Horse racing in Great Britain
Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries. According to a report by the British Horseracing Authority it generates £3.39 billion total direct and indirect expenditure in the British economy, of which £1.05 billion is from core racing industry expenditure, and the major horse racing events such as Royal Ascot and Cheltenham Festival are important dates in the British and international sporting and society calendar.
Racehorse statue at Newmarket, the home of British horse racing
Kiplingcotes, Yorkshire, home of the world's oldest horse race
Jockey, Edwardian painting by the famous Irish artist William Orpen
TV presenter, John McCririck
The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It usually coincides with Saint Patrick's Day and is particularly popular with Irish visitors.
Champion Hurdle, 2014
Cheltenham racecourse in 2010
Cross-country chase, 2010
Winners' enclosure in 2014