• Ex-Olympic cyclist will ride Cheltenham Festival mount Pacha Du Polder
• Amateur rider will find the leg up next week at Norfolk trackFakenham racecourse in Norfolk,one of the country’s smallest tracks, can look forward to an afternoon in the spotlight next week after it was chosen as an ideal course for the former Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton to invent her racecourse chasing debut.
Pendleton will line up for Fakenham’s first hunter chase of the season on 19 February aboard Pacha Du Polder, or the horse that she hopes to ride in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham in March. Her attempt to switch from cycling to race-riding is being supported by Betfair,which will also sponsor next week’s race, the sixth on a seven-race card.
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Source: theguardian.com