Cheltenham is just a few weeks away There is just a little over a month to go to the Cheltenham Race Festival. Racetrack boss, Ian Renton, was interviewed about it recently and he looked to dampen expectations on the crowd sizes this year citing Coronavirus restrictions, “We’ve been pretty realistic with our expectations over the last few months but as we get closer to the Festival those small bits of hope are fast disappearing. At the very least I would hope that we can have owners present and hopefully getting back to the days of December where we had a crowd totalling 2,000 people on each of those days.” (Full article on the Mirror) To put that into context, last year’s race saw average crowds of 65,000 per day, and with diminished crowds and racecourse betting, Renton estimates the racing industry has taken a hit of at least £100 million from Covid. Some Horses to have a Flutter On If we are being sentimental, we will want the crowd favourite
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