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Race goers place bets with book makers at the Cheltenham racecourse on the first day of the Festival

Cheltenham Festival: Fears for J T McNamara's future after operation on neck

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Calls for faster medical response as Irish rider has surgery following his fall on Thursday

Cheltenham Festival: Salubrious gets Paul Nicholls off the mark in final race

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Salubrious wins Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Barry Geraghty and Bobs Worth are given a hero’s reception after their Gold Cup win

James Lawton: Renaissance man Barry Geraghty proves a good deal more than just a survivor at the Cheltenham Festival

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Bobs Worth is a Gold Cup champion of an utterly different nature – an understated winner of a race so true

Bryan Cooper returns muddy but elated after winning on Ted Veale in the Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle yesterday

Cheltenham Festival: Baby-faced Cooper underlines status as new Irish hero

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Successive victories on final day cap a superb week for heir apparent to McCoy and Walsh

Barry Geraghty celebrates on Bobs Worth after winning the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Cheltenham Gold Cup day at Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham Festival: Bobs Worth takes Gold Cup victory but final day overshadowed by McNamara concerns

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

The 11-4 favourite outstayed Tony McCoy and Sir Des Champs

Cheltenham Festival: Salsify dramatic winner of Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Oscar Delta jinked to the left, hitting the rope where there was no permanent rail

Our Conor won the Triumph Hurdle by a stunning 15 lengths

Cheltenham Festival: Harsh lesson for Mangan on first taste of the hill

16 March 2013 12:00 AM

Cheltenham has had its share of hard-luck stories over the years, but probably nothing to compare with the fate endured by Jane Mangan in yesterday’s Foxhunter Chase.

You Write the Caption - 15/03/13

15 March 2013 04:02 PM

Win a bottle of wine

Tony McCoy breaks duck in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdl

15 March 2013 03:11 PM

The 17-times champion jockey toyed with African Gold on the long run to the final flight

Cheltenham Festival: Ted Veale reels in Tennis Cap

15 March 2013 02:32 PM

Tony Martin and Bryan Cooper teamed up for their second Cheltenham winner in two days

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Paddy Power website crashes hours before Cheltenham Gold Cup

15 March 2013 02:21 PM

One of Britain's biggest online betting websites failed for around an hour this afternoon, just before the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Bryan Cooper guides Our Conor over the last to victory in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival: Our Conor runs away with Triumph Hurdle

15 March 2013 02:08 PM

The 4-1 shot, ridden by Bryan Cooper, bounded clear from the second-last

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Cheltenham Festival: AP McCoy makes late switch of mounts for Gold Cup

15 March 2013 11:13 AM

The champion jockey was down to ride JP McManus' horse Sunnyhill Boy but will now ride Sir Des Champs

Paul Nicholls with Silviniaco Conti, who runs in the Gold Cup today

James Lawton: Paul Nicholls has golden chance to end his nightmare Cheltenham wait

15 March 2013 01:00 AM

We can only imagine how long ago five years seems to brilliant trainer

Jon Freeman: Irish buddies, plus a little bit of genius, enjoy seeing off Dynaste

14 March 2013 10:43 PM

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