#Door Latch

Twice early in its history the Cheltenham Gold Cup fell foul of the weather, both times in the 1930s. The atrocious winter of 1962/63 abated just in time for Cheltenham to go ahead as normal that March but snow on the final day of the 1978 Festival resulted in that year's Gold Cup, won by Midnight Court, being postponed four weeks until…

Those big black eyes set on the white face, ears pricked, first planted themselves in the public imagination 30 midwinters ago, when Desert Orchid turned Boxing Day at Kempton Park into his own Christmas parade. There was a huge roar as the front-running silver blade carrying Simon Sherwood cleared the final fence. Victory in the King George VI…