A rollercoaster week at Cheltenham: Here are the takeaways

Owning select NH horses is an expensive game and this was very publicly demonstrated when three lots in the post-race parade ring sales fetched above three hundred thousand pounds

GOLDEN MOMENTS: Jockey Rachael Blackmore celebrates winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup with A Plus Tard Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho

The Hurdling Division is warming up.

THE first race of the meeting, the Supreme Novice Hurdle produced its by now traditional false start. A few of the horses got over-excited and it took some time to regroup behind the tape and send them away properly. Just under three minutes and forty-five seconds later Constitution Hill crossed the line alone, destroying both a high-class field and Annie Power’s course record at the same time.