Cheltenham delighted with sell-out New Year's Day crowd

POSITIVE SIGNS: Racegoers at Cheltenham for the New Year's Day fixture. Picture: Nigel French/PA

A record number of racegoers descended on Cheltenham as their New Year's Day fixture sold out for the first time.

There were 44,151 in attendance for the track's seven-race card, which was headlined by the Grade Two Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle.