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Racing from Cheltenham: The National Hunt Festival

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BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you four races from the first day of the 1976 Festival, together with slow-motion analysis and interviews with the leading trainers and jockeys.

2.30 'Sun Alliance' Novices' Hurdle (21m)

3.5 National Hunt Two-mile Champion Chase (2m)
Evergreen 12-year-old Royal Relief seeks his third success in seven successive appearances in this race - the most important two-mile Chase of the Season.

3.40 Joe Coral Golden Hurdle Final (Handicap) (3m)

4.15 The Sun Alliance Steeple-chase (3m 100 yds)
Northern champion Forest King seeks his tenth win in 12 races this season.

Introduced by Julian Wilson

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Wilson
Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator:
Richard Pitman
Outside Broadcast Presentation:
Barrie Edgar
Outside Broadcast Presentation:
Richard Tilling
Editor:
Alan Hart
Source: Radio Times

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