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Handicap hopes: Your EW Cheltenham Festival Super Yankee

When the discarded betting slips are swept up Friday, the regrets will focus almost totally on the championship races, ignoring the fact 10 contests, or almost 40% of the total, are handicaps.

Tue, 15 Mar, 2016

Willie Mullins considering Shaneshill for Lightning Novices attempt

Shaneshill is a surprise entry in the grand-national2016.co.uk Lightning Novices’ Chase at Doncaster on Saturday.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2016

Paul Townend doubles up thanks to Irish Cavalier at Cheltenham

Irish Cavalier capped a fine day for jockey Paul Townend when lifting the CHAPS Restaurants Barbados Novices’ Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2015

Tommy Lyons: Shaneshill the value option in Supreme Novices’ Hurdle

The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle gets the 2015 Cheltenham Festival up and running, and the Willie Mullins-trained Shaneshill looks a value option against favourite and stable companion Douvan, writes Tommy Lyons.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2015

Vintage View: The chamber pot

When I was a child, my brother and I regularly came up from the country and stayed with a more ancient relative in Dublin over weekends. 

Sat, 15 Nov, 2014