Cheltenham Festival 2026 day four: Tips for televised races on ITV
After a thrilling and dramatic Cheltenham Festival, the fourth and final day is upon us with all eyes on the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Sports News Blitz’s Jeff Mexico and Kieran McHugh seem to have saved their best until the end, and after a successful Thursday, they return for the finale on Friday, March 13.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 day three: Tips for televised races on ITV
Day three of the Cheltenham Festival has quickly rolled around and after a thrilling last couple of days, all focus turns now to St Patrick’s Thursday.
Sports News Blitz’s Jeff Mexico and Kieran McHugh are back for round three of the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday, March 12.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 guide: Day-by-day race times, how to watch tv guide, best horses, trainers, jockeys and more
The 2026 Cheltenham Festival is the biggest four days in National Hunt racing. Sports News Blitz delivers a guide to the race times, tv schedule, top horses, trainers, jockeys and more.
March is a magical time of year. The weather starts to behave itself, it’s not dark at 4pm and 8am and most importantly - it’s the Cheltenham Festival.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 day one: Upsets galore as Lossiemouth, Kargese star on Champion Day
The biggest week in the British horse racing calendar is underway, and there was plenty for the Cheltenham crowd to roar about as the iconic festival lived up to its dramatic reputation on the opening day.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Charlie Fawcett reviews all the action, as it happened, on Champion Day 2026.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 day two: Tips for televised races on ITV
After an action-packed opening day, Prestbury Park opens its doors once more as the second day of the Cheltenham Festival gets underway. Sports News Blitz’s Jeff Mexico and Kieran McHugh survived the first day of the ‘Fez’ and return for round two at HQ on Wednesday, March 11.
The first race is underway at 1:20pm and proceedings conclude at 4:40pm, leaving 20 minutes for tea, tears, and tribulations before you can rage all over again because someone took the minus offer on The Chase.
Lossiemouth records career-high rating of 161 in Champion Hurdle win
Lossiemouth earned a career-high Timeform rating of 161 when winning the Unibet Champion Hurdle.
Willie Mullins’ star was winning at her fourth successive Cheltenham Festival following victories in the 2023 JCB Triumph Hurdle and the last two renewals of the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle.
Lossiemouth had been rated 158 prior to the Champion Hurdle.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 day one: Tips for televised races on ITV
The 2026 Cheltenham Festival is finally here - and we will be watching every minute of it on ITV (until The Chase comes on).
In young racing writer Kieran McHugh, we have not only found someone who understands the incoherent ramblings of our veteran racing tipster Jeff Mexico - but actually has a passing interest too.
Sports News Blitz have asked Messrs McHugh and Mexico to select an ‘on the nose’ tip and an each-way contender for every race that will be televised on Tuesday, March 10.
Horse racing news: Cheltenham Fever has bookmaker feeling queasy with £450m at stake
Bookmakers up and down the UK are braced for horse racing’s biggest betting week of the year, the Cheltenham Festival, with 28 races over four days, all of which made it into the 31 most bet-on races in 2025.
This year, William Hill, who sponsor the William Hill County Hurdle on Gold Cup Day (Friday 13th March), are forecasting an industry total of £450million to be wagered in the United Kingdom across the four days.
Cheltenham Festival 2026: Richard Johnson and co give their Gold Cup fancies and best selections
After being allowed out on day release for a preview night, Sports News Blitz’s horse racing expert Kieran McHugh has reported back with all the Cheltenham Festival expert opinions.
Check out who they are backing for glory…
Cheltenham Gold Cup news: Gavin Cromwell says Inothewayurthinkin “will take plenty of beating” if he turns up
Gavin Cromwell has fired an early warning to the rest of the staying chase division: if Inothewayurthinkin brings his A-game to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, they might all be running for second.
Speaking on William Hill’s Inside Track: Ireland podcast, the trainer admitted this season hasn’t exactly gone to script - for the yard or for his stable star - but insists the reigning Gold Cup hero is coming to the boil at the right time.
Cheltenham Festival 2026: The challenge, UK vs Ireland
Cheltenham Festival is upon us. Between March 10 and March 13 in Gloucestershire, one of the most historical horse racing meetings in the whole world will take place for its latest edition.
The event attracts all horse racing enthusiasts, who will already be busy searching for the favorites to win the individual races.
If you're one of them, you can take advantage of the Cheltenham Festival free bets to reduce your losses and bet on your favourite horse, or your favourite jockey.
Barry Geraghty: A case of what might’ve been for Constitution Hill
William Hill ambassador Barry Geraghty reflects on Connections’ decision not to go to Cheltenham with Constitution Hill and to stick to the Flat from now on.
Ante-post market leaders with Cheltenham Festival just around the corner
Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Fawcett takes an admittedly premature look at some of the form fancies and runners of interest at the upcoming 2026 Cheltenham Festival as the countdown to the huge week continues.
With “The Greatest Show on Turf” now just T-minus 20 days away, all eyes are on which runners will be confirmed to feature at this year’s festival, and crucially, who will pick up the spoils in some of the most prestigious contests in all of racing.
With 28 races being crammed into one of the most iconic and highly anticipated events in the British sporting calendar, we focus on those with the most eyes upon them.
What Cheltenham Festival clues have been uncovered from 2026’s Dublin Racing Festival?
After a pulsating renewal of the Dublin Racing Festival, full of twists, turns and shocks, Sports News Blitz’s horse racing expert Kieran McHugh examines the impact the two-day event will have on the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.
Horse racing news: William Hill go Non-Runner Money Back on Cheltenham Festival
William Hill have announced that they have gone Non-Runner Money Back on all 28 races at the Cheltenham Festival.
On the back of two brilliant days at the Dublin Racing Festival, the leading bookmaker have now opened up a concession which will be welcomed by punters up and down the land.
ITV horse racing tips and best bets for Leopardstown on Sunday, February 1
Sunday, February 1 hosts the second day of the Dublin Racing Festival.
After jetting around the globe, Sports News Blitz’s Kieran McHugh landed in Ireland.
And our pundit is keen to unearth some clues for the Cheltenham Festival.
Harry Skelton: We’re very proud to be the winning-most trainer-jockey partnership
Star Sports ambassador Harry Skelton looks back on a record-breaking weekend for the team, and ahead to Festival plans for some of their Trials Day runners.
Horse racing news: How Rachael Blackmore can inspire more women to attend the Cheltenham Festival
Rachael Blackmore was crowned leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival in 2021 and will return to the home of jump racing in a new ambassadorial role for 2026.
This week, the Gold Cup winner, who retired from the saddle in May 2025, was appointed Head of Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival in a bid to attract more female racegoers.
Here, Sports News Blitz horse racing expert Scott Allen lists a few things that Rachael Blackmore can try when she starts her new job.
Gavin Cromwell: Stumptown set to miss Aintree for Cheltenham Festival defence
William Hill ambassador Gavin Cromwell has revealed that Velka Pardubicka winner Stumptown is unlikely to run in this season’s Grand National, with the 2025 Cross Country hero set to be aimed at defending his Cheltenham Festival crown.
Sir AP McCoy defends Jonbon and reflects on a dramatic Cheltenham Festival
Sir AP McCoy has told William Hill that he believes Jonbon’s stellar reputation has been unfairly tarnished after he was unable to break his Cheltenham Festival duck last week.
Speaking to fellow William Hill ambassador Nick Luck and reflecting on the week at Prestbury Park, McCoy said that he believes Jonbon’s standing has been unjustly derided after defeat yet again at the Festival.