CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 12 - 15 MARCH 2024
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ST PATRICK’S T H U R S D A Y Every headline act needs a good supporting cast and if Gold Cup Day is the big hitter at the Cheltenham Festival, there aren’t many better precursors than St Patrick’s Thursday
A ny regular Cheltenham Festival goer will tell you that Cheltenham is not Cheltenham without Irish participation and St Patrick’s Thursday is our homage to our friends from the Emerald Isle. It doesn’t always fall on the real St Patrick’s Day of course but features two Championship contests with both races have a distinctly Irish feel to them to boot, with the Ryanair Chase and the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle both sponsored by Irish businesses which have loyally supported the Cheltenham Festival for years. This day is a celebration of everything Irish, though Ireland’s hugely successful yards took things a little too literally in 2021, winning 23 of the week’s 28 races. As you’d perhaps suspect, the standings for the Prestbury Cup – a trophy which is hotly contested between British and Irish runners – begin to take shape on Day Three and any Irish winner that is able to charge up that Cheltenham Hill is met with an even more affectionate boom of noise from the crowd than usual. Thursday’s card is unique in that is the only one across the four days with two Championship races – the Ryanair
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