• Course reiterate meeting will remain on Tuesday to Friday
Cheltenham racecourse insisted on Wednesday that it has “no plans” to add a fifth day to its Festival meeting in March or switch to a Wednesday-to-Saturday format, in response to a newspaper column in which trainer Alan King suggested he had been won around to the idea of a five-day Festival following a “long chat” with the track’s new chairman, Martin St Quinton.
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Written by Greg Wood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/08/cheltenham-quash-speculation-fifth-day-festival-horse-racing under the title “Cheltenham quash speculation about fifth day at famous Festival meeting”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
