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Golden moment for soaring Star
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:42 GMT

KAUTO Star silenced his critics in scintillating fashion yesterday and propelled himself into the upper echelons of racing history when careering away with the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Cheltenham quartet set to keep rolling on
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:07:42 GMT

YOU could say it hasn't been a bad week for Paul Nicholls, Ruby Walsh, Alan King or Robert Thornton and this afternoon's card at Uttoxeter should see the quartet pick up where they left off at Cheltenham.

Irish lining up to take on Detroit City at Cheltenham
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:37:30 GMT

IRISH to the right of him, Irish to the left of him, Irish in front of him, Detroit City might well be thinking next week's Champion Hurdle is beginning to look more like a re-enactment of the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Gold Cup jinx strikes War of Attrition
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:30:49 GMT

WINNING the Gold Cup is only verging on the impossible but defending steeplechasing's greatest prize is beginning to look as if it's completely out of the question.

Compliance steps up bid for return
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:08:01 GMT

LEADING totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup hope In Compliance pleased connections in a workout yesterday morning and is on schedule to reappear at Fairyhouse on Saturday week.

Big names fuel Festival fever
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:27:31 GMT

IN CASE you hadn't noticed, the Cheltenham countdown has begun and, as of mid afternoon yesterday, the clock on the Festival website showed the opening contest of the greatest racing show on earth was a mere 32 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes and 23 seconds...

Clues abound for Festival
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:20:55 GMT

IT WAS an omen-filled day at Cheltenham yesterday with plenty of pointers for the National Hunt Festival which is now just over six weeks away.

Forget The Past for a Gold Cup shock
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:40:32 GMT

THE fact that the biggest line-up in the event's history will today scrap it out for the biggest prize in National Hunt racing tells you all you need to know about this year's Gold Cup. As blue ribands go, this one would hardly take the biscuit.

Cheltenham horse deaths at 20-year high
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:40:32 GMT

SEVEN horses have died so far in this year's Cheltenham Festival, organisers confirmed last night.

Take the Stand to deliver
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:04:11 GMT

TAKE THE STAND can go one better than last year and win the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup (3.15pm) when the Cheltenham Festival ends tomorrow.

Newmill the new champion
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:53:09 GMT

THE glorious reign of Moscow Flyer as Champion Chaser was brought to an end at Cheltenham yesterday, but it wasn't the young pretender Kauto Star who seized his crown but 16-1 Irish outsider Newmill.

McCoy thinks the World of big fish Baracouda
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:53:09 GMT

BEING left with egg on one's face is a messy business, so who could blame connections for being slightly coy when assessing the prospects of some of the leading Festival fancies.

Brave Inca just Champion for McCoy and Murphy
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:30:23 GMT

TONY McCoy laid his ghosts to rest in a race which encapsulated everything that has come to be associated with the Cheltenham Festival as Brave Inca got the best of a thrilling battle for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle yesterday.

Ambobo to rule World
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:28:14 GMT

THE French can take the big race at the Cheltenham Festival tomorrow - the Ladbrokes World Hurdle (3.15pm) - but I prefer the chances of Ambobo to the favourite Baracouda.

Loughran and Central House prematurely written off
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:30:23 GMT

FOR all the collective talent at their disposal, not many jockeys riding at the Festival could claim to have put racing on the front pages of the nation's newspapers.