By Ed Warner The Cheltenham Festival of 2020 will forever be remembered for non-sporting reasons. It was the super-spreader event that presaged Britain’s pandemic lockdown. The Festival’s spectator numbers bulged two years later as the nation’s turf-followers were set free. This euphoric return has proved short-lived. Crowds are down and horse racing is beset by fears about the appeal of its jump racing showpiece. The numbers frame the tale: the 229,999 spectators over four days of racing was four per cent down on last year and a hefty 18 per cent lower than that post-pandemic Festival. Even s…