When? A four day event taking place between Thursday the 13th and Sunday 16th of March 2018.
How to watch? Live through ITV Racing
Dress code is more relaxed than the Royal Ascot.
The Cheltenham Festival is one of UK’s top three horse racing events, just a few weeks before the grandest race of all, the Grand National. The event began in 1860 at the Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
It features several Grade I races including the highlight of the event, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Other top races include the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase and World Hurdle.
Cheltenham is famous for its festive atmosphere, most notably for the “Cheltenham Roar”, which refers to the crowds cheers just before the first race of the festival begins.
Schedule
Day 1 – Champion Day
13:30 – The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race
14:10 – The Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase
14:50 – The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase
15:30 – The UniBet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
16:10 – The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race
16:50 – The National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
17:30 – The Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase
Day 2 – Ladies Day
13:30 – The JLT Novices’ Chase
14:10 – The Pertemps Network Final
14:50 – The Ryanair Steeple Chase
15:30 – The Sun Bets Stayers’ Hurdle
16:10 – The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate
16:50 – The Trull House Stud Mares Novices’ Hurdle
17:30 – The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase
Day 3 – St. Patrick’s Thursday
13:30 – The JLT Novices’ Chase
14:10 – The Pertemps Network Final
14:50 – The Ryanair Steeple Chase
15:30 – The Sun Bets Stayers’ Hurdle
16:10 – The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate
16:50 – The Trull House Stud Mares Novices’ Hurdle
17:30 – The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase
Day 4 – Gold Cup Day
13:30 – The JCB Triumph Hurdle
14:10 – The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle Race
14:50 – The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race
15:30 – The Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase
16:10 – The St. James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
16:50 – The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Race
17:30 – The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
Betting Odds
Here are some of the latest odds. For live odds head to http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/events/horse-racing.
Cheltenham Gold Cup betting odds:
• Might Bite- 7/2
• Native River – 11/2
• Sizing John – 6/1
• Road To Respect – 9/1
• Our Duke – 8/1
• Killultagh – 10/1
• Definitely Red – 16/1
• Total Recall – 14/1
Queen Mother Champion Chase odds:
• Altior – 4/6
• Min – 9/4
• Douvan – 4/1
• Politologue – 7/1
• Un De Sceaux – 6/1
• Special Tiara – 14/1
• Great Field – 16/1
• Yorkhill – 16/1
Champion Hurdle odds:
• Buveur Dair – 4/9
• Faugheen – 5/1
• My Tent Or Yours – 9/1
• Yorkhill – 8/1
• Elgin -16/1
• Melon – 14/1
• Min – 12/1
• Wicklow Brave – 14/1
Stayers’ Hurdle odds:
• Supasundae – 3/1
• Sam Spinner – 5/1
• Yanworth – 4/1
• Penhill – 9/1
• Lami Serge – 12/1
• The New One – 12/1
• Unowhatimeanharry – 12/1
• Bacardys – 10/1