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The Cheltenham Festival 2009

The Cheltenham Festival is the United Kingdom's biggest national hunt racing festival. The event is held annually at Prestbury Park in Gloucestershire and features 25 national hunt races run over the course of 4 days, including a number of the season's most prestigious hurdles and steeplchase races.

The Cheltenham Festival boasts some of the highest attendance figures in British racing, with an average of 50,000 spectators packing the grandstands at Cheltenham Racecourse for each day of racing. The popularity of the Cheltenham Festival is partially due to the fact that the meeting represents the annual showdown between the Irish and English national hunt fraternities.

The 2009 Cheltenham Festival is scheduled for March 2009!

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A Brief History of the Cheltenham Festival

According to Cheltenham Festival history, the inaugural Cheltenham Festival was held in 1902. The meeting originally featured only flat races, but by 1904 the first steeplechase had been added to the Festival and proved to be a resounding success. In 1924 the first of the festival's championship races was contested when Red Splash won the first Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Three more championship races were added to the Cheltenham Festival in the 20th century as the meeting gradually evolved into the most important event on the national hunt racing calendar. In 2005 the Cheltenham Festival was extended to run over four days, with five additional races added to the event.

Cheltenham Festival 1970 

Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham Racecourse hosts the annual Cheltenham Festival. Situated in a natural amphitheater on Prestbury Park, 'the home of national hunt racing' offers diverse jump racing facilities, including the Chelthenham New Course, Cheltenham Old Course, and the Cheltenham Cross Country Course.

2009 Cheltenham Festival Preview

The 2009 Cheltenham Festival promises to provide another bumper offering of world class national hunt races.

The highlight of the meeting will be the running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which is all set to feature an exhilarating rematch between last years surprise winner, Denman, and the brilliant Kauto Star. Other races to watch out for at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival include:

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Cheltenham Festival Trivia


  • Around 10,000 Irish racing fans travel to the Cheltenham Festival every year to support the Irish stables.

  • Almost 4 million pounds in prize money is awarded at the Cheltenham Festival

  • Three separate racecourses are used to host the races run at the Cheltenham Festival

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Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide

The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest betting events of the year, with millions of people throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland placing bets on the various Cheltenham Festival races.

Antepost betting markets are opened for each of the races months in advance of the meeting, allowing horseracing fans to capitalise on top Cheltenham Festival betting prices.

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