Updates
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The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase is run over 3 miles and 110 yards on the Old Course at Cheltenham, where it is currently scheduled as the second race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival in March each year. The The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase is open to novices – that is, horses that…
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Cheltenham Festival Races – Schedule 2026
There are of course changes to the Cheltenham Festival race schedule over the years, but as of 2026 this is the running order of the races spanning the unmissable four day Cheltenham Festival. If you’re instead interested in the royal ascot, then look here. Day 1: Tuesday – Champions Day 1.20pm The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle…
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Champion Hurdle
The Cheltenham Festival is a four-day celebration of National Hunt racing, which takes place at Prestbury Park, Gloucestershire in March every year. National Hunt racing first took place at Prestbury Park, but the Champion Hurdle wasn’t added to the Cheltenham Festival programme until 1927. Nowadays, the Champion Hurdle is the feature race on the first…
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The Arkle Challenge Trophy (Arkle Novices Chase)
The Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase was established in 1969, in honour of the legendary Arkle, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three years running between 1964 and 1964 and, in so doing, earned a Timeform rating of 212, the highest ever awarded. The Arkle Chase is run over a distance of 2 miles on the…
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Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle
The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle is run over 2 miles 4½ furlongs on the New Course at Cheltenham, where it is currently scheduled as the penultimate race on the fourth, and final, day of the Cheltenham Festival. The race is a recent addition to the Festival programme, having been inaugurated in 2009 in honour…
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Stayer’s Hurdle (World Hurdle)
The Stayer’s Hurdle is a grade one National Hunt race held during the prestigious Cheltenham Festival. From 2005 onwards the race, then sponsored by Ladbrokes, had its name changed to the World Hurdle. However from 2017 the race has a new sponsor (Sun Bet) and will return to being called the Stayer’s Hurdle. The race…
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The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup is a Class 2 Handicap Steeple Chase, run over 3 miles 1½ furlongs on the New Course at Cheltenham, where it is currently scheduled as the final race on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival in March. The race is open to horses aged five years and upwards, but…
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Pertemps Final
The Pertemps Final, formerly the Coral Golden Hurdle Final, was inaugurated in 1974, but has been sponsored by independent recruitment company Pertemps Network Group since 2002. The race is a Listed handicap, run over 3 miles on the New Course at Cheltenham and open to horses aged five years and upwards that have finished in…
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Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle)
Not to be confused with the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle,, the Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle is a recent addition to the Cheltenham Festival programme, having been run as then sixth race on the Thursday for the first time in 2016. The race commemorates Dawn Run, the only horse to complete the Champion Hurdle and…