The Cheltenham Festival is one of British and Irish horse racing's biggest events and its traditional running in mid-March means that it marks the beginning of the racing calendar each year.
It is one of the most attended and most prestigious horse race meetings of the year with more than a quarter of a million people attending each year. The highest attendance always occurs on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, which saw 71,500 people pass through Cheltenham Racecourse's gates in 2019.
Whether he gets the chance to add to his 32 Festival winners at Cheltenham 2021 is now in the hands of the racing authorities after Elliott admitted a picture of him sitting on a dead horse was. The prestige of the Cheltenham Festival is unrivaled with 28 top-class races spread across four days showcasing many of the sport's best horses. There are 14 Grade 1 contests including the feature race on each day, the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle and The Gold Cup. The pinnacle of National Hunt racing is here and what better way to get excited for the Cheltenham Festival than to look back at some of its most memorable horses. From Kauto Star to Arkle, there have been some horses of a lifetime winning across the Festival and we have taken a trip down memory lane to remember them. Read more on the Cheltenham Festival: The 2021 Cheltenham Festival: Harry Allwood's five best bets. Visit our Cheltenham Festival microsite. Your essential Nicky Henderson Stable Tour. Your essential Willie Mullins Stable Tour. Nicky Henderson's top ten contenders. Biggest vegas wins. The Cheltenham Festival: Trends, stats, history and replays for all 28 races. Cheltenham form: 51511. Overview: Won last year's Coral Cup in good style, and looked to have a bright future over fences when scoring on her debut over the larger obstacles at Ayr in January. However, she was badly hampered and unseated her rider in a Grade One last time out and is set to revert back to hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival.
The four-day Cheltenham Festival hosts 28 races, evenly spread across each day, with five feature races, the most prestigious being the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The others are the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Champion Hurdle, the Ryanair Chase, and the Stayers' Hurdle.
With so many people attending and so many big races taking place, there are around 250 bookmakers at the racecourse each day to take the huge number of wagers placed. In more recent years, many bettors have also been placing bets through their smartphones through the growing number of online and mobile bookmakers. These brands offer an advantage over trackside bookies in that they're able to provide horse racing tips and other insights to help people make more informed betting decisions.
Betonline ag full site. So with this in mind, what can we expect from the Cheltenham Festival in 2021?
When is the Cheltenham Festival in 2021?
The Cheltenham Festival traditionally takes place over four days in the middle of March. In 2021, things will be no different with the meeting scheduled to begin on Tuesday 16th March 2021 and end on Friday 19th March 2021.
Day one will feature the Champion Hurdle race as well as six other hurdle and chase events. Day two will see another day of six races, beginning at 13:30 with The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle Race, the feature race that day will be The Queen Mother Champion Steel Chase, a circa 2-mile chase for Grade 1 horses. Day two also coincides with St Patrick's Day and will, as is always the case, be filled with people celebrating Ireland's patron saint while they enjoy the races.
Day three sees two feature races: The Ryanair Steep Chase and The Stayers' Hurdle, the latter being a circa 3-mile hurdle race. The final day rounds out the Cheltenham Festival with The Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase, a 3-mile 2.5-furlong chase that will see £625,000 awarded to the winning horse.
How to Watch the Cheltenham Festival in 2021?
As has been the case in previous years, you can follow all the action from the Cheltenham Festival from home if you're not planning to attend in person. Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV will be showing all of the festival's main races each day on its main channel ITV1. These three-and-a-half-hour live shows will include the feature race and several others, along with expert analysis, punditry and commentary.
If you want to catch all the action, then Racing TV will show every single race from each of the four days, so you won't have to miss a thing.
Who Will Win The Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase in 2021?
The entry list for the Cheltenham Festival has not yet been released and likely won't be for a little while yet. However, most online betting sites and major news outlets will all be covering the event in detail, offering up-to-date odds, their picks, and predictions.
Cheltenham Festival Race Card
While most of the attention will be placed on The Cheltenham Gold Cup because it's the most prominent race of the festival. However, there are plenty of other great betting opportunities among the other races taking place over the four days.
At this early stage, Al Boum is a clear front runner to win the Gold Cup after winning the race for the last two years. Many in the sport are asking whether he can make it three years in a row, joining Best Mate, Arkle, Cottage Rake, and Golden Miller.
If you want to catch all the action, then Racing TV will show every single race from each of the four days, so you won't have to miss a thing.
Who Will Win The Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase in 2021?
The entry list for the Cheltenham Festival has not yet been released and likely won't be for a little while yet. However, most online betting sites and major news outlets will all be covering the event in detail, offering up-to-date odds, their picks, and predictions.
Cheltenham Festival Race Card
While most of the attention will be placed on The Cheltenham Gold Cup because it's the most prominent race of the festival. However, there are plenty of other great betting opportunities among the other races taking place over the four days.
At this early stage, Al Boum is a clear front runner to win the Gold Cup after winning the race for the last two years. Many in the sport are asking whether he can make it three years in a row, joining Best Mate, Arkle, Cottage Rake, and Golden Miller.
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