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Returning heroes, future stars and Irish dominance - at 1.30pm on Tuesday, Cheltenham begins and the talk can stop
David CarrReporter
Anyone wanting to know the true measure of what the next few days mean to people ought to have been in Yorkshire last week.
Yes, in all sorts of ways the Cheltenham Festival is not what it was 20 years ago, or ten years ago. But nor is anything else.
What it is now is something that had them packed in and rapt in attention for previews at Rawdon Cricket Club and Baildon Cricket Club.
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Published on 10 March 2024inThe Last Word
Last updated 19:23, 10 March 2024
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