Name: The Festival™ presented by Magners
Start: 2019-03-12T12:00
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse

four days of extraordinary

Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 March 2019

Get your tickets at the best price before 28 January at 10:59am

Cheltenham Racecourse presents Four Days of Extraordinary. Join us for the pinnacle Jump racing event of the year, an event with an atmosphere that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

To be here any day for the Cheltenham Festival 2019 is extraordinary. From Day One: Champion Day with pent up anticipation let go in one mighty roar, to Day Two: Ladies Day, where tweed becomes fashionably becoming. Or Day Three: St Patrick's Thursday, part of England, forever Ireland. And then there's Day Four: Gold Cup Day, with Jump racing at its heart, witness the creation of a legend.

Regular and first-time racegoers alike are welcomed to Cheltenham Racecourse to celebrate the very best of jump racing as the finest horses, jockeys, owners and trainers battle it out for the highest racing honours, their reputations and over £4.5 million of prize money.

The Festival™ presented by Magners epitomises and encompasses everything that is great about Jump racing but that’s not all. We have experiences for all including:

World class hospitality delivered by Michelin star chefs

Live music performances from top bands

Shopping in our Tented Village offering a diverse range of boutique goods

Join over 260,000 others as Cheltenham Races presents the most prestigious jump racing event of the year.

ROOM WITH A VIEW

Are you looking for an accommodation and hospitality package for The Festival™ presented by Magners? We have created an extra special celebration treat just for you.

Drop your bags at the Frogmill Hotel, nestled in the Cotswold Countryside. Then enjoy a hop over Cleeve Hill to the Racecourse in our Helicopter, you will then be transferred to Theatre@ The Festival by Bentley to enjoy world-class hospitality ahead of your days racing.

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the festival schedule

TUESDAY 12 MARCH

GATES OPEN 10:30am

RACE SCHEDULE

Start Times	Race	Distance	Type
13:30	The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race	2m abt ½f	Hurdle
14:10	The Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase	Abt 2m	Chase
14:50	The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase	3m abt 1f	Chase
15:30	The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy	2m abt ½f	Hurdle
16:10	The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race	2m abt 4f	Hurdle
16:50	The National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup (Amateur Riders’ Novices’ Steeple Chase)	Abt 4m	Chase
17:30	The Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase	2m abt 4½f	Chase

wednesday 13 MARCH

GATES OPEN 10:30AM

RACE SCHEDULE

Start Times	Race	Distance	Type
13:30	The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle Race	2m abt 5f	Hurdle
14:10	The RSA Steeple Chase	3m abt ½f	Chase
14:50	The Coral Cup Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle Race)	2m abt 5f	Hurdle
15:30	The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase	Abt 2m	Chase
16:10	The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase	3m 6f	Chase
16:50	The Boodles Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race	2m abt ½f	Hurdle
17.30	The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open NH Flat Race)	2m abt ½f	Bumper

wednesday 14 MARCH

GATES OPEN 10:30AM

RACE SCHEDULE

Start Times	Race	Distance	Type
13:30	The JLT Novices’ Chase	2m abt 4f	Chase
14:10	The Pertemps Network Final (A Handicap Hurdle Race)	Abt 3m	Hurdle
14:50	The Ryanair Steeple Chase	2m abt 5f	Chase
15:30	The Sun Bets Stayers’ Hurdle	Abt 3m	Hurdle
16:10	The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate (A Handicap Steeple Chase)	2m abt 5f	Chase
16:50	The Trull House Stud Mares Novices’ Hurdle	2m abt 1f	Hurdle
17:30	The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase (0-145)	3m abt 2f	Chase

friday 15 MARCH

GATES OPEN 10:30AM

Race Schedule

Start Times	Race	Distance	Type
1:30	The JCB Triumph Hurdle	2m abt 1f	Hurdle
2:10	The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle Race	2m abt 1f	Hurdle
2:50	The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race	abt 3m	Hurdle
3:30	The Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup	3m abt 2½f	Chase
4:10	The St. James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup	3m abt 2½f	Chase
4:50	The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Race (0-145)	2m abt 4½f	Hurdle
5:30	The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup	2m abt ½f	Chase

FOUR DAYS OF EXTRAORDINARY

12 - 15 March