How to watch Cheltenham Festival after ITV coverage ends with final race switching TV channels
Cheltenham Festival is finally here, and fans are settling down to watch an incredible 28 races across four huge days. Along with the Grand National and Royal Ascot, the Festival attracts sporting eyes from all over, but watching on TV is not entirely easy. The National Hunt Novices’ Chase was not shown for on free TVGetty Cheltenham, which is the pinnacle of the jump race calendar, has been dubbed the Olympics of jump racing and fittingly, the majority of the races are on free-to-air TV. However, like the Games, some of the sport’s best horses and jockeys are hidden behind a paywall once ITV‘s coverage each day ends. Cheltenham Festival 2025: How to watch final two races ITV 1’s coverage on all four days at Cheltenham starts at 1pm and ends at 5pm. The first six races can also be streamed via ITVX. However, the broadcaster doesn’t cover the final race on each day of the Festival. Instead, fans will be able to watch on the dedicated horse racing channel Racing TV. It is available to purchase through Sky and Virgin, and can also be streamed via Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV devices. Racing TV, formerly Racing UK, is available on Sky channel 424, Virgin Media channel 536, and Vodafone TV channel 421 in Ireland. An annual subscription costs £298 and monthly it is £29.98. You can sign up here. In addition, several betting websites and apps will show all the races to funded account holders under each event’s own betting page. talkSPORT is also right across the festival, with all remaining races broadcast on talkSPORT 2. talkSPORT BET: Latest Cheltenham Festival odds and free bet offers Galopin des Champs and Paul Townend won the previous two Gold CupsAFP 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. You can check the current odds for Cheltenham at talkSPORT BET HERE containing all the best Cheltenham Festival free bet offers. Cheltenham Festival 2025: Final race schedule The following races will NOT be shown on ITV – Check out a complete timetable of all 28 events HERE… Champion Day – Tuesday, March 11 17:20 – National Hunt Novices’ Chase Style Wednesday – Wednesday, March 12 17:20 – Champion Bumper St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 13 17:20 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 14 17:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
Cheltenham Festival is finally here, and fans are settling down to watch an incredible 28 races across four huge days.
Along with the Grand National and Royal Ascot, the Festival attracts sporting eyes from all over, but watching on TV is not entirely easy.
Cheltenham, which is the pinnacle of the jump race calendar, has been dubbed the Olympics of jump racing and fittingly, the majority of the races are on free-to-air TV.
However, like the Games, some of the sport’s best horses and jockeys are hidden behind a paywall once ITV‘s coverage each day ends.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: How to watch final two races
ITV 1’s coverage on all four days at Cheltenham starts at 1pm and ends at 5pm. The first six races can also be streamed via ITVX.
However, the broadcaster doesn’t cover the final race on each day of the Festival.
Instead, fans will be able to watch on the dedicated horse racing channel Racing TV.
It is available to purchase through Sky and Virgin, and can also be streamed via Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV devices.
Racing TV, formerly Racing UK, is available on Sky channel 424, Virgin Media channel 536, and Vodafone TV channel 421 in Ireland.
An annual subscription costs £298 and monthly it is £29.98. You can sign up here.
In addition, several betting websites and apps will show all the races to funded account holders under each event’s own betting page.
talkSPORT is also right across the festival, with all remaining races broadcast on talkSPORT 2.
talkSPORT BET: Latest Cheltenham Festival odds and free bet offers
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.
You can check the current odds for Cheltenham at talkSPORT BET HERE containing all the best Cheltenham Festival free bet offers.
Cheltenham Festival 2025: Final race schedule
The following races will NOT be shown on ITV – Check out a complete timetable of all 28 events HERE…
Champion Day – Tuesday, March 11
- 17:20 – National Hunt Novices’ Chase
Style Wednesday – Wednesday, March 12
- 17:20 – Champion Bumper
St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 13
- 17:20 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 14
- 17:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
