Why Cheltenham Festival's hurdles will look VERY different this year - and are having an impact already
Cheltenham Festival's hurdles will be significantly different this year as organisers seek to improve horse welfare. The new obstacles will have rubber padding Velcroed on to the wood as opposed to having exposed birch in a move designed to slash the number of falls. Cheltenham gets underway on Tuesday, March 11 and will finish with the Gold Cup on Friday, March 14. Seventy-six horses have died at Cheltenham since 2000 but it is hoped that spending £1,000 each on the new obstacles will help protect the horses.
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