Cheltenham Festival 2025: Dates, race times, day-by-day schedule, betting tips and talkSPORT commentary for biggest racing event of the year
The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is horse racing’s biggest event of the year and it’s fast approaching. The sport’s best horses and jockeys are preparing to take to the iconic course for a brilliant week of racing action. Galopin des Champs and Paul Towned have won two Gold Cups in a rowGetty Last year, Galopin Des Champs defended his Gold Cup crown to make history by making it back-to-back wins in the showpiece. All eyes will be on the incredible horse yet again as he aims to make it a hat-trick on the final day of the festival. Constitution Hill will also be featuring again, along with Jonbon, Sir Gino and Lossiemouth, as the best in the business compete. Cheltenham Festival 2025: Dates and start times This year’s Cheltenham Festival will start on Tuesday, March 11. There will be a full four days of racing before coming to an end on Friday, March 14. Each day of action is going to include seven races meaning there is a total of 28 throughout the week of the festival. Racing will begin at around 1:20pm on each day with 40-minute intervals between races. The biggest races of each day are usually scheduled for 4pm while the final races will be taking place at 5:20pm. Tuesday is traditionally known as Champion Day, Wednesday is Style Wednesday and Thursday is St Patrick’s Thursday. Then Friday is the biggest attraction – Gold Cup day. Constitution Hill is one of the best horses in the sportGETTY/Harry Murphy Cheltenham Festival 2025: talkSPORT coverage talkSPORT will have live coverage of all the action from Cheltenham. We will have commentators on the course each day, bringing you coverage of all the races throughout the festival. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest build-up and reaction too. If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV. Cheltenham Festival 2025: Betting tips talkSPORT will provide you with all the latest tips and free bet offers throughout the festival. Odds will be available on talkSPORT BET and our resident tipster will be selecting multiple picks for each day of racing. Cheltenham Festival tips Day 1 (Tuesday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 2 (Wednesday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 3 (Thursday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 4 (Friday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Cheltenham Festival tips Day 1 (Tuesday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 2 (Wednesday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 3 (Thursday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator Day 4 (Friday) Ante-Post tips and accumulator You can check the current odds for Cheltenham at talkSPORT BET HERE. Find all the best Cheltenham Festival free bet offers from talkSPORT and our partners across the website during the week. Cheltenham Festival 2025: Race schedule Champion Day – Tuesday, March 11 13:20 – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Arkle Novices’ Chase 14:40 – Handicap Steeple Chase 15:20 – Mares’ Hurdle 16:00 – Champion Hurdle 16:40 – Juvenile Handicap Hurdle 17:20 – National Hunt Novices’ Chase Style Wednesday – Wednesday, March 12 13:20 – Turners Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase 14:40 – Coral Cup Hurdle 15:20 – Cross Country Steeple Chase 16:00 – Queen Mother Steeple Chase 16:40 – Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 17:20 – Champion Bumper St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 13 13:20 – Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase 14:40 – Pertemps Network Final 15:20 – Ryanair Steeple Chase 16:00 – Stayers’ Hurdle 16:40 – TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase 17:20 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 14 13:20 – Triumph Hurdle 14:00 – County Handicap Hurdle 14:40 – Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase 15:20 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle 16:00 – Cheltenham Gold Cup 16:40 – Festival Hunters Chase 17:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle Cheltenham Festival 2025: What has been said? With there said to be a shortage of Guinness at this year’s event, talkSPORT’S Alan Brazil has threatened to boycott the festival. He said: “We don’t go! “Fans would go ballistic, the charge at 10:30am when the gates open, they’d be in mourning!” “There has to be Guinness at Cheltenham! Ridiculous!”
The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is horse racing’s biggest event of the year and it’s fast approaching.
The sport’s best horses and jockeys are preparing to take to the iconic course for a brilliant week of racing action.
Last year, Galopin Des Champs defended his Gold Cup crown to make history by making it back-to-back wins in the showpiece.
All eyes will be on the incredible horse yet again as he aims to make it a hat-trick on the final day of the festival.
Constitution Hill will also be featuring again, along with Jonbon, Sir Gino and Lossiemouth, as the best in the business compete.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Dates and start times
This year’s Cheltenham Festival will start on Tuesday, March 11.
There will be a full four days of racing before coming to an end on Friday, March 14.
Each day of action is going to include seven races meaning there is a total of 28 throughout the week of the festival.
Racing will begin at around 1:20pm on each day with 40-minute intervals between races.
The biggest races of each day are usually scheduled for 4pm while the final races will be taking place at 5:20pm.
Tuesday is traditionally known as Champion Day, Wednesday is Style Wednesday and Thursday is St Patrick’s Thursday.
Then Friday is the biggest attraction – Gold Cup day.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: talkSPORT coverage
talkSPORT will have live coverage of all the action from Cheltenham.
We will have commentators on the course each day, bringing you coverage of all the races throughout the festival.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the latest build-up and reaction too.
If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Betting tips
talkSPORT will provide you with all the latest tips and free bet offers throughout the festival.
Odds will be available on talkSPORT BET and our resident tipster will be selecting multiple picks for each day of racing.
Cheltenham Festival tips
Cheltenham Festival tips
You can check the current odds for Cheltenham at talkSPORT BET HERE.
Find all the best Cheltenham Festival free bet offers from talkSPORT and our partners across the website during the week.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Race schedule
Champion Day – Tuesday, March 11
- 13:20 – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
- 14:00 – Arkle Novices’ Chase
- 14:40 – Handicap Steeple Chase
- 15:20 – Mares’ Hurdle
- 16:00 – Champion Hurdle
- 16:40 – Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
- 17:20 – National Hunt Novices’ Chase
Style Wednesday – Wednesday, March 12
- 13:20 – Turners Novices’ Hurdle
- 14:00 – Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
- 14:40 – Coral Cup Hurdle
- 15:20 – Cross Country Steeple Chase
- 16:00 – Queen Mother Steeple Chase
- 16:40 – Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
- 17:20 – Champion Bumper
St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 13
- 13:20 – Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle
- 14:00 – Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
- 14:40 – Pertemps Network Final
- 15:20 – Ryanair Steeple Chase
- 16:00 – Stayers’ Hurdle
- 16:40 – TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase
- 17:20 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 14
- 13:20 – Triumph Hurdle
- 14:00 – County Handicap Hurdle
- 14:40 – Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase
- 15:20 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
- 16:00 – Cheltenham Gold Cup
- 16:40 – Festival Hunters Chase
- 17:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival 2025: What has been said?
With there said to be a shortage of Guinness at this year’s event, talkSPORT’S Alan Brazil has threatened to boycott the festival.
He said: “We don’t go!
“Fans would go ballistic, the charge at 10:30am when the gates open, they’d be in mourning!”
“There has to be Guinness at Cheltenham! Ridiculous!”
