Cheltenham Festival Day One – Tuesday 11 March 1975

BySteve

11 March 2025
DM 11-03-75

Back in 1975 the Champion Chase was the highlight of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. However it was a mudbath that year which led to the first day being called off and the principal races being rescheduled, and the final day being abandoned after the Gold Cup. Here are the runners and riders for the ill-fated Tuesday 11 March.

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BySteve

Steve Bradley is the man behind this project, an unashamedly nostalgic website dedicated to horse racing’s golden days of the past, featuring vintage racecards, clippings and news stories plucked from the newspapers of the day. A devotee of horse racing’s halcyon days from the 1960s to the 1990s, Steve caught the racing bug as a small boy living near Catterick racecourse, where he was lucky enough to see the great Red Rum in action in the 1970s. He has undertaken private research commissions for various figures within the racing industry. Away from racing he enjoys spending time with his retired greyhound, bar billiards, music, TV, films, reading and travel.

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