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Kopek Des Bordes heading straight to Cheltenham
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Kopek Des Bordes will head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after Willie Mullins decided against a run in Saturday’s Goffs Irish Arkle
23 December 2025 Features
REVIEW OF THE YEAR: Britain: Days of Gold and National pride
Ash Symonds looks back at the National Hunt season in Britain where the Irish were very much to the fore on the big days
10 December 2025 News
Kopek Des Bordes to miss Christmas targets
The Cheltenham Festival winner has suffered a small setback in training
TONY KEENAN: Elliott takes the Navan honours
Tony looks back at the Navan weekend winners and a few horses to note going forwards
21 November 2025 Columns
WATCH: Kopek Des Bordes dazzles on Navan chasing bow
Found A Fifty was another good winner on Monday's rescheduled card at Navan
17 November 2025 News
PUNCHESTOWN TUESDAY: Irancy shines as Kopek disappoints
Kopek Des Bordes ended his unbeaten record, but no matter, because Willie Mullins had another three to score with
2 May 2025 News
PUNCHESTOWN: Irancy rises to occassion as Kopek Des Bordes disappoints
Willie Mullins' ammunition was apparent with a 1-2-3-4 in the Champion Novice Hurdle
29 April 2025 News
ANGUS McNAE: Time Will Tell: Strongly run Champion found out State Man
Angus examines the time and jumping data over some of the talking points of the first two days of Cheltenham
18 March 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Sound the trumpets for Golden Ace’s sire
Leo Powell takes a look at the family of the long-priced Champion Hurdle winner
16 March 2025 Columns
CHELTENHAM 2025: Mullins weighs up future after Kopek Des Bordes dominates
Run in honour of the late Michael O'Sullivan, this year's Festival curtain-raiser went the way of a brilliant winner from the Willie Mullins yard
14 March 2025 News
ANGUS McNAE: Can Kopek Des Bordes be overturned?
Angus looks at what clues the jumping data might provide to the main events on the opening two days of the Festival
9 March 2025 Columns
Handicapper impressed by star novice hurdlers
Koped Des Bordes and Final Demand have already achieved enough to win most runnings of their respective intended targets at Cheltenham
7 February 2025 News