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Tune in to At The Races every day of Cheltenham for our Festival Focus programme at 8.00am and our post-racing Festival Phone-In from 5.45pm.

STABLE TOUR

Alan King
"He would be my main hope for the Coral Cup which has been his target for a long time. Once we started to rev him up I was always happy with him and his recent work has been very good."
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Gold glory for Commander

19th Mar 2010

Imperial Commander stayed on strongly up the final hill for trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies and jockey Paddy Brennan to land the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Twiston-Davies' Festival squad

15th Mar 2010

Nigel Twiston-Davis talks Sean Boyce through a number of his Cheltenham Festival horses including Khyber Kim in the Champion Hurdle, Amber Brook in the Mares' Hurdle, Bay Run in the Foxhunters' Chase, Hello Bud in the Kim Muir plus Imperial Commander in the Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase

15th Mar 2010

IMPERIAL COMMANDER took a dramatic renewal of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, galloping clear on the run-in to score at 7-1.

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Hugh Taylor

Hugh had 10/1 winner Big Zeb on Wednesday and has more interesting thought on the final day of the Cheltenham festival

Battle of the Booth

Sean Boyce leads the battle going into the final day after another profit on Thursday. Click here to see their selections for Friday.

RACECARDS WITH TIMEFORM

The best racecards on the web! View the full racecards with horse-by-horse comments for every race at the Festival from Timeform, plus latest odds from our Best Odds and links to form and our video archive.

THE DECIDER

Kauto Star v Denman. Visit our dedicated section to read exclusive blogs from the people closest to the chasing superstars, plus much more.

STATS GUIDE

It's the ultimate trends analysis of the Festival! Click here to read Stats Expert Paul Jones's lowdown on every race at the meeting.

RUNNER PROFILES

Pro-punter Andy Gibson has evaluated the leading contenders for the Grade 1 races at the Festival exclusively for attheraces.com.

Trial Races

Pro-punter Andy Gibson has analysed all the key trial races for the Grade 1 events at the Cheltenham Festival. Includes full results and archive video.

STABLE TOURS

Don't miss our stable tours with the top yards at Cheltenham. Online now are Paul Nicholls, Philip Hobbs and Alan King.

Festival Trendspotting

Don't miss David Myers's brilliant series on the key overall trends behind the Festival. All five parts are now online.

Bromley's Buys

Top bloodstock agent Anthony Bromley - the man who found Kauto Star and Master Minded - assesses his flag-bearers for the 2010 Festival.

Festival Spy

Our Festival Spy has been busy reporting back from the best preview nights in the run up to the big meeting, from Dublin to London, via Carlisle.

The Race Centre

Festival Preview Programme

Neptune Management Novices' Hurdle

Can the rapidly-improving Rite Of Passage give Dermot Weld another Festival triumph? Or will Nicky Henderson end his drought in the race with Finian's Rainbow? Luke Harvey, Mick Fitzgerald and Andy Gibson analyse the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle. Includes stats and video form.

MY FESTIVAL BANKER

GORDON BROWN - ATR PRESENTER
Arcalis
Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (2.05 Fri)
"My spies tell me he's quietly fancied and I've backed him each-way at 50's so if that doesn't stop him nothing will. Hopefully he'll make the cut as he's run well in this twice before and has won the Supreme and been fifth in the Champion Hurdle."