Two Cheltenham hopefuls have their final prep races at the Newbury Super Saturday 2026 fixture from the Berkshire track on 7 February. They are Haiti Couleurs in the Grade 2 Denman Chase and exciting novice Lulamba in the Game Spirit. Both horses were among the Cheltenham favourites and fancied runners at last year’s Festival with …
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One result more than any other will raise the roof at the Dublin Racing Festival this weekend, and that’s if Galopin Des Champs can land the Irish Gold Cup of 2026 completing a four-timer in the meeting’s flagship steeplechase. This hugely popular and public horse has suffered just one career defeat over fences around Leopardstown. …
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Just three horses remain in the Irish Arkle of 2026 on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival. This Grade 1 novice chase over two miles and a furlong often has a small field like this, but there’s still a dust-up in the offing at Leopardstown this year. The latest edition pitches Romeo Coolio …
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The powerful connections of leading owner JP McManus and master trainer Willie Mullins combine with the Spring Juvenile Hurdle favourite in Narciso Has at Leopardstown this year. Run under the sponsorship of Gannon’s City Recovery & Recycling Services on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival, Saturday, 31, January, the Grade 1 four-year-olds only …
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The first four home at Leopardstown over Christmas take each other on again in the Grade 1 Dublin Chase over two miles and a furlong on Sunday, 1 February. Prevailing on that occasion and 12 months ago here during the last Dublin Racing Festival was course and distance specialist Solness. He defied a 242-day absence …
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Like so many big races over jumps in the Emerald Isle, the Irish Champion Hurdle of 2026 on Sunday, 1 February during the Dublin Racing Festival reflects the state of play in the National Hunt code in the country. Two training powerhouses in Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott have all seven remaining runners at the …
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There are eight races on the card for Festival Trials Day 2026 from Cheltenham on Saturday, 24 January. Five Grade 2s and three handicaps provide horses with a final chance to advertise their claims before the major meeting comes to Prestbury Park in March. Chief among the races here are the Cotswold Chase, Unibet International …
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The Unibet International Hurdle of 2026 has a genuine clash of Champion Hurdle contenders on Festival Trials Day in it, as Nicky Henderson’s Sir Gino faces The New Lion in the Grade 2 contest over an extended two miles at Cheltenham on 24 January. These are two of the National Hunt code’s star hurdlers having …
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