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Fergal O'Brien trainee Crambo tackles Gordon Elliott's Stayers Hurdle favourite Teahupoo on day three of Cheltenham. Jonathan Burke rides and hopes to get the Gloucestershire trainer on the Festival scoreboard

Trainer Gavin Cromwell has been the man to follow at Cheltenham this season and he has two big chances on Thursday of the Festival, Flooring Porter and Inothewayurthinkin

Jane Mangan is working her dream job alongside some of the biggest names in the business, Nick Luck and Ruby Walsh. The Racing TV pundit and William Hill ambassador hopes Ballyburn wins for Willie Mullins at this year's Cheltenham Festival

Willie Mullins trains plenty of favourites for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival. State Man, Lossiemouth and El Fabiolo are among his leading fancies, while Nicky Henderson has one of the best British-trained chances with Sir Gino

Michael Owen and Sir Alex Ferguson are both big fans of the Cheltenham Festival and will be watching the action this year. Owen believes Galopin Des Champs is worth taking on in the Gold Cup

Grand National-winning ride Lee, who suffered life-changing injuries in a fall at the track in November, had told connections how to get the best out of the filly Thursday's Child, successful for Billy Garritty

The Cheltenham Festival begins on Tuesday, March 12 when trainer Willie Mullins has four of seven favourites including State Man in the feature Unibet Champion Hurdle

General admission to Cheltenham Gold Cup day is sold out but hospitality tickets have yet to be snapped up on Friday and for the first three days of the biggest jumps meeting of the year

McManus is leading owner at the Cheltenham Festival with 73 wins. Meetingofthewaters, who he acquired from Paul Byrne, heads the Ultima betting market at 5-1 with William Hill

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

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

Mullins has won the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Festival a record 12 times, but his 2024 line-up has lost a member as Maughreen, owned by the Closutton Racing Club, will not be ready in time

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

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

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

Tommy Dowson has vowed to focus on his career and turn his life around after being hit with a six month suspension after testing positive for cocaine

Harry Cobden, who led all the way in Betfair's Ascot Chase on Pic D'Orhy, is three wins ahead in the jockeys' championship after Sean Bowen drew a blank at Haydock

Caoilin Quinn has two live chances for trainer Gary Moore at Haydock, where Salver is a hot favourite for the Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle. The race takes place just a few days after the trainer's son Jamie announced his retirement

The 33-year-old chases further glory on grey mare My Silver Lining at Haydock today. Emma Lavelle's horse kick-started a memorable few weeks for Best, who celebrated his first Grade One on underdog Nickle Back

Kevin Sexton's mount Mick Charlie was a long way back, but he made up relentless ground in the Grange Novice Handicap Chase to overtake its tiring leaders and win a shade cosily

The horse racing industry is mourning the loss of Keagan Kirkby, who died in a fall at Charing point-to-point in Sunday. Dozens of people have paid tribute to the 25-year-old, who worked for 14-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls

Horses trained by Willie Mullins took all four of the Grade One races on day one of Leopardstown's Dublin Racing Festival. Galopin Des Champs completed the set after wins for Dancing City, Kargese and Il Etait Temps

Hermes Allen was favourite for the Grade One Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices' Chase but he fell heavily under Harry Cobden. Nickle Back made all for jockey James Best

Michael Owen and his team at Hugo Palmer's stables were thrilled with the performance of Roman Dragon, who won the Hawar Cup. The Liverpool legend was following Man United legend Ferguson's success in the Bahrain International Trophy

Jamie Snowden's staff were devastated by the death of Datsalrightgino at Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day. Colonel Harry will represent his owners Hew and Jane Glyn Davies in Saturday's Scilly Isles Novices' Chase