Thousands of punters are heading to Cheltenham for a flutter as the annual racing festival gets underway.
Image via PixabayAn estimated 50 thousand Irish horse racing fans are flocking to Cheltenham for the annual 4-day Festival.
The meeting features several Grade One races including the Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.
Leading trainers from Ireland and Britain will battle it out for the Prestbury Cup.
Sharon McHugh, Head of Communications and Sponsorship with BoyleSports says the event is known as the 'Olympics of Jump racing';
'This is a huge deal, this is the mecca, the Olympics of horse racing'.
'Some fifty thousand race- goers from Ireland will be making the annual pilgrimage over to Prestbury Park, its the number one horse racing event'.
Sharon has also said Ireland are hot favourites to land the trophy once again:
'We are one- to - sixteen favourites to lift the Prestbury cup'.
'We've had years of a great run, where we have been untouchable versus Great Britan, so were running scared of all of Willie Mullins horses because they have been backed off the charts'.
