Just to remind you all that the races Kick off on Tuesday the 10th and end on Thursday the 13 of March, so one must book accommodation for the 9th until the 14th if you are expecting to go through the whole Cheltenham Horse Racing and National Hunt Festival.
The Festival - Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th March 2009
Delusion and happiness is slowly mounting now that we have only weeks away from the Cheltenham Gold Cup, when well over £500 million UK Pounds, will be placed on the outcome of the National Hunt Races races. Total Prize Money in 2009 is £3.56m, an average of almost £140,000 for each Festival race.
The feature race on Tuesday is The Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, the most sought after prize anywhere for 2 miles hurdlers. The Irish have won seven of the last ten runnings of this historic contest. Come Wednesday, we see the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase take centre stage, as the best two mile chasers produce a fast and furious contest over the famous Cheltenham fences. In 2009, Wednesday will have seven races for the first time since The Festival became a four day meeting. On Thursday, the long distance hurdlers contest The Ladbrokes World Hurdle. Only the brave and the strong prevail in this three mile contest. Inglis Drever made history by winning the race for the third time in 2008. The Ryanair Chase is another Grade 1 highlight on Thursday, which will once again be Ladies Day. Then on Friday and the highlight of the entire Jump season: the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. This is the race that every owner trainer and jockey dreams of winning and it takes a very special horse to win more than once.
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