January's Jewels 01/01/12
The National Hunt season ushers in the New Year at the sport's premier venue when Cheltenham racecourse stages the first important meeting of 2012. The clock is counting down on the Festival in March and punters will be looking for clues on a fine Cheltenham card. [more]

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The Stars Line Up for Gold Cup Show Down 11/01/12
Great rivals Long Run and Kauto Star head Coral's betting for the Cheltenham Gold Cup at 5-2 and 4-1 respectively, following the latest entry stage for the jumping showpiece. Top novice Grand Crus is next at 9-1, ahead of Synchronised at 10-1. [more]

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Big Names in Queen Mother Picture 12/01/12
Previous winners Sizing Europe and Big Zeb feature among 19 entries for the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on March 14. [more]

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Cue Card Best of the Wiki Positives for Arkle 24/01/12
The Irish Independent Arkle Trophy looks right up to standard this year with some really decent novice chasers set to line-up. [more]

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Quevega the Festival Banker 21/01/12
The David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle is one of the newer races at the festival and as such, trends are not yet mature for the final race on day one. [more]

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Oscar Time Ruled Out for Season 25/01/12
Last season’s Grand National runner-up Oscar Time will not feature again this season after failing to recover sufficiently from a troubling leg injury. [more]

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Champagne Fever Heads Champion Bumper Betting 23/01/12
The Willie Mullins trained Champagne Fever has been made favourite for the Champion Bumper following his impressive 13 length victory at Fairyhouse on Sunday. [more]

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National Run Possible for Tatenen 24/01/12
Tatenen could turn out to be a Grand National contender after repeating his victory of 12 months ago in the valuable BetVictor.com Handicap Chase at Ascot on Saturday. [more]

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Hurricane Fly Heads for Stan James Champion Hurdle 19/01/12
Defending champion Hurricane Fly features among a total of 27 entries for this year’s £370,000 Grade One Stan James Champion Hurdle, highlight of the first day of The Festival at Cheltenham, Champion Day, Tuesday, March 13. [more]

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Somersby On Course for Ryanair Chase 21/01/12
Somersby was the pride of Ascot after getting the better of Finian's Rainbow and Al Ferof in a thrilling climax to the Victor Chandler Chase. [more]

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Eyebrows Raised as Bobs Worth Given World Hurdle Entry 23/01/12
The surprise entry of Bobs Worth into the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival on March 15 has resulted in an interesting reshuffle of prices for the race. [more]

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Restless Harry May Take on Big Buck's in World Hurdle 20/01/12
Restless Harry was ninth behind Big Buck’s in last year’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle and could go for this year's renewal at The Festival on St Patrick’s Thursday, March 15. [more]

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According To Pete Prevails in Peter Marsh Slog 21/01/12
According To Pete could be bound for the John Smith's Grand National after grinding out victory in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock. [more]

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Williams Trio Have Aintree Agenda 17/01/12
Vale of Glamorgan trainer Evan Williams is looking forward to the publication of the weights next month as he plans a three-pronged challenge for the Aintree Grand National with with Cappa Bleu, Deep Purple and State Of Play. [more]

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Albertas Run Heads 38 Possibles for Ryanair 12/01/12
Dual winner Albertas Run heads the 38 entries for the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on March 15. [more]

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Hurricane Bang on Course for Leopardstown Return 16/01/12
Willie Mullins expects to give his star performer Hurricane Fly two more pieces of solid work before returning the 2011 Stan James Champion Hurdle winner to competitive action in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 29. [more]

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Star Filly Blue Bunting Getting Set for Dubai 11/01/12
Blue Bunting looks set to take her chance at the Dubai Carnival meeting in March after her trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni confirmed the triple Group 1 winner is an intended runner in the Dubai Sheema Classic on World Cup night. [more]

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World Thoroughbred Rankings 2011 11/01/12
The global horseracing year 2011 will be remembered as an exceptional year marked by two truly outstanding performers in the British trained three year old miler colt Frankel and the older Australian sprinting mare Black Caviar. [more]

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Naas Winners Take Another Step on the Road to Cheltenham 09/01/12
Noel Meade’s Monksland took a step up in class and came away with an easy success in the Grade Two Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas on Sunday. [more]

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Elliott Warns Against Backing Don Cossack for Champion Bumper 13/01/12
Irish trainer Gordon Elliott has issued a clear warning to punters planning to back his Don Cossack for the Cheltenham Festival Bumper in mid-March. [more]

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Cheltenham Festival Aspirations 08/01/12
Alan King reckons Hold On Julio could be heading to the Cheltenham Festival, following his second runaway victory at Sandown on Saturday, with the JLT Specialty Chase being the likely target. [more]

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2012 Cross Country Chase - Mullins to Take Over? 08/01/12
The Glenfarclas Cross Country race at the festival is a bit of a marmite type of affair and on too many occasions, races on this unusual bank course are marred by the jockeys being unable to successfully navigate the complex course layout. [more]

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2012 Coral Cup Wikis Point to Bothy & Third Intention 06/01/12
The Coral Cup held on the Wednesday at Cheltenham is one of the bigger betting races of the festival and with a maximum field, this handicap is always competitive. [more]

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Grand National Return On the Cards for Mon Mome 06/01/12
Trainer Venetia Williams has stated that 2009 hero Mon Mome will once again be targeted at the Aintree marathon following his excellent run in defeat at Cheltenham on New Year's Day. [more]

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Festive Results Cause Cheltenham Market Changes 04/01/12
As it always does, the Festive season gave National Hunt racing fans a huge amount of entertainment but there was only one horse that captured the headlines over Christmas. [more]

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Champion Chase Wikis Point to Sizing Europe 02/01/12
The 2012 running of the Champion Chase could be a small-field affair as many of those in the ante-post betting list are shorter for the Ryanair. [more]

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Synchronised In Tune for Lexus Chase 28/12/11
The connections of Synchronised were proved justified in their decision not to defend his Welsh National crown at Chepstow and instead cross the Irish Sea to tackle the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown. [more]

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Le Beau Bai Prevails in Coral Welsh National 27/12/11
Le Beau Bai, trained by Richard Lee and ridden by Charlie Poste, won a war of attrition for the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow. [more]

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All Hail King Kauto 26/12/11
Kauto Star became the first horse in history to land the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton five times with a quite brilliant performance under Ruby Walsh. [more]

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Binocular Defends Christmas Crown
26/12/11
Binocular pulled out all the stops to defend his crown in a thrilling williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. [more]

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442 for the 2013 Investec Derby 15/12/11
The 234th running of the Investec Derby, at Epsom Downs on Saturday, June 1, 2013, has received an entry of 442. Run over a mile and a half, the world’s most famous Classic will have a prize fund of at least £1,250,000. [more]

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Run Up to the Grand National 31/03/11
The 2011 Grand National is just around the corner, and punters from both Britain and Ireland are looking forward to seeing some exceptional runners and their world-class trainers in action. [more]