Former Manchester United defender Gary Pallister has admitted that Sir Alex Ferguson would "drop you" from his team if he discovered that any of his players went to watch horse racing.
The former centre-back, who played for United between 1989 and 1998, has made the admission ahead of the Cheltenham Festival getting under way. It is the biggest horse-racing meeting on the calendar and attracts thousands of visitors.
However, United's players were banned from attending racing meetings while Ferguson occupied the managerial hot-seat at Old Trafford. The Scot was not a fan of horse racing back in the 1990s — although he now owns horses and has since become a lover of the sport.
