Classic National Hunt Horse Racing...............
For four extraordinary days in the middle of March, the racing
community from all around the world converge on Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
for the climax of the National Hunt season.
The first Cheltenham Festival meeting took place in 1902.
Cheltenhamfestival.net is complete guide to the Cheltenham Festival.
Book early hotel & bed & breakfast accommodation in Tewkesbury.
There are now six races on each of the four days, of this great
international event.
The 24 races that make up Cheltenham Festival are the most hotly
contested of the entire racing calendar, with around 480 horses
competing for £3 million in prize money. Millions of pounds of bets ride
on these championship races, with several million being bet on-course on
every event.
The build up to Cheltenham now dominates the entire jumps season.
See www.cheltenham.co.uk |
