Bookies on top at Festival

Bookmakers were purring following day one of the Cheltenham Festival after several well-backed favourites were turned over.

Bookies on top at Festival
Tue, 13 Mar, 2007 - 18:50

Bookmakers were purring following day one of the Cheltenham Festival after several well-backed favourites were turned over.

Three huge-priced winners more than compensated for the victories of popular trio My Way De Solzen, Heads On the Ground and Gaspara.

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