Two magnificent individual victories; one quite incredible Cheltenham Festival afternoon
Greatest Festival Moments - No. 5
The Golden Hour
It was sport that put a smile on your face. Those who had won money and those who had lost money felt equally enriched. The Cheltenham Festival's 2019 golden hour was about great horses, great people and the making of an unforgettable memory.
The individual victories of Frodon and Paisley Park were wonderful. The combined sum of their parts made for one of the festival's finest moments in living memory. A shared pleasure swept around Prestbury Park and through homes across Britain and Ireland after the Ryanair Chase and Stayers' Hurdle produced epic performances and scenes of celebration that gladdened our hearts.
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Copy- One of the most scary, spellbinding and uplifting things you'll see on a racecourse as Desert Orchid prompts sheer bedlam
- Tears flow as heroic Honeysuckle does it for Jack with her own fairytale ending
- 'I can still hear the roars and shouts' - Dawn Run gets up to unleash unfettered pandemonium
- Denman v Kauto: the moment realisation set in after months of excitement, anticipation and debate
- The Irish have had many great parties at Cheltenham - but few like the one inspired by Danoli
- One of the most scary, spellbinding and uplifting things you'll see on a racecourse as Desert Orchid prompts sheer bedlam
- Tears flow as heroic Honeysuckle does it for Jack with her own fairytale ending
- 'I can still hear the roars and shouts' - Dawn Run gets up to unleash unfettered pandemonium
- Denman v Kauto: the moment realisation set in after months of excitement, anticipation and debate
- The Irish have had many great parties at Cheltenham - but few like the one inspired by Danoli