The Cheltenham Festival is home to 28 races across four days, with prize money of over £4.5million. We welcome over 265,000 racegoers to watch the finest participants in our sport compete for the highest honours.
Watch our Festival racing highlights below...
DAY ONE
We kick start The Cheltenham Festival with seven races on Day One. The feature race is the iconic Unibet Champion Hurdle at 3:30pm, with prize money of over £450,000.
DAY TWO
Day Two of The Festival has another seven races to enjoy. The feature race of the day is The Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, a race in which we saw Altior produce a record-breaking performance of 19 consecutive Jump races, including regaining the Queen Mother Champion Chase title at The Festival.
DAY THREE
Day Three of The Cheltenham Festival is home to celebrating St Patrick's Day and every year the atmosphere is second to none with a quality seven racecard on offer, with two feature races. The first of the two is The Ryanair Chase, followed by The Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle Race.
DAY FOUR
Gold Cup Day, Day Four of The Cheltenham Festival concludes four incredible days of racing. The Cheltenham Gold Cup has created legends in the racing world and 2020 was no different. The greatest chasers in Britain and Ireland line up at 3:30pm every year to be presented the original 1924 Gold Cup. In 2020, Willie Mullins won his second Cheltenham Gold Cup with Al Boum Photo.
The Festival™ Schedule
Gates open: 10:30
Sponsors, prize money, and race distances are correct as of The Festival™ 2020, these are subject to change.
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13:30 |
The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race |
2m abt ½f |
Hurdle |
£125,000 |
14:10 |
The Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase |
abt 2m |
Chase |
£175,000 |
14:50 |
The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase |
3m abt 1f |
Chase |
£110,000 |
15:30 |
The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy |
2m abt ½f |
Hurdle |
£450,000 |
16:10 |
The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle Race |
2m abt 4f |
Hurdle |
£120,000 |
16:50 |
The Northern Trust Company Novices’ Handicap Chase |
2m abt 4½f |
Chase |
£70,000 |
17:30 |
The National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup (Amateur Riders’ Novices’ Steeple Chase) (Grade 2) |
3m abt 6f |
Chase |
£125,000 |
Sponsors, prize money, and race distances are correct as of The Festival™ 2020, these are subject to change.
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13:30 |
The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle Race |
2m abt 5f |
Hurdle |
£125,000 |
14:10 |
The RSA Insurance Novices' Steeple Chase |
3m abt ½ f |
Chase |
£175,000 |
14:50 |
The Coral Cup Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle Race) (Grade 3) |
2m abt 5f |
Hurdle |
£100,000 |
15:30 |
The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase (Grade 1) |
Abt 2m |
Chase |
£400,000 |
16:10 |
The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase |
3m 6f |
Chase |
£65,000 |
16:50 |
The Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race (Grade 3) |
2m abt ½f |
Hurdle |
£80,000 |
17.30 |
The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) |
2m abt ½f |
Bumper |
£75,000 |
Sponsors, prize money, and race distances are correct as of The Festival™ 2020, these are subject to change.
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13:30 |
The Marsh Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) |
2m abt 4f |
Chase |
£150,000 |
14:10 |
The Pertemps Network Final (A Handicap Hurdle Race) (Listed) |
Abt 3m |
Hurdle |
£100,000 |
14:50 |
The Ryanair Steeple Chase (Grade 1) |
2m abt 5f |
Chase |
£350,000 |
15:30 |
The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) |
abt 3m |
Hurdle |
£325,000 |
16:10 |
The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate (A Handicap Steeple Chase) (Grade 3) |
2m abt 5f |
Chase |
£110,000 |
16:50 |
The Festival Mares Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) |
2m 1f |
Hurdle |
£90,000 |
17:30 |
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase (0-145) |
3m abt 2f |
Chase |
£70,000 |
Sponsors, prize money, and race distances are correct as of The Festival™ 2020, these are subject to change.
Start Times |
Race |
Distance |
Type |
Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
13:30 |
The JCB Triumph Hurdle |
2m abt 1f |
Hurdle |
£125,000 |
14:10 |
The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle Race |
2m abt 1f |
Hurdle |
£100,000 |
14:50 |
The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race |
abt 3m |
Hurdle |
£125,000 |
15:30 |
The Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase |
3m abt 2½ f |
Chase |
£625,000 |
16:10 |
The St. James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup |
3m abt 2½ f |
Chase |
£45,000 |
16:50 |
Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase |
2m abt ½f |
Chase |
£110,000 |
17:30 |
Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle |
2m abt 4½ f |
Hurdle |
£70,000 |