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Cheltenham festival 2006

21 March 2006

  • Greg Wood

    Cheltenham the victim of its own success after a Festival that lacked fizz

    Greg Wood

    For all the excellent efforts of horses like Brave Inca, War Of Attrition, and My Way De Solzen, this year's Cheltenham Festival never really caught fire, says Greg Wood.

20 March 2006

  • Festival race faces axe as racecourse worried by deaths

    The future of the National Hunt Chase looks bleak after the death of three horses during the running of this year's race.

19 March 2006

  • War of attrition on four days for weary punters

    Eddie Fremantle sees Cheltenham prove a test of stamina for racegoers and for the horses as the Irish celebrate a record-breaking week

18 March 2006

  • Festival claims nine horses

    A total of nine horses, one fewer than the record in 1996, died during the Festival with five fatalities occuring on Thursday.

  • War Of Attrition triggers a St Patrick's Day massacre

    The Irish raider, War of Attrition, produced a masterful display of jumping to take the Gold Cup ahead of 2005 Grand National winner Hedgehunter.

    • 'Free flights for all'

    • Thieves take £32,000 in second robbery from bookies

    • Memories matter more than empty wallets

      Robin Oakley at Cheltenham

17 March 2006

  • Winners no wiser than the rest over recipe for success

  • Blinkers can help Cornish to mine devalued Gold

  • Pamper zone and dog racing find a place at Prestbury Park

  • Five fatalities takes horse toll to ten-year high

  • Attrition grinds out victory in Gold Cup war

  • Cheltenham Festival - day four, as it happened

  • A bad day for Fearless Fred the bookie: first he loses £925,000 to a punter, then he's robbed of £70,000

16 March 2006

  • Cheltenham Festival - live!

    Hoof-by-hoof report: Follow all the action from World Hurdle day with Sean Ingle NOW.

  • Newmill cheered home by the Irish and the bookies

    Outsider Newmill won the Queen Mother Champion Chase while the bookies were laughing all the way to the bank.

    • Shakespeare back on stage

    • Flyer retired after flop

    • Murtagh loses his bearings amid the bacchanal

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