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claiming the title for the second time at Exeter. Bryony Frost and Present Man lit up Wincanton as they took the Badger Ales Chase for the second year running, and we very much look forward to seeing if they can make it three in a row this year. Impulsive Star came home in front in the McCoys Contractors Civil Engineering Classic Chase at Warwick, and we look forward to seeing what January’s feature race has in store. With the recent retirement of Ruby Walsh there will no doubt be a changing of the guard in the Weighing Room. We look at the career so far of Jonjo O’Neill Jnr, Rachael Blackmore and Bryony Frost as they cement themselves as some of the leading up and coming jockeys of their generation. I hope that you enjoy the 2019/2020 edition of Kalendar magazine and that we will welcome you to Cheltenham during the season.
s I write this we are enjoying the summer months at the Home of Jump Racing where the team at The Jockey Club
remain extremely busy preparing for the season ahead, which includes early planning for any changes we wish to introduce for next year’s Festival. It is an exciting time for all of us as we reflect on the season gone and
seek every opportunity to bring in further improvements for the 2019/20 season.
Reflection is a recurring theme in this magazine; there are always so many moments we so enjoy at Cheltenham and the 2018/2019 season was no different. Willie Mullins, The Festival’s winning most trainer, and last season inducted into Cheltenham’s Hall of Fame, finally won the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup and we talk to him about what that moment meant. We chat to ITV Racing’s Ed Chamberlin, although football is where he made his name, his love of horseracing, and in particular Cheltenham, is something that has been with him for many years and he speaks fondly of The Festival™, presented by Magners in 2019 and the amazing ‘golden hour’ when Bryony Frost and Frodon won the Ryanair Chase and Paisley Park won the Sun Racing Stayers’ Hurdle. Cheltenham at its finest, producing emotional moments that rival any sporting event. The upcoming season at Cheltenham is no doubt going to provide us with many more magnificent moments and details about all the fixtures can be found throughout the magazine, as well as information about the other Jockey Club racecourses in the region, Warwick, Wincanton and Exeter. We all stage major racedays throughout the season, with the Christmas period being a time of feature racedays, Boxing Day at Wincanton, New Year’s Eve at Warwick and New Year’s Day at Exeter and Cheltenham. The Haldon Gold Cup produced another thrilling race with God’s Own
Ian Renton Regional Director, South West region of The Jockey Club
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