“This was taken on the gallops on the Monday before The Festival TM presented by Magners, which was pretty much the only morning we got nice weather!”
LIFE THROUGH
“On the Wednesday morning we were lucky to see Tiger Roll jump one of the cross country fences. He’s a special little horse having since gone on to win the Randox Health Grand National for a second time so this was a bit of a treat.”
A t just 22-years-old, and life-long lover of racing, it was perhaps inevitable that she’d pursue a career in the equine industry, yet Francesca says she never studied photography and is completely self taught. “I ‘borrowed’ my dad’s camera when I was 12 and he never got it back,” she explains. At 17, she was taken on by Francesca Altoft admits she’s living her “dream job” as a professional Racing Photographer. As a horse-mad child
FRANCESCA ALTOFT reveals what it’s like to be Cheltenham’s Official Racing Photographer and shares her favourite photographs
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