By now the place has fallen silent. No more thundering hooves. No more laddish chants. No more music and laughs and endless chatter among tens of thousands of well-oiled pilgrims.
It’s 51 weeks until they do it all again and greet the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle with that glorious roar. But amid the calm over Cheltenham, there’s a new, unfamiliar sound: alarm bells.
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