Racing Post Cheltenham Festival Guide 2023

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Often regarded as the Olympics of jumps racing, the Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of the season in that sphere, with trainers and owners usually targeting the prestigious meeting months or years in advance. Also run however is the 2½-mile Ryanair Chase, another Grade 1 worth just as much money and seen by many as just as important as the Stayers’ Hurdle. Cheltenham Spa is well served by CrossCountry trains, including direct services from many mainline stations including Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, York, Sheffield and Edinburgh. The railway station (GL51 8NP) is located approximately 1 mile from the town centre, and local buses depart into Cheltenham town centre every few minutes.

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Winners of the Stayers’ Hurdle and the Ryanair Chase pretty much share equal billing on Thursday, and at the end of the day we reach the three-quarter mark and it’s all eyes on the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Day 4 – Friday 17th March 2023Last year's Turners Novices' Chase (1.30) attracted just four runners but threw up one of the most surprising results of the festival after odds-on favourite Galopin Des Champs fell and left Bob Olinger free to capitalise on his heartbreak. Another masterful trainer from Ireland is Henry De Bromhead. Although training for a long time now, he is only just reaching his peak in terms of results and in 2021 he so nearly wrestled the title of leading Cheltenham Festival trainer away from Willie Mullins. In the Stayers’ Hurdle, 2021 winner Flooring Porter was somehow allowed to go off at 4/1 but he was successful once again under a hugely enterprising ride. Stagecoach run regular services locally and to nearby town and villages – for route maps and timetables, visit stagecoachbus.com/cheltenham

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After winning in their first clash Shishkin went off favourite but he was never going this time and, in the end, Energumene got his revenge in stunning fashion with an 8½-length win. That was some relief for the bookmakers as was the second race, however 4/7 shot Allaho routed the Ryanair Chase for the second year in a row with a great performance. The Cheltenham Festival takes place at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire. This year, the Cheltenham Festival takes place from Tuesday, March 14 to Friday, March 17 , with seven races on each day.

You can choose to get extra places on any race, taking lower odds if you like to increase each-way places, while ‘Best Odds Guaranteed’ is still offered on every horse race in the UK and Ireland. After the worldwide pandemic almost put paid to the 2020 Festival and the 2021 meeting was run behind closed doors, there was huge expectation on the 2022 renewal to provide the racing world with a huge boost. It did not disappoint.