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Brighton Race » 14.10 Brighton
0  FALUKA 
3.04  RED TULIP 
5.5  HANDSOME STRANGER 
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Redcar Race » 14.10 Redcar
4  SPIDER HOUSE 
4  LOUCAL 
4  MARCUS CAESAR 
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Newton Abbott Race » 14.20 Newton Abbott
4  ASIAN PRINCE 
4  MOUNT VESUVIUS 
5  BACH ON TOW 
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Nottingham Race » 14.20 Nottingham
1.23  CONSTANTINE 
1.45  WINDFAST 
2.38  BRAVE BOY 
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Newcastle Race » 14.30 Newcastle
0  SIXTY MINUTES 
1.39  ASSEMBLY 
1.48  SOUND AFFECTS 
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The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and has race prize money second only to the Grand National. It is an event where many of the best British and Irish trained horses race against each other, the extent of which is relatively rare during the rest of the season.


It takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
The 2013 festival will run from 13th to 16th March 2013


The first Cheltenham Festival was held in 1902 at Prestbury Park, Cheltenham, which still remains the same venue for the festival to this day. It was in 1904 that the first National Hunt Steeplechase was introduced to the festival.
This race became known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1924, when it was won by a horse called Red Splash.


Cheltenham Festival.. The Gold Cup was the first of the four Championship races, before the Champion Hurdle was introduced in 1927.
The Queen Mother Champion Chase was introduced in 1959 before the Stayers Hurdle, the last of the championship was first run in 1972.




Below are the best Bookmaker odds for the favourite in each of the big races.
TIME RACE FAVOURITE BEST ODDS BEST BOOKIE
13-03-2012     Day 1
16:40 David Nicholson Mares Only Hurdle QUEVEGA 1.8     Place a bet on stanjames
15:20 Champion Hurdle OUR CONOR 6     Place a bet on betfred
14:05 Arkle Chase CHAMPAGNE FEVER 7     Place a bet on bet365
13:30 Supreme Novices Hurdle BRIAR HILL 10     Place a bet on paddy
14-03-2012     Day 2
14:05 Neptune Investment Novices Hurdle BRIAR HILL 11     Place a bet on stanjames
14:40 RSA Chase CHAMPAGNE FEVER 13     Place a bet on paddy
15:20 Champion Chase SPRINTER SACRE 2     Place a bet on coral
15-03-2012     Day 3
13:30 Jewson Novices Handicap Chase CHAMPAGNE FEVER 11     Place a bet on paddy
14:40 Ryanair Chase CUE CARD 6     Place a bet on paddy
15:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle BIG BUCKS 5     Place a bet on bet365
16-03-2012     Day 4
15:20 Cheltenham Gold Cup BIG BUCKS 4.75     Place a bet on betfair
14:40 Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle BRIAR HILL 9     Place a bet on stanjames

The top jockey for the festival is the jockey who wins the most races over the four days. The winners since 1980 with wins in brackets are: