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The Cheltenham Festival action on Wednesday is up and running after a thrilling start to the week at Prestbury Park.
There are 28 races to enjoy across four days, from the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday to the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, in what is considered the highlight of the global horse racing calendar.
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One of the biggest headlines heading into the festival was the return of Constitution Hill, but he fell in a dramatic Champion Hurdle on Tuesday. State Man went down at the last when victory looked certain, as Golden Ace took advantage as a surprise 25-1 winner.
Later in the week, Galopin Des Champs will be seeking a third straight Gold Cup win. Here’s everything you need to know…
The meeting runs for four days, beginning on later today on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, and running until Friday, March 14, 2025.
There are seven races each day, with the first at 1.20pm and the last at 5.20pm at Prestbury Park.
13.20: Turners Novices’ Hurdle
1 The New Lion 3/1 Harry Skelton
2 The Yellow Clay 5/2 Jack Kennedy
3 Final Demand 6/4 Paul Townend
14.00: Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
14.40: Coral Cup Hurdle
15.20: Cross Country Steeple Chase
16.00: Queen Mother Steeple Chase
16.40: Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
17.20: Champion Bumper
13.20: Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
1 Kopek Des Bordes 4-6 Paul Townend
2 William Munny 8-1 Sean Flanagan
3 Romeo Coolio 9-2 Jack Kennedy
14.00: Arkle Novices’ Chase
1 Jango Baie 5/1 Nico de Boinville
2 Only By Night 25/1 Keith Donoghue
3 Majborough 1/2 Mark Walsh
14.40: Handicap Steeple Chase
1 Myretown 13/2 Patrick Wadge
2 The Changing Man 7/1 Brendan Powell
3 Malina Girl 14/1 Keith Donoghue
4 Happygolucky 28/1 Jonathan Burke
5 The Short Go 11/1 Rachael Blackmore
15.20: Mares’ Hurdle
1 Lossiemouth 4/6 Paul Townend
2 Jade De Grugy 5/1 Danny Mullins
3 Take No Chances 22/1 Harry Skelton
16.00: Champion Hurdle
1 Golden Ace 25/1 Lorcan Williams
2 Burdett Road 66/1 Sam Twiston-Davies
3 Winter Fog 150/1 Brian Hayes
16.40: Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
1 Puturhandstogether 17/2 Mark Walsh
2 Robbies Rock 50/1 Conor Stone-Walsh
3 Liam Swagger 12/1 Sam Twiston-Davies
4 Hot Fuss 17/2 David Bass
5 Slurricane 33/1 Tom Harney
17.20: National Hunt Novices’ Chase
1 Haiti Couleurs 7/2 Ben Jones
2 Rock My Way 16/1 Brendan Powell
3 Will Do 12/1 Jack Kennedy
4 Resplendent Grey 10/1 Sean Bowen
The penultimate day of racing at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival sees the Ryanair Chase and Stayers’s Hurdle share headline billing.
Gordon Elliott’s Teahupoo won the latter race 12 months ago but has been beaten on his only start this season and must prove he is still king of a three-mile hurdling division that has so far lacked a standout.
The Ryanair, meanwhile, looks a wildly competitive affair, featuring a number of horses who began the season with Gold Cup aspirations, as well as defending champion Protektorat, who leads the home team.
In a revamp to this year’s schedule, the Mares’ Novices’s Hurdle opens up the card, where trainer Gavin Cromwell rates Sixandahalf as one of his leading chances of the week.
Meanwhile, the always tricky Pertemps Network Final, Festival Plate and Kim Muir provide handicap puzzles for punters to solve.
13.20: Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle
14.00: Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
14.40: Pertemps Network Final
15.20: Ryanair Steeple Chase
16.00: Stayers’ Hurdle
16.40: TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase
17.20: Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
The 2025 Cheltenham Festival reaches its climax on Friday afternoon, with the sport’s most prestigious contest: the Gold Cup.
The sporting world will be tuning in to witness a shot at history as the Willie Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs looks to join an elite group of three-time winners, having claimed each of the past two editions.
Still only a nine-year-old, he has looked imperious this season in twice claiming Grade 1 victories at his beloved Leopardstown en route to Cheltenham.
The Triumph Hurdle, meanwhile, has produced some superb horses in recent years and this year’s renewal sees the much-hyped Lulamba vying for favouritism with East India Dock, who has proven his class on several visits to the track already this season.
The Albert Bartlett Novices’s Hurdle, meanwhile, has thrown up some huge-priced winners in recent seasons and punters will be hoping to latch onto another as the meeting nears its conclusion.
13.20: Triumph Hurdle
14.00: County Handicap Hurdle
14.40: Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase
15.20: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
16.00: Cheltenham Gold Cup
16.40: Festival Hunters Chase
17.20: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
According to the MetOffice, the meeting is set to be a largely dry affair.
There was a mild start on Tuesday, but snow then fell on Wednesday morning. Light clouds and winds are expected on Thursday and Friday.
TV channel: ITV1 will broadcast the first six races for FREE, with coverage beginning at 12.45pm every day and running until 5pm.
Preview show ‘The Opening Show’ will be broadcast on ITV4 from 9am to 10am every morning of the meet.
The only place to watch the Festival in its entirety is on Racing TV, which will broadcast all seven races on each day of the meeting. Racing TV is a subscription-based channel available through Sky and Virgin Media and online via its website and app. Build-up coverage starts at 12.45pm GMT every day and coverage concludes after the final race.
Live stream: Racing TV subscribers can stream the action live via the website or app, or cast to their TV, while ITV viewers can do likewise via the ITVX website and app for FREE.
Live coverage: You can also follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated daily live blog.
Galopin Des Champs: 1/2
Banbridge: 9/2
Inothewayurthinkin: 7/1
Montys Star: 11/1
Corbetts Cross: 16/1
The Real Whacker: 40/1
Gentlemansgame: 50/1
Royale Pagaille: 50/1
Ahoy Senor: 66/1
(Odds subject to change.)
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