As we enter a new year horse racing fans will be keen to know – what date is the Cheltenham Festival 2024 this year? So, with that in-mind we give you the Cheltenham Festival 2024 date, running order and times for ALL the 28 races ahead of the biggest jumps meeting on the calendar.
What Date Is The Cheltenham Festival 2024?
This year’s Cheltenham Festival 2024 will be staged over four days between Tuesday 12th – Friday 15th March.
Yes, horse racing lovers can get prepared for the biggest jumps meeting of the season by circling these four key dates in March and then either racing to get their holiday requests in at work or start to plan how they can navigate four ‘sick days’ in the middle of March.
As always, the Cheltenham action, which starts on Tuesday 12th March, gets underway with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – the race that is well-known for creating the famous opening day Cheltenham roar.
2024 Cheltenham Festival Date
- Tuesday 12th March 2024: Champion Day
- Wednesday 13th March 2024: Style Wednesday
- Thursday 14th March 2024: St Patrick’s Day
- Friday 15th March 2024: Gold Cup Day
Cheltenham Festival 2024 Info
📅Date: Tuesday 12th- Friday 15th March 2024
🕙Time: First Race 1:30pm, Last Race 5:30pm each day
🏇Racecourse: Cheltenham
📺 TV: Racing TV / ITV
Cheltenham Festival 2024: The Key Races
Each of the four Cheltenham Festival dates 2024 will see seven races, which gives the whole meeting an overall tally of 28 races.
The first race each day will be at 1:30pm and the final race of the afternoon at 5:30pm.
Across the Cheltenham Festival there are feature races every day, that include the Champion Hurdle (Tues), Champion Chase (Weds), Stayers’ Hurdle & Ryanair Chase (Thurs) and Cheltenham Gold Cup (Fri).
In 2024, these championship races are also dominated by some well-fancied Cheltenham bankers that are sure to figure in many double, trebles and accas over the Festival.
Constitution Hill will be a warm order to win his second Champion Hurdle on the opening day and if successful would also be providing trainer Nicky Henderson with his tenth success in the race.
The Willie Mullins-trained El Fabiolo will also be a popular pick in the Champion Chase on the Wednesday as last year’s Arkle winner looks to add a second Festival win to his CV.
While having bounced back to winning ways in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas, the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Galopin Des Champs is expected to be the clear favourite come race day on Friday 15th March.
Mullins will be looking for his fourth Cheltenham Gold Cup win since 2019 and if Galopin Des Champs can follow-up will join the likes of Al Boum Photo, Best Mate and Kauto Star as multiple winners of the Gold Cup in recent times.
Cheltenham Festival Date, Race Times and Running Order 2024
You can also see the full list of Cheltenham Festival race distances – from longest-to-shorted – here.
Tuesday 12th March 2024
- 1.30: Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (2m)
- 2.10: Arkle Novices’ Chase (2m)
- 2.50: Ultima Handicap Chase (3m 1f)
- 3.30: Champion Hurdle (2m)
- 4.10: Mares’ Hurdle (2m 3f)
- 4.50: Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (2m)
- 5.30: National Hunt Chase (3m 5f)
Wednesday 13th March 2024
- 1.30: Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle (2m 5f)
- 2.10: Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (3m)
- 2.50: Coral Cup (Handicap Hurdle) (2m 5f)
- 3.30: Queen Mother Champion Chase (2m)
- 4.10: Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (3m 5f)
- 4.50: Grand Annual Handicap Chase (2m)
- 5.30: Champion Bumper (2m)
Thursday 14th March 2024
- 1.30: Turners Novices’ Chase (2m 3f)
- 2.10: Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle (3m)
- 2.50: Ryanair Chase (2m 4f)
- 3.30: Stayers’ Hurdle (3m)
- 4.10: TrustATrader Plate (Handicap Chase) (2m 4f)
- 4.50: Mares Novices’ Hurdle (2m)
- 5.30: Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup (Handicap Chase) (3m 2f)
Friday 15th March 2024
- 1.30: Triumph Hurdle (2m)
- 2.10: County Hurdle (Handicap) (2m)
- 2.50: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (3m)
- 3.30: Cheltenham Gold Cup (3m 2f)
- 4.10: St James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Hunters’ Chase (3m 2f)
- 4.50: Mares’ Chase (2m 4f)
- 5.30: Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle (2m 4f)
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