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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The History of the Cheltenham Festival

The History of the Cheltenham Festival

Besley, Adrian

Hardcover

AthletesSports GeneralRacing

Publisher Price: $39.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 19, 2027

ISBN10: 1917259034
ISBN13: 9781917259033
Publisher: Sona Books
Published: Jan 19 2027
Pages: 224
Weight: 2.44
Height: 0.84 Width: 8.60 Depth: 10.74
Language: English
The Cheltenham Festival is a sporting event like no other.

Its history features names that resonate across the ages, such as equine celebrities Kauto Star, Best Mate, Denman, Golden Miller and Arkle, jockeys from Pat Taaffe to Ruby Walsh and Rachael Blackmore, and masterful trainers of the likes of Willie Mullins and Nicky Henderson.

The biggest occasion in the jump season calendar, the festival boasts some of the most high profile races in the sport, including the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, The Stayers' Hurdle as well as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and to win to the sound of the famous Cheltenham Roar is the dream of every chaser or hurdler, from amateur to novice to seasoned jumper.

Fully updated for 2027, this book traces the Cheltenham Festival's evolution from its humble beginnings into the extraordinary spectacle it is today - where the aristocracy mingle with day trippers, and the Irish arrive in their thousands to make this small Gloucester town seem like an outpost of the Emerald Isle.

A glorious celebration of the world's greatest jump-racing event, it showcases more than a century of unforgettable moments, with the incomparable Cheltenham Gold Cup at its heart.

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