Racing: Racing fans under starter's orders

Horse racing fans were flocking to Cheltenham today for the start of the town’s eagerly anticipated National Hunt Festival.

Racing: Racing fans under starter's orders
Tue, 12 Mar, 2002 - 07:05

Horse racing fans were flocking to Cheltenham today for the start of the town’s eagerly anticipated National Hunt Festival.

The world-famous event, which brings thousands of visitors and an estimated £40m (€65m) trade to the Gloucestershire spa town, was cancelled last year due to fears of foot-and-mouth disease.

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