Cheltenham National Hunt Racing Festival Dates 16th March – 19th March 2010
The Festival runs from 16th to 19th March and builds up to the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday 19th. Don’t miss one of the highlights of the sporting calendar.
The 26 races that make up the Cheltenham Festival are the most hotly contested of the entire racing calendar, with around 500 horses competing for in excess of £3.4 million of win and place prize money.
Whatever the weather, spring arrives in Gloucestershire on the first Tuesday of the Festival. Helicopters clatter in over Cleeve Hill, the first of 200,000 pints of Guinness are sunk and spectators roar off the start of the first race at the Festival. That now traditional roar is an outpouring of a range of emotions from the relief of the racing community that Cheltenham has finally come round again, to the exhilaration of the crowd at the thought of what lies ahead – four days of high drama, effort and excess.
The week climaxes with the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, while other highlights include Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle, Wednesday’s Queen Mother Champion Chase and the World Hurdle on Thursday.
Hotel Accommodation Cheltenham – Wyastone Hotel Cheltenham
