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7820 Dinmore Manor

Manor class 4-6-0 7820 Dinmore Manor heads a special charter towards Cheltenham Racecourse station on the first day of the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival.

Racegoers on the packed train enjoyed a fine days racing at Prestbury Park under warm spring sunshine. A record first-day crowd of 68,567 saw Rachael Blackmore win the Champion Hurdle for the second year running. She topped this by becoming the first female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup just three days later.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, 15.3.2022.

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Uploaded on March 19, 2022
Taken on March 15, 2022