Racing TV published this video item, entitled “Edward Gillespie: 20th anniversary of the cancellation of Cheltenham Festival due to Foot & Mouth” – below is their description.
Bomb scanners, furious locals, the racing industry up in arms. Edward Gillespie, racecourse manager for more than three decades at Cheltenham, and a pioneer in the development of the Cheltenham Festival, talks about the cancellation of the Festival in 2001.
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