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The Cheltenham Festival is the world’s most exciting race meeting and the fixture continues to dazzle sports fanatics all over the world. 230,000 racegoers flock to Prestbury Park to revel in the excitement and provide an unrivalled atmosphere as they experience „”The Greatest Show on Turf”.

To get you in the mood…take a look at this infographic, illustrating these 33 Cheltenham Festival fun-facts.

You might be amazed to know how much food is consumed during the Cheltenham Festival. Accoriding the infographic, more than 3 tonnes of smoked salmon, 9 tonnes of potatoes and 2 tonnes of fillet and sirloin of beef. Drinks consumed are estimated of 220,000 pints of Guinness; 30,000 bottles of wine and 8,000 gallons of tea and coffee.

There are also a lot of interesting facts related to attendances, history and traditions of Cheltenham Festival depicted in the following infographic.

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Source: http://www.cheltenhamfestival.net/

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