Irish descend on Cheltenham Festival as punters prep for €1bn splurge & racegoers set to drink 400k pints of Guinness

PUNTERS will bet more than €1billion on this year’s Cheltenham Festival — with bookies expecting a record level of wagers. Thousands of Irish racing fans will descend on Prestbury Park tomorrow for the first day of action. More than 230,000 gee-geed-up racegoers are expected to flock to the Cotswolds in England for the four-day Greatest...