Emotional afternoon as BBC commentator Hunt calls poignant Cheltenham showpiece 

Thefeature was renamed the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup Handicap Chase in honour of the fund set up in memory of Hunt's wife Carol, and daughters Hannah and Louise who were murdered in their home last July.
Emotional afternoon as BBC commentator Hunt calls poignant Cheltenham showpiece 

HIGH EMOTIONS: John Hunt and his daughter Amy, prepare to present the winning trophies for the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup Handicap at Cheltenham Racecourse. Pic:  David Davies/PA Wire

It was a poignant afternoon for commentator John Hunt at Cheltenham on Saturday.

It may have been business as usual for Radio Five's voice of racing, who was high in the Cheltenham grandstand as he stoically called home Faye Bramley's Glengouly in the afternoon's feature race.

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