A FOR Arkle, the revered Irish racehorse after whom the second race is named; and Alice Fox-Pitt, the ebullient member of the ITV Racing team who conducts interviews with breathless and often unintelligible jockeys at the finish
B FOR Best Mate, three-time winner of the Gold Cup (2002–04), whose victories were marked by the headlong dash into each other’s arms of famously nervous trainer Henrietta Knight and her more bullish husband, Terry Biddlecombe. A racecourse enclosure is named after the horse and his bronze likeness stands outside the Tattersalls Owners and Trainers Pavilion
FOR Constitution Hill, the handsome horse on which England's Champion Hurdle hopes rest;