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3420850
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The amount of prize money, in pounds sterling, that was awarded at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival.
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200000
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The number of pints of Guinness knocked back by spectators at the Cheltenham Festival every year.
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67500
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The maximum capacity of the Cheltenham Racecourse spectator facilities.
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50000
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Average attendance over the four day period of the Cheltenham Festival.
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10000
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The number of Irish racing fans who travel to Prestbury Park every year to watch the Cheltenham Festival.
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5940
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The distance in feet run during the National Hunt Cup, the Cheltenham Festival’s long distance race.
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2001
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The only year, besides the periods during the two World Wars, that the Cheltenham Festival has been cancelled.
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1934
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The year Golden Miller became the first horse to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National in a single season.
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1902
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The year the Cheltenham Festival was first organised at a racecourse on Prestbury Park.
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150
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The amount of money, in millions of pound sterling, bet on the Cheltenham Festival every year.
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27
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The number of national hunt races run at the Cheltenham Festival.
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22
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The number of fences jumped during the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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7
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The most wins by a jockey – Ruby Walsh – in a single year since the Cheltenham Festival expanded to 25 races in 2005.
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5
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The most consecutive victories by a racehorse in any Cheltenham Festival race, achieved by Golden Miller in the Cheltenham Gold Cup between 1932 and 1936.
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4
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The number of feature races run at the Cheltenham Festival, including the Gold Cup, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Champion Hurdle and World Hurdle.
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2
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The shortest distance raced at the Cheltenham Festival, in miles.
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