Ian Renton
11 results

Racegoers cheer Cheltenham return for first time since March’s Festival
- Racing
- December 11, 2020, 17:37
Spectators returned to Cheltenham on Friday for the first time since the Festival in March. Meetings in October and November were run behind closed d(...)

Cheltenham festival oversees special coronavirus measures
- Racing
- March 10, 2020, 11:42
Tens of thousands of people are flocking to day one of the Cheltenham festival as organisers oversee a raft of special measures to try to keep visitor(...)

Wednesday’s Cheltenham card in danger of being blown off course
- Racing
- March 12, 2019, 17:53
Whether day two of Cheltenham on Wednesday can go ahead or not will depend on an 8.0am morning inspection. Forecast winds of close to 80km/h are pre(...)

Artemis returns to C&C amid investor shake-up
- Agribusiness & Food
- March 11, 2019, 05:32
UK fund manager Artemis Investment Management has accumulated a stake of more than 3 per cent in C&C for the first time in more than a decade, as (...)

New sponsorship deal will see race renamed Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup
- Media & Marketing
- July 18, 2018, 18:56
The Cheltenham Gold Cup, the showpiece of the March racing festival, will be known as the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup in a new four-year sponsorship a(...)

Inside Business: ‘You’d struggle to find an Englishman’ in Cheltenham hotels next week
- Business
- March 7, 2018, 16:52
Inside Business is a regular podcast from The Irish Times. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, on Android, on Stitcher - or wherever you find podcasts. This(...)

Ground worries concentrate minds ahead of Cheltenham festival
- Racing
- February 25, 2018, 18:35
The most discussed creature at Naas on Sunday might have been the upcoming “beast from the east” although Cheltenham’s boss predicts it won’t get it’s(...)

Cheltenham not just about the drinking – there is horse racing too
- Racing
- March 14, 2017, 20:14
By the time the first race got under way, many hundreds of pints had already been knocked back and a fair few punters were distinctly merry. As the d(...)

Cheltenham index could be a measure of our success
- Agribusiness & Food
- February 14, 2017, 06:45
One answer to the recent debate about the way we measure our economy’s performance could be to introduce a “Cheltenham index”. The Cotswolds racecours(...)

Cheltenham Festival to impose alcohol restriction
- Racing
- February 13, 2017, 20:21
Horse racing fans are facing restrictions on drinking in a bid to crack down on antisocial behaviour at popular meetings. Punters attending this year(...)