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Day One at The Cheltenham Festival

Champion Day

Name: The Festival™ presented by Magners
Start: 2020-03-10T12:00
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse

Tuesday 10 March 2020

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Tuesday 10 March 2020

THE FESTIVAL ROAR IS MOMENTS AWAY

Day One: Champion Day at The Festival™ presented by Magners, the start of four extraordinary days of racing at Cheltenham Racecourse.

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Gavin Cromwell was overjoyed to have trained his first winner at The Festival, and in no less a race than the £450,000 G1 Unibet Champion Hurdle.

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Hospitality at The Cheltenham Festival

From restaurants in the heart of Cheltenham Racecourse, to boxes overlooking the Winning Post, there are a number of World Class hospitality options available at The Festival 2020.

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Dress Code

Although there is no official dress code for The Festival, smart is preferable and is often adopted. As we race largely during the winter months, the weather can be unpredictable, so we would advise you to dress accordingly.

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THE ACTION FROM CHAMPION DAY 2019

The softly-spoken farrier, who now combines shoeing horses with training a 50-horse string, sent out Espoir D'Allen (16/1) to land Europe's greatest hurdle race, and the gelding did it in style, becoming the first five-year-old to land the prize since Katchit in 2008 - you have to go back to 1985, and See You Then, to find the next winner of such youth.

Roksana was another unexpected winner in the OLBG Mares' Hurdle for the Skelton brothers after capitalising on Benie Des Dieux’s fall at the final fence when appearing to have the race in her mercy under Ruby Walsh for Willie Mullins.

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event Schedule

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GATES OPEN: 10:30

Sponsors, prize money, and race distances are correct as of The Festival 2019, 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 Racing Post 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 OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race	2m abt 4f	Hurdle	£120,000
16:50	The Close Brothers 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)	Abt 4m	Chase	£125,000

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