Cheltenham Races

The County Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 contest, run over 2 miles 1 furlong on the New Course at Cheltenham, where it is currently scheduled as the second race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival in March. Historically, the County Hurdle was the last race at the Festival and, granted its highly competitive […]

Registered as the Festival Trophy, the Ryanair Chase is a fairly recent addition to the Cheltenham Festival programme, having been run for the first time in 2005. The race is run over 2 miles 5 furlongs on the New Course at Cheltenham and is open to horses aged five years and upwards. Currently scheduled for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. Cheltenham Festival fixtures can also be found here. Day 1: Tuesday –  Champions Day 1.20pm The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) […]