Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp secure Cheltenham wins on St Patricks Thursday

As it happened: Cheltenham Day Three 3

Tabitha Monahan

It was a day for the football managers on St Patrick’s Thursday as both Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp saw their horses victorious.

The former Manchester United manager, who secured his first-ever Cheltenham winner with Monmiral in the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle said he was waiting a long time for this moment.