.
In an Irish sweepstake of (...)
Ruby Walsh set up his date with leading Gold Cup contender Djakadam by celebrating a record 50th Cheltenham Festival winner Thursday. Walsh reached the half century at the National Hunt showcase on the Willie Mullins-trained Black Hercules in the (...)
Sprinter Sacre, expertly trained by Nicky Henderson, produced one of the greatest comebacks in racing memory when regaining his Champion Chase crown here Wednesday.
Ridden by Nico De Boinville, he won back his title with a majestic performance to (...)
Kauto Star's bid for a third Cheltenham Gold Cup victory was scuppered by a fall as Imperial Commander upset the favorite and former winner Denman to triumph for local trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies Friday.
Billed as a showdown between Kauto Star and (...)
Kauto Star made Cheltenham Gold Cup history on Friday by becoming the first horse to regain the trophy.
The 9-year-old gelding, which won the race two years ago, beat last season's winner Denman for another 1-2 by trainer Paul Nicholls and seventh (...)
Denman, the second favorite ridden by Sam Thomas, dethroned defending champion Kauto Star to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday in a race that had been billed as steeplechase of the century.
Kauto Star started as favorite under Ruby Walsh to (...)
Master Minded pulled away from last year's winner Voy Por Ustedes to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase by 19 lengths when the Cheltenham Festival resumed on Thursday.
After Day Two was abandoned because of dangerously high winds, the organizers (...)