Cheltenham Festival: Gillian Fortescue-Thomas first female finisher looks back on her day in 1976

Cheltenham Festival: Gillian Fortescue-Thomas first female finisher looks back on her day in 1976

However, her thorough pre-race work didn’t fairly go in keeping with plan. Struggling with the hype surrounding the Festival, Stanhope Street nearly pulled himself up after one circuit. “It was a very awkward race for me,” Fortescue-Thomas mentioned. “Stanhope Street was a complete flop. He had won two point to points but back with the…

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