Top Jockey To Mark Cheltenham By Launching Eye-catching Tracksuits

The best week in the racing calendar is just around the corner - with around 250,000 fans anticipated to descend on Cheltenham for its famous four-day festival.


Harry Cobden is among the jockeys hoping to write their name into the history books by winning some of the greatest races in the sport.


The 27-year-old has already landed six Festival winners, including on Caldwell Potter in an unforgettable Golden Miller Novices' Chase last year.


And as he chooses more splendor in the 2026 edition of the festival, he has teamed up with bookie Paddy Power to develop a series of appealing tracksuits.


The collection is made up of 4 bespoke designs, all themed around a few of the most remarkable outfit seen in racing.


Three of the sport's most recognisable faces - 59-time Festival-winning jockey Ruby Walsh, TV expert Matt Chapman and 1999 Gold Cup-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald - are fronting the campaign, which is focused on producing what Paddy Power explain as 'a brand-new vision for horse racing'.


Ruby Walsh (in pink) and Mick Fitzgerald (in yellow) model the brand-new tracksuits


Harry Cobden (left) assisted develop the collection and Matt Chapman (best) is one of those fronting the project


The collection blends a mix of historic colours and styles worn by famous jockeys with contemporary style trends, highlighting the continued crossover in between sport and style.


A minimal release of 50 pieces from the collection will release at 10am on Tuesday, the first day of the Festival - click on this link to discover more. After that, 50 more will be released if Cobden trips a winner at the conference.


Cobden said: 'Jockey silks are a few of the most renowned styles in sport - intense, personal and steeped in history. Making them into tracksuits has to do with commemorating them beyond simply the racecourse.


'Racing is altering with so much fresh energy and style, so why not bring that into culture where silks can require to the streets and set new patterns? It's fun to provide racing silks a fashion style on a new level, and these tracksuits will ideally reveal that racing can set trends too!'


Paddy Power included: 'It's been long past due seeing the and styles from the world of racing taken through into traditional style - and our company believe this collaboration with Harry Cobden can do just that.


'There's fresh life, and fresh energy in racing today with a host of interesting brand-new talent prepared to spearhead the sport, so what better time to show the world that some of the most unforgettable silks in the game can likewise double up as fashionable and distinctive leisurewear.'


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