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MARK BOYLAN: Eight takeaways from an absorbing 2025 Cheltenham Festival
Mark Boylan
As the dust settles on an action-packed week in the Cotswolds, Mark Boylan picks out some talking points from the four days
8 March 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Where could this year's Cheltenham Festival multiples go down?
With a series of short-priced market leaders set to line up next week, Mark Boylan examines the record of odds-on favourites at the Festival
28 February 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: How have Irish-trained horses been treated in Cheltenham weights?
The averages suggest Irish handicap hurdlers face a tougher task than at last year's meeting
MARK BOYLAN: An odds-on graveyard? The Festival record that's a worry for Jonbon
Jonbon clearly is the standout two-mile chaser around, but the Queen Mother Champion Chase has delivered some of the biggest shocks in Cheltenham history
14 February 2025 Columns
MARK BOYLAN: Lossiemouth watch - how do last-time-out fallers run at Cheltenham?
After a nasty tumble in the Irish Champion Hurdle, Lossiemouth remains a 4/1 chance for her clash with Constitution Hill at Cheltenham
7 February 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Lack of British runners at DRF disappointing but understandable
Why is there such a lack of British-trained horses coming to Leopardstown this weekend? Mark Boylan looks into some of the factors at play
31 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Why some owners may prefer private sales to public auctions
The vast majority of Grade 1 winners in Ireland last season joined their existing owners privately
24 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Should Supreme favourite backers be worried by hood and tongue-tie?
Salvator Mundi split opinion when winning the Grade 2 Sky Bet Club Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle last weekend at Punchestown
17 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Does a testing-ground Betfair Chase leave a mark on horses?
When the ground has been testing at Haydock for the Grade 1 contest, there have been poor results for next-time-out runners in the last decade
10 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Have we seen the Champion Bumper winner yet?
There was no standout, wide-margin bumper winner across the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown
3 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: 'He can mix it at Grade 1 level' - names to note for 2025
As we count down to the new year, Mark Boylan highlights his equine and human names to watch out for in 2025
2 January 2025 Racing columns
MARK BOYLAN: Why Mullins' megastars may have significant improvement to come
An intriguing Christmas period of racing lies in store with the likes of State Man and Galopin Des Champs seemingly set to take a sizeable step forward
6 December 2024 Racing columns