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Honeysuckle is set to have the final start of her prolific career in the Mares’ Hurdle, with jockey Rachael Blackmore hoping for one final race victory

The Cheltenham handicaps can be tricky to solve, with some horses starting at huge odds in the betting. Here is a selection to consider that offer each way value

After further rain, the four day Cheltenham Festival is set to open on soft ground so here is a selection of horses likely to be suited by the conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday

Barry Connell made his money as a Dublin hedge fund manager but in his third season since starting training his own horses has two leading candidates for Cheltenham Festival honours

Ruby Walsh is the most successful jockey ever at the Cheltenham Festival having ridden 59 winners until he retired to become a pundit for Racing TV. He has picked out six runners to keep onside

The site near Cheltenham Racecourse, which aimed to provide a cheaper alternative to expensive hotels and B&Bs, only received bookings for 16 of 300 spaces

Leading bookmaker William Hill have rebranded seven betting shops in and around Cheltenham 'Constitution' Hill, the hottest favourite at next week's Cheltenham Festival

Steal A March, owned by the King and Queen Consort, was a leading a fancy for the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham but has picked up an injury - leaving trainer Nicky Henderson despondent

End Assembly, one of the rising stars of the sprinting division in Queensland, could be stripped of his latest win after traces of the drug were found in a urine sample

Blazing Khal, trained by Charles Byrnes, was undergoing treatment in the wake of his latest run in February putting his participation in doubt but will now take his chance at the Cheltenham Festival

The ground conditions for the Cheltenham Festival have been changed to soft with the track covered with snow and after significant rainfall in the previous 24 hours

Two-time champion jump jockey Brian Hughes received a four-day ban for using the whip with his arm above shoulder height, the only time it was used in the whole race

History-making jockey Rachael Blackmore, who became the first female rider to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup last year, reveals she does not need to watch her weight

The racecourse saw none of the snow that affected other parts of the country as sleet and rain fell instead to ensure no more watering will be required before the start of the Cheltenham Festival

The 16-year-old stallion Zazou, who won more than £1 million on the racetrack, disappeared from a stud in the Czech Republic where he had been stabled by his alleged owner Ramzan Kadyrov

The Cheltenham Festival all-time leading jockey has become a Constitution Hill convert after seeing the Champion Hurdle favourite pulverise his opponents this season

Megan Taylor, 26, was killed when she was struck by another horse after her mount was among four horses to come down during a race in New Zealand in December last year

Mark Walsh, who has ridden seven Cheltenham Festival winners, has not ridden for over a month after damaging verterbrae in a heavy fall at the Dublin Racing Festival

After breaking his leg in a fall in January, leading jockey Jack Kennedy faced a race against time to be fit for the Cheltenham Festival and will now miss the meeting for a second time

The 13-time champion jumps trainer said he has been "livid" over the British Horseracing Authority's decision to implement changes to the whip rules before the Cheltenham Festival

James Hannon can partner Churchstonewarrior, the 11-2 third favourite for the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham, because the penalty only covers days when there are point-to-point meetings scheduled

After riding 23 winners in January, Billy Loughnane, 17, took the whole of February off to ride in Florida and rode a winner on his return at Newcastle despite a deer running across the track

Alex Canchari, who came from a family of jockeys in Minnesota, USA, rode more than 1,000 winners of earnings in excess of £24 million and leaves a wife and two children

Bookmakers William Hill believe a wintry weather forecast could deliver a repeat of 2018 when the course was covered in snow before the start of the Cheltenham Festival

On only her seventh ride under rules, Olive Nicholls became the latest member of the Nicholls family to ride a winner as she steered Magic Saint to victory at Wincanton