Horse Racing

Embed from Getty Images JCB Triumph Hurdle The final day of this year’s Cheltenham festival got under way with a victory for Ivanovich Gorbatov. The Aidan O’Brien trained horse went into the race as the 9-2 favourite, and it held off competition from Apple’s Jade, which was priced at 12-1. ...

Embed from Getty Images JLT Novices’ Chase Ruby Walsh recorded his 50th win at Cheltenham on board Black Hercules. It finished three lengths clear of its closest rival Bristol De Mai. Nicky Henderson trained L’Ami Serge finished third, but the race belonged to Walsh who will no doubt saviour his ...

Embed from Getty Images Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle After an impressive start to the Cheltenham Festival, jockey Ruby Walsh and trainer Willie Mullins continued their prolific partnership as Yorkhill won the first race of the day. The 3-1 shot beat the favourite Yanworth into second place, while Its’afreebee, priced ...

Embed from Getty Images Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle The winner of the first race of the festival was 4-1 shot Altior, which was ridden by Nico de Boinville. The Irish horse finished seven lengths clear of the Ruby Walsh ridden Min. Min was the 15/8 favourite going into the ...

Embed from Getty Images Tony McCoy has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. McCoy is the most successful jockey of all time and the 41 year old retired earlier this year after being Champion Jockey for 20 years in a row. During a career spanning 23 years, ...

Embed from Getty Images Cue Card has won the 2015 King George VI Chase after narrowly beating Vautour to secure a win at the famous race at the third time of asking. Although Cue Card is famed for leading from the front, this time the Paddy Brennan ridden horse had ...

View image | gettyimages.com 100/1 outsider Prince of Penzance has won the 2015 Melbourne Cup after being ridden to victory by jockey Michelle Payne. Payne dedicated her victory to female jockeys and said she hoped her victory would inspire others. In winning this year’s race Payne becomes the first ever ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Frankie Dettori won the last big race of the Royal Ascot race festival, riding 14-1 shot Undrafted to victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. The Italian beat joint favourite Brazen Beau into second place to win the group one race. The first race of the ...

View image | gettyimages.com   On Saturday, Ryan Moore made history on the fourth day of Royal Ascot, becoming the first ever jockey to ride nine winners at the festival. The first race of the day, The Albany Stakes, was won by 4-1 favourite Illuminate, which was ridden by Richard ...

View image | gettyimages.com 12-1 shot Trip To Paris won the big race of day three of the Royal Ascot race festival, The Gold Cup. Jockey Graham Lee was the man on-board the surprise winner. The favourite for the race, Forgotten Rules, finished up in third and Ryan Moore finished ...