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The first day of the Cheltenham Festival features the Champion Hurdle and is the main race on day one. The other major races on the first day include the Arkle Trophy and the Supreme Novices Hurlde. There are also some very good handicaps including the Festival Handicap Chase and the Fred Winter and the most novel race on the card is the Cross Country Chase.
We have all the latest betting information on the Cheltenham Festival day 1 races along with all the form guides and tips for these races on this site. There is any number of Cheltenham Festival Free Bets offers from all the major bookmakers and you can avail of these free bets by clicking on any of the bookmakers links on this site which will take you directly to these sites.
Before Racing
10.00am Cheltenham Radio, powered by Timeform, goes on air. Tune in 87.7FM, online at www.cheltenham.co.uk or by using a Sound Dec earpiece which are available to buy on the racecourse.
10.30am Gates open. 1,000 special Centenary bowler hats will be given away to the first racegoers through the gates. Shopping will be available in the tented village and Centenary-themed music will be provided by The London Ragtime Orchestra.
12.15pm Paddock interviews with connections of the day’s leading contenders. Hosted by Ian Carnaby and Jonathan Powell.
12.30pm Retraining of Racehorses Parade of Stars in the paddock, featuring Festival heroes of yesteryear who have gone on to fulfil new roles.
Those on parade will be: WAR OF ATTRITION – 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup and Punchestown Guiness Gold Cup winner now showing and qualified for the RoR/Tattersalls Show Series final at Hickstead in June HARDY EUSTACE – 2004 and 2005 Champion Hurdle winner now showing HARCHIBALD – Winner of the Bula Hurdle, Fighting Fifth Hurdle and Christmas Hurdle (twice) now showing BEEF OR SALMON – Three-time winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup (Ireland) now showing HUSSARD COLLONGES - Royal & Sun Alliance Chase winner now showing EARTHMOVER – Christie’s Foxhunter winner now team chasing MAKE A STAND – 1997 Champion Hurdle winner now hunting KATARINO – 1999 Triumph Hurdle winner and twice winner of the John Smith’s Fox Hunters’ Chase now hunting MONKERHOSTIN – Coral Cup and Bet365 Gold Cup winner now hunting
Following on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee.
Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line & covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.
View Tom's Racing Tips
We now have the latest bookmakers betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival Races.
These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
The four days of the Cheltenham Festival play host to a number of high quality races:
