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

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

Wednesday 16 March 2022 17:19 GMT

Racegoers at Cheltenham Festival 2022 (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Wire)

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

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

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