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In Pictures: Weather makes the biggest splash at Cheltenham Ladies Day

Wednesday brought the punters out in their finery for Ladies Day.

16 March 2022

Crowds have returned to the Cheltenham Festival this week, a year after racing’s equivalent of the Olympics was staged behind closed doors due to the pandemic.

Wednesday brought the punters out in their finery for Ladies Day, and they shrugged off some miserable weather to make up for the lost year at the famous Gloucestershire event.

The day started with a special heritage steam train service taking racegoers to the site on Ladies Day.

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The train service proved popular (Ben Birchall/PA)

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Racegoers leave the carriages at Cheltenham station (Ben Birchall/PA)

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Attendees were all smiles on their way to the races (Ben Birchall/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
GB News presenters Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster pose for pictures with racegoers (Steven Paston/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary celebrates after his horse, Commander Of Fleet, won the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Mike Egerton/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
The Princess Royal shelters from the rain (Mike Egerton/PA)

Harry Redknapp in the parade ring before the Glenfarclas Chase
Harry Redknapp in the parade ring before the Glenfarclas Chase (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
The crowd takes shelter (David Davies/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
Racegoers try their best not to get drenched (Mike Egerton/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
But the miserable weather could not dampen the spirits (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
Paul Townend celebrates ploughing through the mud to win the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase on Energumene (Tim Goode/PA)

Cheltenham Festival 2022 – Day Two – Cheltenham Racecourse
Jockeys head for the showers (David Davies/PA)

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