Queen s late close friend Lord Vestey to be honoured at Cheltenham Festival 2021 Mirror 9/03/2021
Replay Video A late friend of The Queen will be honoured at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.
A race has been named after Lord Vestey, a former long-serving chairman of the racecourse who sadly died in February at the age of 79.
The Grade Two Sam Vestey National Hunt Novices’ Chase will be run as the seventh and final contest on the opening day of the fixture, March 16.
Until the 1930s it was the second most important jumps race in the calendar after the Grand National.
Ian Renton, Regional Managing Director for The Jockey Club, said: “It was terribly sad to hear of Sam Vestey’s passing last month.
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