Cheltenham Races

The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate has been run in various guises over the years, but was inaugurated in 1951 as the Mildmay of Flete Challenge Cup, in memory of Anthony Bingham Mildmay, the second Baron Mildmay of Flete. Mildmay rode eight winners at Cheltenham, including three at the Cheltenham Festival, before his premature death by […]

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 […]

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 […]

Better known in recent years as the Ultima Handicap Chase, the Festival Trophy Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 steeplechase, run over 3 miles and 110 yards on the Old Course at Cheltenham. The race is open to horses aged 5 years and upwards and is currently scheduled as the third race on the opening […]

The Coral Cup, sponsored by Coral since its inauguration in 1993, is run over 2 miles 5 furlongs on the Old Course at Cheltenham. The race is open to horse aged four years and upwards and is currently scheduled as the third race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival in March each year. […]

The Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle was established in 1971. The race has had several sponsors over the years, including Sun Alliance and Ballymore Properties, but has been sponsored by Neptune since 2010. The “Neptune”, as it is known colloquially, is run over 2 miles 5 furlongs on the Old Course at Cheltenham and is […]

Run for sponsorship purposes, as the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle, the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle is run in memory of David “The Duke” Nicholson, a successful National Hunt jockey and trainer, who died of a heart attack in 2006, at the age of 67. The race is currently scheduled as fourth race on the opening […]

The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, originally known as the Gloucestershire Hurdle, was first contested in 1946. As the name suggests, the race is open to novice hurdlers – that is, horses that have not won a hurdle race before the start of the current season – aged four years and upwards and is run over 2 […]

Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of the more popular and high profile events held on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. It’s seen as ‘one to watch’ and is a Grade 1 national hunt steeplechase race. The Queen Mum was known to be very fond of her racing of course and so there […]