PHOTO GALLERY
Cheltenham Festival Day One
Tuesday 12 March 2013
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Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Denman (Team Chasing) 12 March 2013 |
Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Something Wells (Hunting); Comply Or Die (Hunting); Looks Like Trouble (Hunting); Inishmor (Eventing). 12 March 2013 |
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Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Inishmor; Monkerhostin (Hunting); Deep Reflection (Dressage); Inchloss (Horseball); Carefree Flapper (Horseball). 12 March 2013 |
Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Comply Or Die and Looks Like Trouble 12 March 2013 |
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Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Denman; Something Wells; Comply Or Die; Looks Like Trouble 12 March 2013 |
Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) Parade of Stars: Deep Reflection (Showing); trained by Martin Keighley when racing 12 March 2013 |
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Race 1: Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) And the winner is ... Champagne Fever ridden by Ruby Walsh 12 March 2013 |
Race 2: Arkle Challenge Trophy
Chase (Grade 1) Tap Night (AP McCoy); Simonsig (Barry Geraghty); and Overturn (Jason
Maguire). 12 March 2013 |
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Race 2: Arkle Challenge Trophy
Chase (Grade 1) One circuit to go. Overturn leads, from Arvika Ligeonniere, Simonsig, Baily Green, Majala, Tap Night and His Excellency 12 March 2013 |
Race 2: Arkle Challenge Trophy
Chase (Grade 1) Simonsig battles it out with Baily Green 12 March 2013 |
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Race 2: Arkle Challenge Trophy
Chase (Grade 1) The winner returns ... Simonsig ridden by Barry Geraghty 12 March 2013 |
Race 3: The JLT Specialty Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Tullamore Dew (Tom Cannon)
and Nadiya De La Vega (AP
McCoy) canter to the start 12 March 2013 |
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Race 3: The JLT Specialty Handicap Chase (Grade 3) One circuit to go 12 March 2013 |
Race 3: The JLT Specialty Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Brendan Powell (Junior) drives out Golden Chieftain to win by 10 lengths 12 March 2013 |
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Race 3: The JLT Specialty Handicap Chase (Grade 3) The winning jockey is interviewed by Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson for BBC Radio 5 Live 12 March 2013 |
A freezing cold afternoon at Cheltenham 12 March 2013 |
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A freezing cold afternoon at Cheltenham 12 March 2013 |
A freezing cold afternoon at Cheltenham As you can see from the flag, the wind was blowing a
gale! 12 March 2013 |
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Race 5: The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race (Grade 2) Quevega ridden by Ruby
Walsh canters to the start 12 March 2013 |
Race 5: The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race (Grade 2) One circuit to go; nearside, Epee Celeste (Gerard Galligan) and Swincombe
Flame (Daryl Jacob) lead the way 12 March 2013 |
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Race 5: The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race (Grade 2) The winner returns, Ruby Walsh aboard Quevega
12 March 2013 |
Race 5: The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race (Grade 2) With five consecutive wins, Quevega equals Golden
Miller’s record; the latter won the 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, & 1936 Cheltenham Gold Cups. 12 March 2013 |
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Race 6: Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed) Another favourite, the Tom George trained Forgotten Gold, canters to the start 12 March 2013 |
Race 6: Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed) One circuit to go ... the Paddy Brennan ridden Forgotten Gold leads the way! 12 March 2013 |
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Race 6: Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed) The field heads away from the stands 12 March 2013 |
Race 6: Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed) And the winner is ... Rajdhani Express ridden by Mr Sam Waley-Cohen 12 March 2013 |
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Race 6: Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed) Rajdhani Express returns to the Winners’ Enclosure 12 March 2013 |
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