Each year the Cheltenham Festival gets underway with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, a race greeted by the famous roar from the crowd that tells us that four days of exhilarating horse racing action has finally begun.

Raced at a distance just over two miles the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is run at a frantic pace and it almost always gets the Festival off to a bang.  A big field will tackle the race and some future stars of the hurdling and chasing world will be in action. 

This year’s renewal looks set to feature ‘Festival banker,’ Dunguib, the highly-regarded Irish raider who became one the most impressive Cheltenham winners of all time in last year’s Champion Bumper.

Cheltenham Race Schedule Tuesday 16th March 2010

1.30 Supreme Novices' Hurdle

2.05 Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase

2.40 William Hill Trophy Handicap Steeple Chase

3.20 Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy

4.00 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase

4.40 David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle Race