The Cheltenham Festival is the busiest and most exciting racing event of the year and the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement.
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The 2011 Cheltenham Festival will run from 15th to 18th March and the course can expect to welcome over 200,000 racegoers from all over the world, with it believed that more than £500 million will be gambled throughout the week.
Each of the four days has a headline act and millions of people will tune in to watch Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle, Wednesday’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, Thursday’s World Hurdle and Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.
There is sure to be specials on each day of the meeting and
William Hill are price boosting all Ruby Walsh's rides at the Festival, including Hurricane Fly and Master Minded.
Cheltenham Festival 2011 full schedule and race cards
Tuesday
1.30 Stan James Supreme Novices' Hurdle 2m 1/2f
2.05 Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase 2m
2.40 Stewart Family Spinal Research Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 1/2f
3.20 Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy 2m 1/2f
4.00 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 7f
4.40 David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle Race 2m 4f
5.15 Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase 2m 4 1/2 f
Wednesday
1.30 National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 4m
2.05 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle 2m 5f
2.40 RSA Steeple Chase 3m 1/2f
3.20 sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase 2m
4.00 Coral Cup (Handicap Hurdle) 2m 5f
4.40 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle 2m 1/2f
5.15 Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Open NH Flat Race) 2m 1/2f
Thursday
1.30 Jewson Novices' Steeple Chase 2m 5f
2.05 Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle) 3m
2.40 Ryanair Chase 2m 5f
3.20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle 3m
4.00 Byrne Group Plate Handicap Steeple Chase 2m 5f
4.40 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 1 1/2f
5.15 St. Patrick's Day Derby (Charity Race) 1m 5f
Friday
1.30 JCB Triumph Hurdle 2m 1f
2.05 Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle 2m 1f
2.40 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle 3m
3.20 totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase 3m 2 1/2f
4.00 Christie's Foxhunter Steeple Chase 3m 2 1/2f
4.40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle 2m 4 1/2f
5.15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Steeple Chase 2m 1/2f
