One family's fairytale at Cheltenham

The annual Irish pilgrimage to Cheltenham is well and truly underway, with the first of the races, the supreme novice hurdle, starting at 1.30 on Tuesday. Whether you are a small time trainer or a Middle Eastern billionaire, for many the ultimate dream is to have a winner at this famous racing festival. Few achieve that, but last year one family in County Cork, the Sweeneys, had an incredible debut at the festival with their horse Salsify winning the Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup. The story of how the horse and the Sweeney family came to win is fairy tale stuff, and I visited the Sweeney family at the weekend.