Sir Alex Ferguson arrives for Cheltenham Festival day three as legendary Man Utd boss goes for £340,000 prize money

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has been spotted at the Cheltenham Festival.

The legendary former Manchester United boss has six horses running this week.

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And Ferguson will be hoping at least one of his horses can come up trumps with a win on Day Three.

Four of his horses are in action today as the 82-year-old aims to win a cool prize worth £342,192.

The first of his horses running today, Monmiral, is running in the 2.10pm Pertamps Handicap Hurdle worth £56,270 to the winner.

He then has two horses running in the 2.50pm Ryanair Chase.

Those horses being Protektorat and Hitman.

The winner for the Ryanair can bag a whopping £218,398, though Ferguson’s total winnings could go even higher if both horses come in the places.

Il Ridoto, Fergie’s final horse of the day, is running in the 4.10pm Festival Plate Handicap Chase.

The prize for that run is £67,524.

On his horses prospects, he told Thoroughbred Daily News: “I think Hitman will do well.

“I just feel that he seems to die in the last couple of fences over three miles, but he’s back running over two miles and four furlongs.

“He might just surprise people.”

He also has two horses running on Friday.

L’Eau Du Sud runs in the 2.10pm County Handicap Hurdle while Sonigino runs in the 5.30pm Martin Pipe Handicap.