• Pressure for expansion to five days being resisted by track[br]• Speculation had mounted after £45m revamp of facilitiesThe trees on Cleeve Hill were smeared with orange and yellow as a new season opened here on Friday,but whether the prospect across the racecourse was familiar and autumnal, the view looking back from the running rail was not. There were customers in the bars and boxes of the track’s new grandstand, and the centrepiece of a £45m development,and hundreds of punters on its terraces too. The new season at Cheltenham, and a new era too. Related: Cheltenham unveils £45m project described as 'theatre of the horse' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com