St Patrick’s Day Race Schedule

For a full Cheltenham St Patrick’s race schedule complete with times and distances, see the table below:

Race Time	Race Name	Race Length
1330	Jewson Novices’s Steeple Chase	2m 5f
1405	Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle)	3m
1440	Ryanair Chase	2m 5f
1520	Ladbrokes World Hurdle	3m
1600	Byrne Group Plate Handicap Steeple Chase	2m 5f
1640	Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase	3m 1 1/2f
1715	St Patrick’s Day Derby (Charity Race)	1m 5f

Cheltenham Festival celebrates St Patrick’s Day a few days early as many horse bettors come to the Thursday event dressed in Irish costumes and ready for a pint of Guinness or two. This off-track entertainment doesn’t steal any attention away from the Cheltenham race schedule, but merely adds merriment to the day’s events.

On the Cheltenham St Patrick’s race schedule, you will find the Ladbrokes World Hurdle. Bettors have an increased chance of winning on this main event if they bet wisely as the favourites have usually won the race in the past. There are only a few quality long distance runners, which also narrows down the selection choice. At Cheltenham Festival 2011, Big Buck’s won once again with the trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Ruby Walsh. All eyes will be on this horse during the upcoming 2012 World Hurdle.

There are six other events on the Cheltenham St Patrick’s race schedule; the Jewson Novices’ Steeple Chase is a Grade 2 weight-for-age race with a distance of two and a half miles. There is also the Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle), Ryanair Chase, Byrne Group Plate Handicap Steeple Chase and Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. To finish off the Thursday timetable for Cheltenham Festival there is a St Patrick’s Day Derby, which is a charity race that raises money for Cancer Research UK.