Cheltenham Festival Schedule

A full Cheltenham Festival racing schedule for all four days is listed below:

Champion Day Race Schedule

Race Time	Race Name	Race Length
13:30	Supreme Novices’ Hurdle	2m 1/2f
14:05	Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase	2m
14:40	Festival Handicap Steeple Chase	3m 1/2f
15:20	Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy	2m 1/2f
16:00	Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase	3m 7f
16:40	David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle Race	2m 4f
17:15	Centenary Novices’ Handicap Chase	2m 4 1/2f

 

Ladies Day Race Schedule

Race Time	Race Name	Race Length
13:30	National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup	4m
14:05	Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle	2m 5f
14:40	RSA Steeple Chase	3m 1/2f
15:20	sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase	2m
16:00	Coral Cup (Handicap Hurdle)	2m 5f
16:40	Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle	2m 1/2f
17:15	Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Open NH Flat Race)	2m 1/2f

 

St Patrick’s Day Race Schedule

Race Time	Race Name	Race Length
13:30	Jewson Novices’ Steeple Chase	2m 5f
14:05	Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle)	3m
14:40	Ryanair Chase	2m 5f
15:20	Ladbrokes World Hurdle	3m
16:00	Byrne Group Plate Handicap Steeple Chase	2m 5f
16:40	Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase	3m 1 1/2 f
17:15	St Patrick’s Day Derby (Charity Race)	1m 5f

 

Cheltenham Gold Cup Day Race Schedule

Race Time	Race Name	Race Length
13:30	JCB Triumph Hurdle	2m 1f
14:05	Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle	2m 1f
14:40	Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle	3m
15:20	Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase	3m 2 1/2f
16:00	Christie’s Foxhunter Steeple Chase	3m 2 1/2f
16:40	Martin Pipe Conditional Jockey’s Handicap Hurdle	4m 4 1/2f
17:15	Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Steeple Chase	2m 1/2f

Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing event that spans four action-packed days. There are a diverse mix of hurdles and chases, which all take place at the iconic Prestbury Park. This location has 350 acres of race tracks, and the Cheltenham Festival uses all three of the available courses. Horse races take place on the Old Course over the first two days of the festival, and then switch to the New Course for the last two days. The Cross Country Course is also used at Cheltenham Festival, and has a selection of both man-made and natural banks, ditches and timber rails.

The four day event begins with Champion Day, which hosts the Stan James Champion Hurdle in the afternoon. Ladies Day is the second event in the Cheltenham Festival calendar, where attendees pay special attention to their attire as well as such horse races as the Queen Mother Champion Chase, where the top two-mile chasers race towards the finish line. The third day of racing is St Patrick’s Thursday, which contains two significant events – the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the Ryanair Chase. The final day at the Festival is Gold Cup Day which hosts the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup race, a highlight in the jump racing calendar.