All news on the topic: Horses

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Supercomputer names most likely winner of 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The prediction came after a supercomputer analysed data going back to 1990 - to reveal the top characteristics of a 'typical' race winner
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Jockey hoping fan favourite Paisley Park can end near-miss torture at Cheltenham
Tom Bellamy has suffered three successive narrow defeats on Paisley Park who will make his sixth appearance in the Stayers' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival
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Rachael Blackmore nominates her four best chances at the Cheltenham Festival
Rachael Blackmore was leading jockey at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival and has identified the horses who could add to her 14 successes over the four day meeting
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Jockey banned for six months after admitting making over 2,000 bets
Dale Evans was found to have made multiple wagers on horse races over a five month period in 2023 in breach of rules forbidding riders from betting
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Shetland pony trapped in cattle grid after walker left gate open
Teifi the horse sparked a rescue operation after becoming trapped in the road. He's now recovering well after emergency services swung into action earlier this week
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Ruby Walsh picks out seven horses to watch out for at the Cheltenham Festival
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
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'World’s tallest jockey’ to meet his rival in Cheltenham battle of the giants
Jack Andrews has long been referred to as the ‘world’s tallest jockey’ but could have met his match in Thomas Costello who is also 6ft 4ins
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The racing chaplain offering spiritual guidance to Cheltenham Festival pilgrims
Ben Fudge will be out and about on the racecourse and available to anyone seeking a confidential ear during all four days of the jumps meeting
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'I'm a real-life cowgirl - I've done impossible tricks on horses since I was 4'
Bella Da Costa, 19, has been doing dangerous horseback riding stunts - which she calls 'suicide' tricks - since she was a child and now also teaches other kids to do the same
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'My boyfriend faked his own death to end our relationship - says I'm too clingy'
The tragic teen shared how she received a text on her Mother’s Birthday saying that her beau had “got into an accident with a horse and died” and grieved him for five days
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Gold Cup-winning trainer Mark Bradstock dies just days after poignant final win
Fond tributes have been paid to Bradstock, who won the Cheltenham Festival's biggest race in 2015 with novice Coneygree under jockey Nico de Boinville. The trainer's last runner Mr Vango won the Devon National by 60 lengths just over a week ago
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Horse racing farce sees 12 out of 13 jockeys banned after horse gifted win
The riders in behind Kevin Healy on the runaway winner at Ireland's all-weather circuit were punished by the stewards. Wrecking Ball Paul built up a huge lead and was always well clear
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Sir AP McCoy names horse he calls “the biggest steering job" at the Cheltenham
The legendary 20-time champion jump jockey believes there is one horse who can’t be beaten at the meeting and picks out his other fancies
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Willie Mullins horse becomes bookies' most backed for 2024 Cheltenham Festival
Ladbrokes has unveiled a shortlist of five Cheltenham Festival challengers which have attracted the most interest and four are owned by J P McManus
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Michelle Mone’s Grand National ‘gift horse’ set to return to action at Kelso
Monbeg Genius, bought by Mone as a wedding present for husband Doug Barrowman, is due to run at Kelso ahead of possible runs at the Cheltenham Festival and in the Grand National
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Constitution Hill's Cheltenham run hangs in balance after star scopes dirty
Bookmakers have suspended betting on the 2024 Unibet Champion Hurdle after Constitution Hill, the 'banker' of the whole Festival for many, was found to have a problem after he worked poorly at Kempton Racecourse
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Inside abandoned 'horse house' left to rot with creepy toys and mannequins
Urban explorer Macloree Travels took a look inside the home dubbed the Horseman's House, located in Ousefleet near Goole, East Yorkshire to see why it had been given the name
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Woman, 70, 'fatally stabbed husband' as he walked away from row, jury hears
Christine Rawle, a self-described horse whisperer, is on trial at Exeter crown court accused of murdering husband Ian Rawle by stabbing him in the back at their home in Devon
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Jockey thumps ground after he's thrown off 1-100 horse in final fence drama
Young amateur Chad Bament could not believe his bad luck after he was unseated at the last fence when holding an eight length lead on Windance
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Beautician turned trainer’s tribute to ‘my one and only’ after death of horse
Sheila Lewis, who combined training with running a beauty salon until she focused full-time on her stable, lost one of her best horses to a fatal injury at Hereford on Sunday
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Ben Godfrey's horse Forward Plan challenges late and fast to win Coral Trophy
Godfrey's 15-2 chance flew the final fence in Kempton's big race and they had enough momentum to surge past Al Dancer. Sir Alex Ferguson celebrated a huge result on the day, as his homebred Spirit Dancer won £944,881 in Saudi Arabia
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Gold Cup-winning trainer Mark Bradstock ends 450-day drought in style
Mark Bradstock famously won the Gold Cup at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival with novice Coneygree. And the Wantage trainer has another exciting horse on his hands, as Mr Vango won the Devon National by a whopping 60 lengths
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Leading hope for £16million race involved in 'air rage' incident on flight
Derma Sotogake, third favourite for the world’s richest horse race, was bitten on the side of his face by another horse en route - but will line up in the field
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Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t mind ‘breaking a rib’ if Spirit Dancer wins £1m race
The former Manchester United manager is chasing more Middle East riches with Spirit Dancer who runs in the Neom Turf Cup in Riyadh on Saturday, having seen him scoop a £500k first prize in Bahrain in November
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Man Utd icon Sir Alex Ferguson 'quite optimistic' of victory in £1m Saudi race
Spirit Dancer takes on the world's elite in the Howden Neom Turf Cup in Riyadh on Saturday, with prize money worth almost £1million to the winner