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Cheltenham Q&A with Chris Hughes: Former Love Island star on growing up at the Festival

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Cheltenham Q&A with Chris Hughes: Former Love Island star on growing up at the Festival, what makes it special and who he tips for gloryChris Hughes rose to fame on TV show Love Island and has passion for racingHe was born near Cheltenham and sometimes rides for local trainer Jonjo O'Neill Hughes has been going to Cheltenham Festival since he was 10-years-oldHe is tipping Colin Tizzard’s Elixir De Nutz

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Calm before the storm: Horses test out Cheltenham racecourse ahead of the big Festival kick-off

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Calm before the storm: Horses test out Cheltenham turf on eve of the Festival as fans get ready to pour inCheltenham Festival kicks off on Tuesday and is undergoing final preparationsThe runners and riders familiarised themselves with the course on Monday Champion Hurdle favourite Apple's Jade was among the star names on the track By Glen Williams For Mailonline Published: 11:58 BST, 11 March 2019 |

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Cheltenham Festival 2019 dates, schedule, channel, tickets, dress code and more

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Cheltenham Festival 2019 - When is it and how to watch plus prize money, tickets and dress codeCheltenham Festival four-day event takes place between 12-15 March 2019Live coverage throughout Cheltenham Festival's duration on ITV and Racing TVDress code for Cheltenham Festival is very lenient in comparison to Royal AscotBy Harry Olsen For Mailonline Published: 08:49 BST, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 08:52 BST, 11 March

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SPORTS AGENDA: ITV in negotiations for £30m four-year racing contract

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It is a big week for ITV Racing, with negotiations to agree a new £30million, four-year TV contract beyond 2020 ongoing. Another strong Cheltenham Festival would put them in the driving seat to convince key stakeholders that keeping racing on terrestrial TV is good for the sport.Behind the cameras, the blossoming relationship between ITV Racing presenters Francesca Cumani and Oli Bell appears to still be going strong and it will be interesting to see how much they share the screen at

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Cheltenham crackdown in attempt to drive out the touts during Festival

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Cheltenham crackdown in attempt to drive out the touts during FestivalThe event will attract 260,000 racegoers over four days of the FestivalCheltenham bosses hope a legal injunction will rid them of around 200 touts Touts face a fine, imprisonment and the seizure of assets after landmark ruling  By Laura Lambert For The Daily Mail Published: 22:25 BST, 10 March 2019 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 10 March 2019

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Cool head Cobden eyes Cheltenham’s big prize for Clan Des Obeaux

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The glory years for Sir Alex Ferguson were built on the Class of '92, six players who rose from the youth team to drive Manchester United through a golden era.If Ferguson is to win Friday's Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup, it will be another triumph for youth. Aged seven, Clan Des Obeaux, the horse Ferguson owns with his friends Paul Barber and Ged Mason, is one of the youngest in the line-up for the £625,000 race.His 20-year-old jockey Harry Cobden has

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Apple’s Jade promoted to 15-8 clear favourite for Champion Hurdle

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Apple's Jade promoted to 15-8 clear favourite for Champion Hurdle with 10 runners declared for Tuesday's feature race at the Cheltenham FestivalApple's Jade has been made the 15-8 clear favourite for the Champion HurdleGround turning soft is said to be behind Coral's decision to cut the mare's oddsBuveur D'Air (9-4) could reclaim the spot of market leader before Tuesday's raceBy Marcus Townend for MailOnline Published: 17:50 BST, 10 March

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Cheltenham record-breaker Ruby Walsh has defiant message for critics

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Ruby Walsh is sitting in the lobby of a Dublin hotel. A knowing grin is spreading across his face as he listens to questions about 40th birthdays and thoughts of retirement, falls at Thurles, Naas and Punchestown, age and grey hair and broken legs, and leaving Cheltenham in an ambulance.Ordinary people have a habit of foisting their ordinary expectations and worries, ordinary parameters for ordinary lives, on extraordinary sportsmen such as Walsh. In the last year or so the narrative

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Why sports teams booed the legalization of satellite dishes

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https://i.cbc.ca/1.5030435.1550867593!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/satellite-dishes-as-seen-in-1983.jpgA decision to allow the private use of satellite dishes in Canada signalled a whole new era of expanded choices for consumers. But the change wasn't welcomed by Canadian Football League teams that feared they could see fewer local fans showing up to games if they could watch outside the stadium.Under the policy the federal government announced in March of 1983, bars and taverns were legally permitted to make use of satellite dishes. (The National/CBC Archives) In 1983, Ottawa announced

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