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# Cheltenham Buzz

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- [Four Of The Best Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/four-of-the-best-cheltenham-gold-cup-winners/) - The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the biggest race in National Hunt horse racing, and those that are successful are added to the history books immediately. This race has a rich history that dates all the way back to 1819 when it was actually first run as a flat contest. With the event fast approaching, we've decided to look
- [Altior](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/altior/) - Until November, 2019, when beaten 2¼ lengths by Cyrname in the Christy 1965 Chase at Ascot, on his first attempt beyond 2 miles 1 furlong, Altior had won all 14 starts over fences and extended his unbeaten sequence to 19 races. These are the kind of tidbits and foundations that those interested in AI Racing
- [Colin Tizzard](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/colin-tizzard/) - Dorset dairy farmer turned trainer Colin Tizzard first took out a full training licence in 1998, but in the two decades since has gone from strength to strength and, in 2018, enjoyed his best season yet, numerically, with 1979 winners. Tizzard saddled his first Cheltenham Festival winner, Cue Card, in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper
- [Denman](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/denman/) - When he retired from racing, as an 11-year-old, Denman had won 14 of his 24 starts, including the Hennessy Gold Cup (twice), the Royal & SunAlliance Chase and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Owned by Paul Barber and the ebullient professional gambler Harry Findlay and trained by Paul Nicholls, Denman was unbeaten in his first four
- [Tom George](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/tom-george/) - Tom George started training in 1993 and, in two-and-a-half decades since, has saddled over 700 winners and transformed his traditional, family home at Down Farm in Slad, near Stroud, Gloucestershire into an up-to-the-minute training establishment. By his own admission, George prefers a patient approach, with an emphasis on quality rather than quantity. His philosophy appears
- [Kicking King](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/kicking-king/) - As far as the Cheltenham Festival is concerned, Kicking King is best remembered for his victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2005, during a season in which he also won the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase, the King George VI Chase at Kempton and the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup. Ridden by Barry Geraghty, as
- [Cheveley Park Stud](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheveley-park-stud/) - The familiar racing colours of the Cheveley Park Stud – red, with a white sash and a blue cap – have become an increasingly common sight on National Hunt racecourses in recent years. Indeed, the renowned thoroughbred breeding operation has an exceptional record at Cheltenham, where 16 runners have produced seven winners, at an astonishing
- [Alderbrook](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/alderbrook/) - Alderbrook, who died in 2007, at the age of 18, after a highly successful stud campaign, was a useful performer on the Flat, but will always be remembered for his remarkable victory in the Champion Hurdle in 1995. The six-year-old was not only a first Cheltenham Festival winner for trainer Kim Bailey and jockey Norman
- [What were the first five horses home in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/what-were-the-first-five-horses-home-in-the-1983-cheltenham-gold-cup/) - Thursday, March 17, 1983 was a red letter day in the history of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and, indeed, in the history of National Hunt racing in general. On that memorable day, a youthful Michael Dickinson saddled five of the 11 runners in the 'Blue Riband' event and, remarkably, they filled the first five places.
- [How many winners did Ruby Walsh ride at the Cheltenham Festival?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/how-many-winners-did-ruby-walsh-ride-at-the-cheltenham-festival/) - Rupert 'Ruby' Walsh announced his retirement from the saddle, with immediate effect, on May 1, 2019, having ridden Kemboy, trained by Willie Mullins, to victory in the Punchestown Gold Cup. Of course, Walsh had enjoyed a long, lucrative affiliation with the County Carlow handler, becoming stable jockey at Closutton on his return to his native
- [Which races were added to the Cheltenham Festival programme in 2005?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/which-races-were-added-to-the-cheltenham-festival-programme-in-2005/) - The origins of what is now known as the Cheltenham Festival can be traced back to the inaugural running of the Grand National Hunt Steeplechase at Market Harborough on April18, 1860. Market Harborough Racecourse staged its final meeting on March 26, 1863 but, under the auspices of the National Hunt Committee, which was established by
- [Who is the only trainer to have saddled the winner of the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup in the same season?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/who-is-the-only-trainer-to-have-saddled-the-winner-of-the-champion-hurdle-champion-chase-and-cheltenham-gold-cup-in-the-same-season/) - Along with the Stayers' Hurdle, the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup comprise the four main 'championship' races staged annually at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run, as a steeplechase, in 1924, the Champion Hurdle was first run in 1927 and the Queen Mother Champion
- [Did Tingle Creek ever win the Queen Mother Champion Chase?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/did-tingle-creek-ever-win-the-queen-mother-champion-chase/) - To a younger audience, the name Tingle Creek is probably best known from the title of what is now a Grade 1 steeplechase, run annually over 1 mile, 7 furlongs and 119 yards at Sandown Park in early December. The eponymous Tingle Creek was, in fact, a flamboyant, front-running two-mile steeplechaser who won 23 of
- [Which horse won more races, Desert Orchid or Kauto Star?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/which-horse-won-more-races-desert-orchid-or-kauto-star/) - Although by no means contemporaries, Desert Orchid and Kauto Star were both, of course, legendary steeplechasers of the modern era. In fact, it was not until 13 years, almost to the day, after Desert Orchid suffered a disappointing end to his illustrious career, when falling in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on
- [Annie Power](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/annie-power/) - Annie Power, who was retired from racing following a very impressive 18-length victory in the Aintree Hurdle in April, 2016 – which earnt her her highest-ever Timeform rating of 170+ – was an extraordinary racemare who won fifteen of her seventeen starts. She is probably best remembered for being one of just four mares, and
- [2024 Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/2024-boodles-cheltenham-gold-cup/)
- [Cotswold Chase](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cotswold-chase/) - The Cotswold Chase is a Grade 2 steeplechase run over 3 miles, 1 furlong and 156 yards on the New Course at Cheltenham in late January. Open to horses aged five years and upwards, the race is scheduled for Festival Trials Day, six weeks ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, where it serves as a trial
- [2024 Cheltenham Ante Post Tips](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/2024-cheltenham-ante-post-tips/)
- [Cheltenham Gold Cup 2021](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-gold-cup-2021/) - Ahead of the 2021 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the main topic of conversation was whether or not defending champion Al Boum Photo, trained by Willie Mullins, could emulate Golden Miller, Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate by winning the 'Blue Riband' event three years running. Still only a 9-year-old, Al Boum Photo was sent off 9/4
- [Classic Novices' Hurdle](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/classic-novices-hurdle/) - The Classic Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 novices' hurdle race run over 2 miles and 56 yards on the New Course at Cheltenham in late January. The race was inaugurated, over the slightly longer distance of 2 miles and 110 yards, in 2005 and initially run as the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Novices' Hurdle. Sponsorship
- [Cheltenham 2023 - All finished from Gold Cup Day](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-2023-all-finished-from-gold-cup-day/)
- [A look to Cheltenham 2023](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/a-look-to-cheltenham-2023/)
- [Cheltenham Gold Cup 2022](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-gold-cup-2022/)
- [2023 Cheltenham Festival Ante Post Tips : Episode 1](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/2023-cheltenham-festival-ante-post-tips-episode-1/)
- [Sir Anthony McCoy](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/sir-anthony-mccoy/) - Sir Anthony Peter ‘A.P.’ McCoy retired from race riding in April, 2015, having ridden 4,348 winners in Britain and Ireland and won the British National Hunt Jockeys’ Championship 20 years running. At the so-called 'Olympics of horse racing', the Cheltenham Festival, McCoy rode 31 winners, making him the third most successful jockey in the history
- [Long Run](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/long-run/) - Originally trained in France, by Guillaume Macaire, Long Run began his racing career in Britain on Boxing Day, 2009, when cruising to victory in the Feltham Novices’ Chase at Kempton Park. Owned by Robert Waley-Cohen, ridden exclusively in Britain and Ireland by his son, Sam, and trained by Nicky Henderson, Long Run would return to
- [Pertemps Network Final](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/pertemps-network-final/) - Inaugurated, as the Coral Golden Hurdle Final, in 1974, the Pertemps Network Final is a Listed handicap hurdle run over 2 miles, 7 furlongs and 213 yards on the New Course at Cheltenham. The race has been sponsored by the Pertemps Network Group since 2002 and is open to horses aged five years and upwards,
- [Joe & Marie Donnelly](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/joe-marie-donnelly/) - Bookmaker turned art collector and property investor Joe Donnelly has rekindled his interest in National Hunt racing in recent years and alongside his wife, Marie, has been thrust into the limelight primarily because of the exploits of Al Boum Photo. Bred and originally owned by French trainer Emmanuel Clayeux, Al Boum Photo was bought by
- [Susannah Ricci](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/susannah-ricci/) - Susannah Ricci, the wife of American millionaire Rich Ricci, has had horses registered in her name since 2007 and, alongside Co. Carlow trainer Willie Mullins, has proved the scourge of bookmakers at the Cheltenham Festival ever since. Mrs. Ricci opened her account at the Festival in 2009, courtesy of Mikael D'Haguenet in the Ballymore Novices'
- [Cue Card](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cue-card/) - Owned by Mrs. Jean Bishop and trained by Colin Tizzard in Milborne Port, Dorset, Cue Card made a winning debut at the Cheltenham Festival when, in 2010, he belied inexperience and odds of 40/1 to win the Weatherbys Champion Bumper. Having just his second start, he was confidently ridden by Joe Tizzard and romped clear
- [Dorothy Paget](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/dorothy-paget/) - The Honourable Dorothy Paget, who died from heart failure, at the age of 54, in 1960, had many claims to fame, not least that she was, at one time, the richest unmarried woman in England. However, from a Cheltenham Festival perspective, she owned seven winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, making her the leading owner
- [Bula](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/bula/) - Owned by Charles Purcell and trained by Fred Winter at Uplands Stables in Lambourn, Berkshire, Bula earned a Timeform Annual Rating of 176, making him one of the highest-rated hurdlers since the early Sixties. Despite being a 'stubborn so-and-so', according to stable staff, he made a flying start to his hurdling career and remained unbeaten
- [Richard Johnson](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/richard-johnson/) - Following the retirement of Sir Anthony McCoy in April, 2015, Richard Johnson finally emerged from the shadow of the perennial champion jockey to claim the leading jockey title for himself in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18. Johnson is also the fifth most successful jockey in the history of the Cheltenham Festival – behind Ruby Walsh, Barry
- [Rooster Booster](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/rooster-booster/) - Owned by Terry Warner, trained by Philip Hobbs and ridden by Richard Johnson, was a popular grey, who won the Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2002, but is probably best remembered for his impressive, 11-length victory in the Champion Hurdle in 2003. Originally in the charge of Dorset permit holder
- [Henry de Bromhead](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/henry-de-bromhead/) - Henry de Bromhead has been training at Knockeen, Co. Waterford since the retirement of his father, Harry, in 1999. In the intervening two decades, he has steadily developed his yard into one of the foremost training operations in Ireland, albeit on a more modest scale than, say, Willie Mullins or Gordon Elliott. De Bromhead has
- [Philip Reynolds](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/philip-reynolds/) - Irish businessman Philip Reynolds is, in fact, the son of the late Albert Reynolds, who served as Taoiseach of Ireland between 1992 and 1994, and freely admits to having inherited his love of horse racing from his father. Reynolds Jnr. has owned racehorses since the Eighties, but what has been described as his “overnight 20-year success
- [Willie Mullins](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/willie-mullins/) - Co. Carlow trainer Willie Mullins has won the Irish National Hunt Trainers’ Championship and the Leading Trainer Award at the Cheltenham Festival five times in the last eight years so, hopefully, requires little introduction. Admittedly, Mullins has found life more difficult since Gigginstown Stud, owned by Michael O’Leary, removed all 60 of its horses from his yard in
- [Rupert ‘Ruby’ Walsh](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/ruby-walsh/) - Granted his lengthy association with Willie Mullins and Paul Nicholls, the fact that Ruby Walsh is, far and away, the most successful jockey in the history of the Cheltenham Festival is no real surprise. Mullins has saddled 61 winners at the March showpiece meeting, Nicholls has saddled 43 and, between them, they have won the
- [Favourites for the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2020](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/favourites-for-the-cheltenham-gold-cup-2020/) - The Cheltenham Festival is just over a month away, so it’s time to start working out your top tips. The Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place on Friday, March 13 and is one of the biggest races not just in the UK but the world. This article looks at the top contenders for the 2020
- [Cheltenham Festival 2020: The Battle Of The Trainers](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-2020-the-battle-of-the-trainers/) - The battle to be named top trainer always provides an intriguing subplot as the Cheltenham Festival unfolds. It is the biggest event of the season and all the leading lights are desperate to secure winners, so the resulting contests are intense and the celebrations are wild. These are the big names vying to be named
- [Jessica Harrington](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/jessica-harrington/) - Jessica Jane Harrington, still known in racing circles as Mrs. John Harrington – her late husband, Johnny, died from cancer in 2014 – was born in London, but trains in Moone, Co. Kildare. Originally a permit holder, Mrs. Harrington first took out a full training licence in 1991 and, nowadays, has the distinction of being
- [Roger Brookhouse](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/roger-brookhouse/) - Between 2000/01 and 2007/08, Warwickshire-based engineer Roger Stephen Brookhouse was a moderately successful permit holder in his own right but, more recently, has found fame as a high-profile National Hunt owner on both sides of the Irish Sea. As far as the Cheltenham Festival is concerned, Brookhouse finally broke his duck when the talented, but
- [Charlie Swan](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/charlie-swan/) - Charlie Swan, who retired from the saddle in 2003, was Irish National Hunt Champion Jockey nine successive times but, as far as the Cheltenham Festival is concerned, will always be remembered for his association with Istabraq. An Irish sporting institution in his time, Istabraq was ridden by Swan on all 29 starts over hurdles and won 23 of
- [Will Tiger Roll Become a Cheltenham Legend in 2020?](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/will-tiger-roll-become-a-cheltenham-legend-in-2020/) - There are many people out there who would argue that Tiger Roll is already a Cheltenham legend, regardless of what happens in the future. However, talk is mounting that the dual Grand National winner will aim to win his third Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham in 2020, which would be his fifth victory at
- [Michael O’Leary](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/michael-oleary/) - Not many owners can say that their first success at the Cheltenham Festival came in the blue riband of the National Hunt season, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but one who can is Michael O’Leary, the proprietor of Gigginstown House Stud. His maroon and white colours were first carried to victory by War Of Attrition, trained by
- [Nicky Henderson](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/nicky-henderson/) - On the eve of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival, Nicky Henderson was still the most successful trainer in the history of the annual National Hunt showpiece, with 58 winners, and was due to saddle the favourite in three of the four main championship races. Buveur D’Air, of course, defended his title in the Champion Hurdle, Altior
- [Cheltenham Festival 2019: Gold Cup Thoughts](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-gold-cup-2019/) - It's certainly come around fast hasn't it? In fact, we're now less than a month away from one of the most highly anticipated racing festivals of them all, The Cheltenham Festival. Set over four days in March, this showcase of top tier national hunt racing, is set to once again captivate racing fans up and
- [Robert Thornton](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/robert-thornton/) - Robert “Chocolate” Thornton was forced to call time on his career as a jockey in September, 2015, after failing to fully recover from fractured vertebrae in his neck – the latest in a series of bad injuries – suffered in a fall at Chepstow the previous April. However, in nearly 20 years, for most of
- [A Cheltenham great: Sprinter Sacre](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/a-cheltenham-great-sprinter-sacre/) - When it comes to the Cheltenham Festival, Sprinter Sacre has to be one of the first horses which springs to mind. With twelve major wins under his belt, he’s simply without question one of the greatest jump horses of the last decade. It was clear for all to see that trainer Nicky Henderson had a special horse when Sprinter Sacre bolted up on only his third ever hurdle race
- [Paul Nicholls](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/paul-nicholls/) - Paul Nicholls has won the National Hunt Trainers’ Championship ten times and Leading Trainer Award at the Cheltenham Festival six times. Since 2009, Nicholls has had to play second fiddle to the likes of Nicky Henderson, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott at the Gloucestershire course, but victories for Pacha Du Polder in the Foxhunter Challenge Cup and
- [TVG: Bettor’s one-stop favorite for horse races](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/tvg-bettors-one-stop-favorite-for-horse-races/) - For centuries, horse race betting has been a favorite leisure of elite men and women. These gamblers stake their money on the final placement of the horses taking part in the race. However, such gambling is not allowed in some race tracks just like in Springdale’s renowned Carolina Cup and the Colonial Cup Steeplechase in
- [Graham Wylie](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/graham-wylie/) - Businessman Graham Wylie is the most successful owner in the North of England and, together with his wife, Andrea, has had 13 winners at the Cheltenham Festival. Initially, the Wylies were the principal patrons of County Durham trainer Howard Johnson, to whom they were fiercely loyal. In those early years, the Wylies were best known
- [Barry Geraghty](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/barry-geraghty/) - Notwithstanding the phenomenal record of compatriot Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty remains the second most successful jockey in the history of the Cheltenham Festival with an impressive tally of 36 winners. The first of them was Moscow Flyer, trained by Jessica Harrington, in the Arkle Challenge Trophy in 2002 and he rode at least one winner
- [Cheltenham racing tips for next year’s edition](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-racing-tips-for-next-years-edition/) - If you’re interested in the opportunity to bet on one of the UK’s most exciting horse racing events, it would be worth considering Cheltenham racing tips that you could form for the highly-regarded festival. Often referred to as ‘The Festival’, Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest and best events on the National Hunt racing
- [Gordon Elliott](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/gordon-elliott/) - Co. Meath trainer Gordon Elliott first took out a training licence in 2007 and saddled his first Cheltenham Festival winner, Chicago Grey, in the National Hunt Chase in 2011. Five years later, he saddled Don Cossack, owned by Gigginstown House Stud and ridden by 23-year-old Bryan Cooper – who, according to Elliott, had given the
- [Pat Taaffe](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/pat-taaffe/) - The late Pat Taaffe, who died in 1992 at the age of 62, will be long remembered as the jockey of Arkle – widely acknowledged as the greatest steeplechaser in history – on whom he won RSA Chase in 1963 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1964, 1965 and 1966. In fact, immediately before the Cheltenham
- [Lord Oaksey](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/lord-oaksey/) - In the latter part of his career, John Oaksey, or Lord Oaksey, was better known as a journalist, broadcaster and fundraiser for the Injured Jockeys Fund but, in his younger days, was a highly successful amateur jockey. Born John Lawrence in 1929, he adopted the name John Oaksey when he became the third Baron Oaksey,
- [J.P. McManus](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/j-p-mcmanus/) - The green and gold silks of John Patrick “J.P.” McManus are familiar throughout the world of National Hunt racing, on both sides of the Irish Sea, but perhaps nowhere more so than the Cheltenham Festival, where they’ve been carried to victory no fewer than 53 times. McManus, who has a net worth of €2.1 billion,
- [Master Oats](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/master-oats/) - Master Oats, who died in 2012, at the age of 28, after a long and happy retirement, is best remembered for winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1995. In so doing, he completed a famous big race double for trainer Kim Bailey and jockey Norman Williamson, who’d won the Champion Hurdle with Alderbrook two days
- [Binocular](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/binocular/) - Owned by John P. McManus and trained by Nicky Henderson, Binocular is best remembered for winning the Champion Hurdle, under A.P. McCoy, in 2010. However, when was retired from racing in 2013, when a series of tests revealed an unspecified heart defect, he had won 11 of his 22 starts over hurdles, including the Anniversary
- [Nigel Twiston-Davies](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/nigel-twiston-davies/) - Having learned his trade under Fred Winter, Kim Bailey and David Nicholson, Nigel Twiston-Davies saddled his first winner as a trainer, Last Of The Foxes, at Hereford in 1982. Since those early days, Welsh-born Twiston-Davies has sent out hundreds more winners from his stables at Grange Hill Farm in Naunton, Gloucestshire and has spent most
- [Mick Fitzgerald](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/mick-fitzgerald/) - In recent years, Mick Fitzgerald has become a familiar face as a television presenter, on At The Races, Channel 4 Racing and, more recently, ITV Racing. However, before being forced to retire after breaking his neck, for a second time, in a fall from L’Ami in the 2008 Grand National, Fizgerald enjoyed a stellar career
- [Simon Munir and Isaac Souede](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/simon-munir-and-isaac-souede/) - Compared with the likes of J.P. McManus, Gigginstown House Stud and Rich Ricci, financiers Simon Munir and Isaac Souede are ‘small fry’ in terms of Cheltenham Festival winners, with just four victories between them. Simon Munir has owned with Nicky Henderson for several years, winning the Triumph Hurdle with Soldatino in 2010 and the Fred Winter Juvenile with Une
- [Tiger Roll](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/tiger-roll/) - Racing Post Jumps Horse of the Year for 2017/18, Tiger Roll, stands 15.2 hands high and has been described – endearingly, one would hope – as a “little rat of a thing” by his owner Michael O’Leary. Nevertheless, the diminutive 8-year-old silenced his doubters by holding on to win the greatest steeplechase of them all,
- [Rich Ricci](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/rich-ricci/) - American-born Rich Ricci – whose horses officially run in the pink and green colours of his wife, Susannah – has risen to prominence as one of the most successful National Hunt owners in Britain and Ireland in recent years. A colourful, yet enigmatic, character, Ricci is former Barclays investment banker, worth an estimated £100 million,
- [Looks Like Trouble](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/looks-like-trouble/) - Looks Like Trouble was a highly talented, if fragile, steeplechaser trained by Noel Chance, famous for winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2000. In so doing, he provided Richard Johnson with his first winner of the Blue Riband event. Although apparently well regarded at home, Looks Like Trouble had looked fairly ordinary in his first
- [Toby Balding](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/toby-balding/) - The late Gerald Balding OBE, universally known as “Toby”, was the elder brother of the Ian Balding, who saddled Mill Reef to win the Derby in 1971, and a highly successful trainer in his own right. In fact, he had the rare distinction of saddling the winner of the three most important races in British
- [Albertas Run](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/albertas-run/) - Albertas Run may not be as revered as some of the other horses who have enjoyed repeated success at the Cheltenham Festival but is, nevertheless, the only horse to win the Ryanair Chase twice, in 2010 and 2011, and had previously won the Royal & SunAlliance Chase in 2008. He was ridden to all three
- [Willie Wumpkins](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/willie-wumpkins/) - Willie Wumpkins is one of a select band of horses to have won four times at the Cheltenham Festival, but his record is all the more remarkable for the fact that his first victory was fully eight years before his last. Originally trained in Ireland by Adrian Maxwell and ridden by Pat Colville, Willie Wumpkins
- [Michael Dickinson](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/michael-dickinson/) - Nowadays, Michael Dickinson is probably best known as the inventor of the Tapeta synthetic racing surface but, in his younger days, wrote his name indelibly into the record books by training the first five home in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Aged just 33 and in only his third season as a trainer, having taken
- [One Man](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/one-man/) - One Man was a hugely popular, but ultimately ill-fated, grey steeplechaser trained in Greystoke, near Penrith, Cumbria by the late Gordon W. Richards and owned by John Hales. All in all, One Man won 20 of his 35 races under National Hunt Rules, and 17 of his 26 steeplechases, but is probably best remembered for
- [Dorothy Paget: The Eccentric Queen of the Sport of Kings](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/dorothy-paget-the-eccentric-queen-of-the-sport-of-kings/)
- [2020 Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/2020-magners-cheltenham-gold-cup-chase/)
- [Cheltenham Festival 2020 Highlights](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-2020-highlights/)
- [Ruby Walsh - Cheltenham Moments](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/ruby-walsh-cheltenham-moments/)
- [Cheltenham Festival 2021 Results](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-2021-results/) - Day One Results: Champion Day (16th March 2021) 13:20 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 🥇 Appreciate It (P Townend) 8/11 Fav 🥈 Ballyadam (JW Kennedy) 6/1 🥉 Blue Lord (DA Jacob) 11/1 13:55 Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase 🥇 Shiskin (Nico De Boinville) 4/9 Fav 🥈 Eldorado Allen (H Cobden) 33/1 🥉 Allmankind (Harry Skelton) 5/1 14:30
- [Cheltenham Festival Buzz!](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-buzz-2021/) - The buzz is certainly in the air for the 2021 Cheltenham Festival. We were lucky that the 2020 Festival took place, and once again we can count our lucky stars that – from Tuesday - we're being gifted four days of racing excellence from the likes of Al Boum Photo, Honeysuckle and Native River. Even
- [Champion Hurdle Bid Beckons for Magnificent Mare Honeysuckle](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/champion-hurdle-bid-beckons-for-magnificent-mare-honeysuckle/) - Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle 😍 pic.twitter.com/8FPURN0O9v — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) February 6, 2021 After making it a perfect ten wins under Rules, all roads lead back to the Cheltenham Festival for the Henry De Bromhead trained mare Honeysuckle. The only question is what championship race will she run in this year? Her connections, owner
- [Kauto Star - Simply the best](https://cheltenhambuzz.co.uk/kauto-star-simply-the-best/)
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