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Friday is a special day at the Cheltenham Festival as it features the Blue Riband event of jump-racing, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Every year, the best National Hunt chasers aged 5 or over compete for the chance to go down in history alongside the likes of Arkle, Best Mate, Golden Miller, Kauto Star, Denman, and Mill House.

Appreciate It had been the ante-post favourite for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle from very early in the 2020/21 campaign and he proved why with a scintillating display in the opening race of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.

The Cheltenham Festival 2021 kicks off on 16th March and, as always, there will be some exciting races on the card to delight racing fans throughout the UK.

A few days to go before The Festival and the juices are up for all the riders, trainers and horses. The excitement is hitting an all-time high as fans are still hoping bans could be lifted in time for at least a partial appearance on the stands.

This year’s Cheltenham Races kick off on the 16th March.

Al Boum Photo’s racing career has been rich with victory and interest.The Irish-trained and French-born racehorse recorded back-to-back victories in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2019 and 2020.

One of four active tracks on Thursday to kick off the weekend, Chelmsford City will bring the late afternoon action well into the evening with eight races on the card.

Within the world of horse racing, different bets mean different things. Some simple bets are easy to understand as to the outcome, but certain permutations can sometimes throw a spanner in the works. We take a look at what a dead heat means, and how it can affect your bet.

For the first time in Cheltenham Festival history, there will be three mares only races at the meeting this year. No trainer has had more success with that gender of horse here than Willie Mullins.

As the Road to Cheltenham gets on the with Festival Trial Day announcing the official start, fans, pundits, and punters alike are getting to their final notes and choices for the May Cotswolds showdown.

The rise in covid-19 cases across the UK, especially given the presence of new strains, is putting some strain on the authorities, and as well on all activities.

Politologue capitalised on the absences of Altior and Chacun Pour Soi to claim the Queen Mother Champion Chase crown at Cheltenham Festival in 2020. However, both horses are poised to return in the event in the 2021 Festival, which should provide a mouth-watering showdown.

Jody Townend for Tony Mullins at The Curragh Racecourse

All talk of switching Group 1 winning mare Princess Zoe to hurdles this winter appears to have been shelved, and trainer Tony Mullins is dreaming of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe glory instead in 2021.

There have been some legendary racehorses that have graced the Cheltenham hills throughout the history of the Gold Cup.

Altior has been one of the most dominant chasers in the UK and Ireland over the last five years. However, it has not been easy sailing for the two-time Queen Mother Champion Chase over the last 12 months.

The 2021 Fixture List has now been published in part, with the months from January to April confirmed and the majority of the fixtures through the remainder of the year scheduled, but subject to change.

 Click here to view the 2021 Fixture List visit any of the racecourse fixtures pages and the fixtures by date page

Jumps fans will be starting to get very excited about the new National Hunt season which will be quickly upon us.

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The standard to which all Cheltenham jockeys are compared to is the record seven race wins that Ruby Walsh set in 2009 and then miraculously repeated in 2016. However, with the man that many acknowledge as the greatest jockey ever hanging up his saddle, the battle is on to become the next dominant force at Cheltenham.

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Jockey Paul Townend made it two in two years as he rode Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup winner Al Boum Photo across the finish line on the final day of the race meeting. It was the second time in as many years that the duo had won the Gold Cup and hopes are high in the horse’s camp that next year will see a third consecutive victory in the race. Horse racing punters are already growing with excitement over Al Boum Photo’s chances of winning the Gold Cup in 2021. Punters can visit cheltenhamguides.com to get a bet bonus on the race before wagering on the horse they believe will win the Gold Cup.

The National Hunt season is well and truly underway after the successes and losses at Leopardstown, with everyone now looking forward to the 2020 Cheltenham Festival. We saw a host of horses and their jockeys put their skills to the test, not just to claim victory at The Dublin Racing Festival, but to also prepare for the challenges of Cheltenham.

The nature of the Cheltenham Festival means that it is never about just one horse or, indeed, just one race. For instance, when we look back at Kauto Star’s final Gold Cup win in 2009, we should remember that same festival also saw Big Buck’s and Quevega digging out their own bit of history.

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Altior is already an equine legend, a history maker, the best two-mile chaser of his generation. The chance to make more headlines and cement his indelible legacy comes at his happy hunting ground, the Cheltenham Festival, where his sole 2020 entry sees him bid for a third Queen Mother Champion Chase in a row.

With only a couple more months to go until the 2020 Cheltenham Festival begins, the ante-post betting markets are starting to take shape as the early bets begin to get laid. Many expert horse racing tipsters have already scoured the bookies looking for that extra value which going ante-post provides

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We sure are and we’re thrilled to announce that limited tickets for racedays between May 17th and June 20th will go on sale Monday 8 March!

Remaining fixtures will go on sale in the coming weeks.

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Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale (2) relocated to Park Paddocks, Newmarket

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