Carol Vorderman laments Cheltenham Festival days with 'party animal' Richard Whiteley
express.co.uk"Whiters and I were always there. We used to go racing all the time. “Let me tell you, Whiters was the biggest party animal you have ever come across."Mind you, I wasn't far behind him!"Continuing, Carol said that she would end up all over the place with Richard.
The two also attended alongside family members and other groups of people. The star said: “But I first went to Cheltenham with Whiters. “His best mate was trainer James Bethell and wife Sally, lovely people, and we would all go together."Whiters and I always ended up in various boxes. “I never knew where we were.” She went on, saying that the pair used to get up to a lot of mischief, as there were less rules about how long you could stay at the course.
The former Countdown co-host said: “And in those days you could stay at the course right up until midnight, especially if you were with the Irish.” She added that she has “Such happy memories” and got up to “a lot of mischief".Speaking about making a grand entrance, Carol explained that she’d tried a lot of different approaches.
She said she was once brought in on a helicopter wearing lots of outfits. On the future of her interest in horses, she said she and Richard were planning to buy more prior to his death.
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