DOMINIC KING: How racing became Fergie’s great escape – it was only meant as a release for Sir Alex Ferguson, but a fateful trip to the Cheltenham Festival turned him into a racehorse owner

By: Published: November 24, 2023

DOMINIC KING: A release, that is all it was supposed to be – something to provide a diversion from the relentless intensity of the day job. Sir Alex Ferguson had always loved racing.