Ruby Walsh: Another green week awaits, just a slightly paler shade this time
Tiger Roll can once again play his part in another successful Cheltenham Festival for the Irish. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/PA Wire.
There is very little doubt that the vibrant regency town of Cheltenham will be a better place this week with the influx of racegoers from far and wide.
I never thought much about what it must be like to live in this town during Festival week — until last year, when I realised just how much the people there need it. Nor did I realise that almost 11,7000 people live in the town or borough, but this week is a second Christmas or harvest in this town of two halves.
