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The Prestigious Cheltenham Festival

The Cheltenham Festival is the mostadvance. Most of the betting takes place when
prestigious meeting in the National Huntthe actual event is taking place, hundred of
Racing Calendar in the UK. The race prize ismillions  of  pounds  is  spent  on  races.
second to the Grand National. The Cheltenham
Festival is a chance for the best Irish andJump racing being most popular attracting
British horses to come together and race onemost of the attention; the entrants for the
another.jump racing are in incredible form with
months of training. The three most popular
The event takes place every year in March atraces being Champion Hurdle which is ran on
the Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham,the Tuesday. Followed by the Queen Mother
Gloucestershire. Massive amounts of money areChampion Chase on the Wednesday and on Friday
bet on this occasion, with hundreds ofby  the  Cheltenham  Gold  Cup.
millions of pounds being gambled over the
period of four days. As with most horseA number one priority of the Cheltenham
racing events, betting comprises aRacecourse has been to provide the best
significant aspect of its appeal. The eventunderfoot conditions for the horses. The aim
is known for its atmosphere, most notably thehas been to provide the best conditions for
famous Cheltenham roar. The Cheltenham roarthe Cheltenham Gold Cup but also for events
refers to the noise made when he horses entertaking place throughout the whole year. Using
the home straight and long run in. The roarthe available ground has enable the
also refers to the incredible amount of noiseRacecourse to produce fresh ground on the new
which is made at the opening race of thecourse for both third and in 2005 the fourth
festival.day of the festival. Cheltenham now consists
of two racecourses known as the new course
Traditionally the race was ran over a periodand  the  old  course.
of 3 days, however this changed in 2005 when
a fourth day was introduced. There are 24A day at the Cheltenham Festival comprises of
races altogether, with grade one eventssix races, with the meeting getting underway
including  the;with the Supreme Novices Hurdle on Tuesday
afternoon, which is the first race of the
*  Champion  Bumperevent. The Feature race however being the
Champion Hurdle, which regardless of
*  Triumph  Hurdleattracting large fields is normally taken by
those more favoured in the Cheltenham betting
*  Supreme  Novices  Hurdlemarkets.
*  Ballymore  Properties  Novices  HurdleThe most successful horse in Cheltenham Gold
Cup history was Golden Miller, who won five
*  Arkle  Challenge  Trophytimes from 1932. There have also been another
three horses that won the gold cup 3 times
*  Royal  &  SunAlliance  Chaseconsecutively.
*  Champion  Hurdle*  Cottage  Rake  in  1948  -  1950
*  World  Hurdle*  Arkle  in  1964  -  1966
*  Queen  Mother  Champion  Chase*  Best  Mate  in  2002  -  2004
*  Cheltenham  Gold  Cup  (The  final  race)The race course has many advantages including
onsite accommodation and several restaurants
The first Cheltenham Festival took place into choose from. At Cheltenham there is a huge
1902 and since then has continued to gainchoice of places where food and drink is
more and more distinctions within the racingavailable, ranging from bars to seafood and
calendar, becoming nearly as in important asbeef burger stalls. An impressive range of
the Grand National, the prize money alsohotels are in the surrounding area, offering
seconding the Grand Nationals prize. Everyexclusive deals whilst the Cheltenham
year without a fail now, the build up toFestival is on.
Cheltenham excitement begins months in



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