New Cheltenham chief executive Guy Lavender has promised to reflect on "the quality of the experience" for everyone on course in the coming weeks and months, but in the interim our reporters discussed the festival with racegoers in attendance, from the competitiveness of the racing to the raceday experience and pricing.

All eyes are on Galopin Des Champs, who is aiming for a third successive Gold Cup at the climax of the Cheltenham Festival. General admission for the Gold Cup has sold out, with nearly 70,000 spectators gathered at Prestbury Park.

McLaurey looks worth following wherever he goes for the ultra-shrewd Emmet Mullins and JP McManus at the Cheltenham Festival.The McManus-Mullins axis is growing, partly due to the influence of Paul Byrne,

Reality Stars, royalty and ex-international footballers, here are eight famous faces spotted so far on day three of Cheltenham Festival.

The smallest Cheltenham Festival crowd since 1993 was recorded on Wednesday, with 41,949 spectators at the track. It was a drop of nearly 5,000 from last year and mirrored a fall in Tuesday's crowd which was down to 55,498 from 60,181.

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