THE SHOWCASE 21-22 OCTOBER 2022
When The Showcase kicks off Cheltenham’s season on 21 and 22 October, Jump racing fans from across the country will descend on the Cotswolds. It’s a meeting that signifies racing over hurdles and fences is well and truly back, says Ben Cox THE SHOWCASE GETS SEASON OFF TO A FLYER
A s racegoers leave Cheltenham Racecourse at the end of Race Night in early May, there is a sense of disappointment that it will be six months before they can return to the Home of Jump Racing. As a reward for their patience, however, The Showcase
Meeting or The Festival™. In 2021, there were three Irish-trained winners, including the John McConnell-trained Bardenstown Lad, who went on to finish third at The Festival in the Grade One Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Another of the trio of Irish-trained winners in 2022 was Definite Plan, who gave exciting young jockey Jordan Gainford a first Cheltenham winner in front of a full crowd – his previous winner at the course had come aboard The Shunter at The Festival in 2021 when no specatators were present due to Covid. Afterwards, an overjoyed Gainford summed up what a winner at the meeting means. He said: “I am delighted. To come here in front of a crowd like this is brilliant and to ride for my boss and a great owner and supporter of the yard is brilliant. To be in Cheltenham is one thing but to have a winner is extra special.” Those attending The Showcase can expect to see a number of runners who will go on to scale greater heights as the season progresses, and one horse who really comes alive at Cheltenham is Coole Cody, trained in Wales by Evan Williams. For the past two seasons, the Wayne Clifford-owned gelding has finished second at The Showcase before going on to claim a big prize later at the Home of Jump Racing. In 2020/21, it was the
in October treats them to not one but two days of high-quality fare to get the new season off to a flying start. Recent campaigns have seen The Showcase come of age, with raiders from across the Irish Sea now a feature almost as regular as those in The November
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