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Cheltenham Festival

Confermato · Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park

Four days of championship jump racing at Prestbury Park in mid-March, and the loudest crowd in British sport.

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Date ConfermatoThe Jockey Club publishes the 2027 Festival as 16–19 March 2027 on its Cheltenham pages.
DestinazioneCheltenham, United Kingdom · Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park
CategoriaEquestre · National Hunt racing
Richiamo internazionaleInternazionale
AccessoA pagamento
Durata tipica del soggiorno2–5 nights
Miglior arrivoMonday
Migliore partenzaSaturday
Tempistica tipicafour days, Tuesday to Friday, in the middle of March, usually the week of St Patrick's Day
OrganizzatoreThe Jockey Club (Cheltenham Racecourse) · dal 1860
Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Festival The 2010 Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham Festival 2010

Cheltenham is where National Hunt racing settles its arguments. Four days in the middle of March, on an undulating course under Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire, decide the season's championships: the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Stayers' Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Attendance runs above 220,000 across the four days. The meeting's defining sound is the Cheltenham roar when the tape rises on Tuesday's opening race, and what gives it force is the Irish presence: much of the crowd has crossed the sea for it.

01Perché è rilevante

This is the championship meeting of jump racing, the branch of the sport with the deepest hold on Britain and Ireland. In our reading its importance is social as much as sporting: no other British meeting has a genuinely bi-national crowd.

02La settimana intorno all'evento

Cheltenham, a Regency spa town of 116,000, absorbs a crowd larger than itself: hotels across Gloucestershire and into the Cotswolds are taken at multi-night minimums, and shuttle buses link town and course all day.

03Quando arrivare

Tuesday and Friday matter most and are hardest to get into; arrive Monday evening and leave Saturday morning.

04Dove alloggiare

Cheltenham town center is the obvious choice, a forty-minute walk or short shuttle from the course; the Cotswold villages give you a better week if you have a car.

05Accesso e ospitalità

The Jockey Club sells enclosure admission across the four days — Best Mate, Tattersalls and Club — plus restaurants, boxes and packages, with annual badge schemes carrying priority. Demand exceeds supply for Tuesday and Friday.

06Dove si svolge l'attività sociale

The Guinness Village on course is the meeting's genuine center; beyond it, the Parade Ring lawn and the terraces above the finish. In town, the Montpellier bars and the Promenade hotels.

07Come arrivare

Aviazione commercialeBirmingham and Bristol are each about an hour by road.
TrenoCheltenham Spa from Paddington in about two and a quarter hours, with shuttle buses to the course.
AutoM5 junction 10 or 11; car parks are sold in advance.
Aviazione privataGloucestershire Airport at Staverton, five miles away.
ElicotteroThe racecourse operates a helicopter landing area, among the busiest in British racing.

08Aspetti pratici

AbbigliamentoCheltenham is a country meeting in March and dresses like one: there is no formal dress code in the general enclosures, and the convention is tweed, a wool overcoat and boots that handle mud. The Club enclosure and hospitality areas apply a smarter standard with denim restricted, and hats are optional throughout.
MeteoMid-March in Gloucestershire is cold, often wet and frequently windy; the course sits under Cleeve Hill and is exposed, and going can change dramatically across the four days.
Come spostarsiRail to Cheltenham Spa with a shuttle bus is the most reliable route; departure after the Gold Cup is the worst hour of the week on the roads.
HotelThe tightest hotel market in British racing outside Royal Ascot week, with rooms held a year ahead.
RistorantiThe racecourse runs a large restaurant and box programme sold as hospitality; the town's better restaurants book months ahead.
Tempistiche di prenotazioneTickets go on general sale in the autumn, with badge holders given earlier access; hotels near the course are booked a year out.
BigliettiDay tickets by enclosure plus four-day packages are sold through the Cheltenham Racecourse site and a ticket line; under-18s are admitted free with a paying adult, and parking is sold separately.
OspitalitàRestaurants, private boxes and packaged experiences are sold directly with published inclusions; the annual badge schemes carry priority access, though they are open to anyone who joins.

09Storia

The meeting traces to 1860 and the National Hunt Chase, which settled at Prestbury Park from 1911. The championship races followed: the Stayers' Hurdle in 1912, the Gold Cup in 1924, the Champion Hurdle in 1927, the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1959. It grew to four days in 2005.

10Chi è presente

Owners, trainers and stable staff from the British and Irish jumping yards; a very large Irish travelling public; the betting industry and professional punters; and a devoted racing public.

Il circuito continua

Parte di: Equestrian Circuit

Date registrate

EdizioneDateStatoFonteVerificato
2027 ConfermatoThe Jockey Club publishes the 2027 Festival as 16–19 March 2027 on its Cheltenham pages. Cheltenham Festival 2027 — The Jockey Club ↗ 6 September 2026
2026 CompletatoThe 2026 Festival ran Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 March, with the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup at 4 p.m. on the Friday. Wikipedia records attendance of 226,223 across the four days, up from 218,093 in 2025. Cheltenham Festival 2026 — The Jockey Club ↗ 6 September 2026
Confirmed indica che l'organizzatore o l'organo di governo ha pubblicato le date. Expected e Historical pattern sono stime basate sulla cadenza abituale dell'evento e sono soggette a variazioni. Date pending indica che non è ancora possibile fornire informazioni attendibili.

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Fonti

  1. Cheltenham Festival 2027, The Jockey Club official consultato 6 September 2026
  2. Cheltenham Festival 2026 — tickets and information, The Jockey Club official consultato 6 September 2026
  3. Cheltenham Festival, Wikipedia encyclopedia consultato 6 September 2026
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