Top jockey teams up with Paddy Power to mark Cheltenham Festival with eye-catching collection of tracksuits… inspired by the most famous silks in racing

The most effective week within the racing calendar is simply across the nook – with round 250,000 followers anticipated to descend on Cheltenham for its well-known four-day competition.

Harry Cobden is among the many jockeys hoping to jot down their identify into the historical past books by profitable among the largest races within the sport.

The 27-year-old has already landed six Pageant winners, together with on Caldwell Potter in a memorable Golden Miller Novices’ Chase final yr.

And as he goes for extra glory within the 2026 version of the competition, he has teamed up with bookmaker Paddy Power to create a sequence of eye-catching tracksuits.

The gathering is made up of 4 bespoke designs, all themed round among the most memorable  apparel seen in racing. 

Three of the game’s most recognisable faces – 59-time Pageant-winning jockey Ruby Walsh, TV knowledgeable Matt Chapman and 1999 Gold Cup-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald – are fronting the marketing campaign, which is aimed toward creating what Paddy Energy describe as ‘a brand-new imaginative and prescient for horse racing’. 

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

Harry Cobden (left) helped design the gathering and Matt Chapman (proper) is a kind of fronting the marketing campaign

The gathering blends a mixture of historic colors and designs worn by legendary jockeys with fashionable style developments, highlighting the continued crossover between sport and style.

A restricted launch of fifty items from the gathering will launch at 10am on Tuesday, the primary day of the Pageant – click here to find out more. After that, 50 extra shall be launched if Cobden rides a winner on the assembly. 

Cobden mentioned: ‘Jockey silks are among the most iconic designs in sport – shiny, private and steeped in historical past. Making them into tracksuits is about celebrating them past simply the racecourse.

‘Racing is altering with a lot recent vitality and elegance, so why not carry that into tradition the place silks can take to the streets and set new developments? It is enjoyable to provide racing silks a style aptitude on a brand new stage, and these tracksuits will hopefully present that racing can set developments too!’

Paddy Energy added: ‘It’s been lengthy overdue seeing the wonderful colors and designs from the world of racing taken by way of into mainstream style – and we imagine this collaboration with Harry Cobden can just do that.

‘There’s recent life, and recent vitality in racing at this time with a bunch of thrilling new expertise able to spearhead the game, so what higher time to indicate the world that among the most memorable silks within the sport can even double up as modern and attention-grabbing leisurewear.’