Cheltenham is to name the 2013 running of the National Hunt Chase at the Festival in honour of the late John Oaksey, who died at the age of 83 in September.

Lord John Oaksey, the former amateur jump jockey, journalist, author, broadcaster and founder of the Injured Jockeys Fund passed away at his family home in Wiltshire yesterday following a lengthy period of ill health. He was 83

Mark Bradstock's Carruthers outstayed his rivals to land a famous victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury this afternoon.