Sir Alex Ferguson loves his horse racing - but he wasn't always such a fan of weeks like Cheltenham Festival.
The legendary Manchester United manager would ruthlessly drop his stars if they dared to attend the annual meet - just as he's currently doing in his retirement, backing three of his own horses this week. Plenty of footballers have also been spotted spruced up in Gloucestershire, yet former United defender Gary Pallister wasn't afforded that luxury during his playing days - at least not without consequences.
"My favourite memories of Fergie and horse racing is that if he found out you've been to Cheltenham Festival, he'd drop you," Pallister told Cheltenham Racing. "He wasn't into Cheltenham racing then. He didn't play golf and he didn't like horse racing. Now he loves his golf and his horse racing and owns horses.
