 Entries are unveiled today for the three G1 novices’ hurdles at The Festival™ - the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle and the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – plus the G1 JCB Triumph Hurdle, which is restricted to four-year-olds. There are 96 entries in 2021, with a record 59 of those trained in Ireland. Sponsor Sky Bet make one of the Irish-trained entries, Appreciate It (Willie Mullins), the clear 5/2 favourite. The seven-year-old was runner-up in the G1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper at The Festival™ in 2020 and has looked hugely talented when landing both his starts over hurdles this season, most recently sauntering to a nine-length victory in a G1 contest at Leopardstown on 27 December. To view all the entries, news and odds, click here - www.thejockeyclub.co.uk
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There are lots of restaurants, delis and pubs offering awesome takeaways this week here in the Cotswolds. Check with each for their opening times and availability and support as many as you can.   Hiro Sushi, Chipping Norton and surrounding areas Awesome sushi to your door www.instagram.com/hiro__sushi/     The Old Butchers, Stow on the Wold The best takeaway menu on the market theoldbutchers.squarespace.com/  Kibou, Cheltenham Click and collect Japanese takeaway kibou.co.uk/click-and-collect-preoday-cheltenham/      The Ebrington Arms, Nr Chipping Campden A weekend takeaway for your walk www.theebringtonarms.co.uk/takeaway-menu          The Killingworth Castle, Nr Woodstock A treat for your walk www.thekillingworthcastle.com/takeaway-menu  ST. JAMES’S PLACE WEALTH MANAGEMENT EXTENDS ITS SPONSORSHIP AT THE FESTIVAL™ BY FIVE YEARS20/1/2021 St. James’s Place Wealth Management has renewed its brand sponsorship at Cheltenham Racecourse for a further five years, up to and including The Festival™ in 2025. Cirencester-based St. James’s Place Wealth Management will be promoted at The Festival through the St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Steeple Chase. First contested in 1904, the St. James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase takes place on the fourth and final day of The Festival (Friday, 19 March in 2021). The extended three and a quarter mile chase was previously run as the St. James’s Place Foxhunter Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase and the updated race title is intended to strengthen the race’s identity as being a fundamental part of The Festival, while respecting its rich heritage as one of the leading hunter chases in the sport. The St. James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase is unique in being the only race at The Festival open to trainers who are not full-time professionals. To secure a place in the field, previously race conditions required horses to have either finished in the first two in a hunters' chase on two occasions or won two open point-to-point races, or one of each, within the previous two-and-a-half years. A condition has been added for this year only as a result of the pandemic to allow horses who finish in the first four on two occasions in a hunters' chase between 20th January – 1st March 2021 to qualify. Point-to-pointing on both sides of the Irish Sea plays a vital and complimentary role to racing under rules, often acting as a springboard for horses and jockeys to go on to achieve great success in front of a larger audience at the racecourse. The 2003 winner Kingscliff was a point-to-point graduate who went on to achieve G1 success in the inaugural running of the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park in 2005. Further back in time, perhaps the greatest ever winner of the contest was Spartan Missile in 1979, a point-to-point graduate who was owned, trained, ridden and bred by John Thorne. Spartan Missile famously went on to finish a gallant second behind Aldaniti and Bob Champion in the 1981 Grand National at Aintree. The 1981 hero and fellow point-to-point graduate Grittar actually went one better at Aintree, going on to success in the Grand National of 1982. Many famous amateur jockeys feature on the race’s roll of honour, including Lord Oaksey, Gay Kindersley, Ted Walsh and Nina Carberry. There are also numerous examples of winning riders going on to forge highly successful careers as professionals. Two recent examples are Sam Twiston-Davies and Bryony Frost. The St. James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase acknowledges Jump racing’s grassroots, while also being the source of a number of successes for women at The Festival. Jockey Caroline Beasley’s success aboard Eliogarty in 1983 was the first victory at The Festival for a female jockey and the contest has been won by female jockeys a further nine times – most recently Maxine O'Sullivan aboard It Came To Pass in 2020. Former champion, Nina Carberry who won the race in 2015 and 2016 with companion, On The Fringe, said: ‘I was thrilled to win it twice – it’s a special race, an amateur’s gold cup which holds a lot of fond memories for me. I really like the name St. James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase – it reinforces the race’s connection with the Home of Jump Racing whilst also keeping its tradition as one of the sport’s most iconic Hunter Chases.’ Ian Renton, Regional Managing Director for The Jockey Club, commented: “The Jockey Club is extremely grateful to St. James’s Place for extending its generous sponsorship at The Festival. All of us at Cheltenham look forward to working with St. James’s Place for the next five seasons.” Ian Gascoigne, Managing Director for St. James’s Place Wealth Management added: “We have been a proud sponsor at Cheltenham Racecourse for a number of years and are delighted to continue our support of a flagship event in our local community. Cheltenham Festival provides the opportunity to reach a large audience and the team continuously offer St. James’s Place a fantastic experience.”  We don’t always have the time to research new and exciting wines to drink so why not let The Cellar at Stow on the Wold choose for you? Located in the market square of the town, The Cellar represents a carefully selected group of small independent winemakers who share the philosophy of producing wines that are expressive of their place, adopting traditional methods and showing maximum respect for the wine and the wider environment. With doors current closed, The Cellar has created an idea to help free you from the shackles of much of the boring wine that seems to flood the shelves in your weekly food shop and have launched their very own wine club. For £35, each month you will receive 2 bespoke bottles of wine to your door which have been carefully selected by The Cellar to expand your tasting horizons. Each wine will have a minimum RRP of £20. These won't necessarily be everyday wines but will certainly be exceptional ones. There are 3 subscription options to choose from, all of which can be one-off purchases or monthly. USE COTSWOLDGENT5 TO RECEIVE £5 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER Visit www.thecellaratstow.co.uk/the-cellar-club for all information and to purchase.  The Scenic Supper returns this April at a new location, tucked away in the beautiful Todenham Manor Farm near Moreton-in-Marsh. After launching during the summer 2020, The Scenic Supper created a spectacular and unique dining experience with spectacular views across the Cotswolds and served over 680 diners, mixed more than a thousand cocktails and opened for 40 incredible evenings. 2021will see seven brand new sustainably built glasshouses that will host parties of two and four, equally stunning views and a stunning 5-course menu featuring lots of wonderful local ingredients. There will also be a brand new King Stone Gin bar which will be serving even more craft cocktails, English sparkling wine, and other local booze. The spring dates run from Thursday 1st April to Friday 28th May 2021. Book your table now at www.thescenicsupper.co.uk     Properly good burgers have been hard to find in the North Cotswolds. There are pubs (The Chequers at Churchill) and restaurants (The Old Butchers) who have exceptional patties on their menu, but, until now, nowhere has ever offered a dedicated menu. Smiths of Bourton (on the Water) is run by brothers Seb and Theo Smith. Seb fell in love with burgers while living out in America and Theo's passion for food saw him enjoy an inspiring stint at the much-acclaimed Mash Inn at Radnage. However, like all other restaurants, they've had to adapt to the COVID times in which we live and adapt they have. They open every evening for takeaway, from 5pm - 9pm. The "Lockdown" menu features eight burgers with an extra unique special each week. There's everything from a classic cheeseburger, with extra pickles and bacon as optional extras, to the lively Chimichurri Burger and Triple B with goats’ cheese, blueberry BBQ sauce, bacon and crispy onions On top of that there are 4 types of fries, including their incredible crispy bacon, house sauce and spring onion-donned Dirty Fries, truffle aoili, parmesan and crispy sage fries and Rosemary and Parmesan, as well as your regular fries which each burger comes with. You can up grade to any of the others which is most definitely worth doing. We ordered last weekend for a Sunday night treat. The food was still hot after the 7-minute drive home and the 2-minute photo shoot for the gram... and this post. The burgers were big, fat and juicy... and delightfully messy, the types where you walk to wash your hands with your arms in the air to avoid touching anything on your way to the taps, which you try turning on with your elbow. The fries were equally incredible. The sauce on the "Dirty" ones tasted like it had just come out of a Big Mac and the Truffle ones disappeared before a bite of a burger was taken... they were that good. The whole lot surpassed our expectations, although we had only heard very good things. Perhaps we're just not used to this kind of thing being available in the North Cotswolds. Let's just hope they're here to stay. Now all we need is Deliveroo. Food 9 Heat after drive and photo shoot 8 Expectations surpassed 10 Value 8 www.smithsofbourton.com    A total of 41 horses have been entered for the Magners Gold Cup at Cheltenham to be held on Friday 19th March. Al Boum Photo will seek to emulate Best Mate and become a triple winner of the Grade 1 encounter, ran over three miles, two furlongs and 70 yards. There are 6 entries from Cotswolds-based trainers. Here are all the entries. Cotswolds entries are in bold. Acapella Bourgeois (FR) W. P. Mullins IRE Al Boum Photo (FR) W. P. Mullins IRE Allaho (FR) 7 W. P. Mullins IRE A Plus Tard (FR) Henry de Bromhead IRE Aso (FR) Venetia Williams Battleoverdoyen (IRE) Gordon Elliott IRE Black Op (IRE) Tom George Bristol de Mai (FR) Nigel Twiston-Davies Burrows Saint (FR) W. P. Mullins IRE Castlebawn West (IRE) W. P. Mullins IRE Champ (IRE) Nicky Henderson Cyrname (FR) Paul Nicholls Delta Work (FR) Gordon Elliott IRE Frodon (FR) Paul Nicholls Imperial Aura (IRE) Kim Bailey Itchy Feet (FR) Olly Murphy Kemboy (FR) W. P. Mullins IRE Lake View Lad (IRE) N. W. Alexander Lord du Mesnil (FR) Richard Hobson Lostintranslation (IRE) Colin Tizzard Magic of Light (IRE) Mrs J. Harrington IRE Master Tommytucker (GB) Paul Nicholls Melon (GB) W. P. Mullins IRE Minella Indo (IRE) Henry de Bromhead IRE Mister Malarky (GB) Colin Tizzard Monalee (IRE) Henry de Bromhead IRE Native River (IRE) Colin Tizzard Presenting Percy (GB) Gordon Elliott IRE Real Steel (FR) Paul Nicholls Royale Pagaille (FR) Venetia Williams Saint Calvados (FR) Harry Whittington Samcro (IRE) Gordon Elliott IRE Santini (GB) Nicky Henderson Shattered Love (IRE) Gordon Elliott IRE Simply The Betts (IRE) Harry Whittington Spyglass Hill (IRE) Henry de Bromhead IRE Terrefort (FR) Nicky Henderson The Conditional (IRE) David Bridgwater Vinndication (IRE) Kim Bailey Waiting Patiently (IRE) Ruth Jefferson Yorkhill (IRE) Sandy Thomson  |
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