2021 Cheltenham Festival Betting Tips & Predictions

The 2021 Cheltenham Festival begins on Tuesday 16th March at Prestbury Park racecourse. Over the course for the next four days there will be a total of twenty-eight races featuring hundreds of runners. We feature previews of every Cheltenham Festival race, with tips, predictions, odds, trends and free bets. Click on any of the race names to get the latest news for that race, the best predictions, special offers and much more...Make this page your essential reference for this year's Cheltenham Festival.


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CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY 1 - Champion Day

Tuesday 16th March 2021, featuring the 2021 Champion Hurdle

• 1:30
  Supreme Novices' Hurdle
  Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:10
  Arkle Novices' Chase
  Sporting Life Arkle Novices' Chase (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:50
  Ultima Handicap Chase 
  Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3)OddsTips
• 3:30
  Champion Hurdle 
  Unibet Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 4:10
  Mares Hurdle
  Close Brothers David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 4:50
  Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle
  Boodles Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle (Handicap Hurdle)OddsTips
• 5:30
  National Hunt Chase 
  National Hunt Chase (Amateur Riders' Novices' Chase) (Grade 2)OddsTips

The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival - known as Champion Day - traditionally takes place on a Tuesday and is headlined by the Grade 1 Champion Hurdle. It kicks off in what promises to be spectacular style, the “Cheltenham Roar” for the opening Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.


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CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY 2 - Ladies Day

Wednesday 17th March 2021, featuring the 2021 Queen Mother Champion Chase

• 1:30
  Ballymore Novices Hurdle
  Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:10
  Brown Advisory  Novices Chase 
  Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:50
  Coral Cup 
  Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)OddsTips
• 3:30
  Queen Mother Champion Chase 
  Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 4:10
  Cross Country Chase 
  Glenfarclas Cross Country ChaseOddsTips
• 4:50
  Grand Annual Chase
  Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Grade 3)OddsTips
• 5:30
  Champion Bumper 
  Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade 1)OddsTips

Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival - known as Ladies Day - is not to be missed. The  card is stacked with top drawer contests with four Grade 1 races in total - including the Brown Afvisory Chase and the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle. The feature race is the Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase.

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY 3 - St. Patrick's Day

Thursday 18th March 2021, featuring the 2021 Stayers' Hurdle

• 1:30
  Marsh Novices' Chase
  Marsh Novices' Chase (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:10
  Pertemps Final Handicap 
  Pertemps Network Final (Handicap Hurdle) (Grade 3)OddsTips
• 2:50
  Ryanair Chase 
  Ryanair Chase (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 3:30
  Stayers Hurdle 
  Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 4:10
  Paddy Power Plate 
  Paddy Power Plate (Handicap Chase)OddsTips
• 4:50
  Mares Novices Hurdle 
  Daylesford Mares' Novices' HurdleOddsTips
• 5:30
  Kim Muir Challenge Cup
  Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Amateur Riders' Handicap ChaseOddsTips

Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival is known as St Patrick's Day. The feature races is the Stayers’ Hurdle, the oldest of the four Championship race at Cheltenham. Other races on the third day of Cheltenham include the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase and the Marsh Novices' Chase.

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL DAY 4 - Gold Cup Day

Friday 19th March 2021, featuring the 2021 Cheltenham Gold Cup

• 1:30
  Triumph Hurdle
  JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 2:10
  County Handicap Hurdle 
  McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) OddsTips
• 2:50
  Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle 
  Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 3:30
  Cheltenham Gold Cup 
  WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1)OddsTips
• 4:10
  Hunters Chase 
  St James's Place Foxhunter ChaseOddsTips
• 4:50
  Mares' Chase 
  Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase
  OddsTips
• 5:30
  Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle  
  Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle
  OddsTips

Day 4 is the final day of this racing extravaganza and it's all about the Gold Cup, the most prestigious contest of the racing calendar. The final day also features the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle and the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL GUIDE 

The Cheltenham Festival is UK's biggest horse racing event, alongside the Grand National. It is able to consistently attract some of the top horses in the world, as a result, boasting more than £4 million in prize money. The racing action is four days long, and punters have the opportunity to bet on several high-profile races. 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.

When does Cheltenham Festival start?

The 2021 Cheltenham Festival will take place on Tuesday 16th March through to Friday 19th March.

When was the first Cheltenham Festival?

The Cheltenham Festival was created back in 1860, but it wasn’t until 1902 that it was moved to the newly opened track at Prestbury Park and it’s remained there ever since.

Where is the Cheltenham Festival racecourse?

Located at Prestbury Park in Gloucestershire, Cheltenham racecourse is the home of National Hunt racing. It consists of two tracks - the Old Course and the New Course. The New Course has an extremely tricky downhill fence and also a much longer run in than the Old Course. Alongside the Old and the New Course, there is also a Cross Country course built inside the main course.

How long is the Cheltenham Festival?

The Festival consists of four days of top-class racing action with several Grade 1 races including the four Championship races - Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Stayers' Hurdle.

How many races are there at Cheltenham Festival?

Each of the 4 days of racing features 7 races. Hence, there will be 28 races run at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival.

What time is the first race at the Cheltenham Festival?

The first race is at 1:30pm, and the last race at 5:30pm. Each day there is a feature race at 3:30pm

What are the most important races at the Cheltenham Festival?

The four-day extravaganza is the finest show in racing and victory at the meeting is often how greatness is measured in the ‘sport of kings.’

• DAY 1  kicks off in thrilling fashion with the Supreme Novices Hurdle and features the Champions Hurdle, a fantastic Grade One contest.
• DAY 2  is highlighted by the Queen Mother Champion Chase, a top-class race surrounded by the three mile RSA Chase and the vastly popular and unusual Cross Country Chase.
• DAY 3  features the oldest race of the week, the Stayers’ Hurdle, and also features two other prestigious Grade One contests, the JLT Novices Chase and the two-and-a-half mile Ryanair Chase.
• DAY 4  kicks off with the JCB Triumph Hurdle and features the biggest race of the jumps racing calendar and the most famous prize in the world of National Hunt racing – the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

How can I watch the Cheltenham Festival?

This year's Cheltenham Festival action will be shown live on Racing TV and ITV.

CHELTENHAM BETTING TIPS 

Here at BetAndSkill we'll be providing you with all of the latest Cheltenham recommended bets using our horse racing betting experience and statistics, all to give you the best chance of making a hiuge profit from the highlight of the racing calendar in 2021.

Our resident racing tipsters will be covering all the best ante-post tips, betting trends, boomakers' promotions and exclusive betting offers in the run up to the Cheltenham Festival as well as every day during the four days of racing.

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