{"id":676577,"date":"2026-01-06T00:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676577\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:47:15","slug":"cheltenham-festival-2026-dates-and-schedule-paddy-power-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/676577\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheltenham Festival 2026 dates and schedule \u2013 Paddy Power News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jumps are in full swing and excitement for the Cheltenham Festival<\/a> is growing!<\/p>\n

There were thrills and spills at last season\u2019s meeting including a dramatic renewal of the Champion Hurdle in which Constitution Hill and State Man both fell.<\/p>\n

Galopin Des Champs\u2019 hat-trick bid in the Cheltenham Gold Cup was scuppered by Inothewayurthinkin, while new stars such as Kopek Des Bordes and The New Lion emerged.<\/p>\n

Find Cheltenham Festival odds<\/a> on the Paddy Power website and app. Otherwise, everything you need to know about this year\u2019s meeting is below.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cheltenham Festival 2026 dates<\/p>\n

Prestbury Park opens its doors for another four days of top racing from Tuesday, 10th March <\/strong>to Friday, 13th March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can get Cheltenham Festival Tickets<\/a> on The Jockey Club website.<\/p>\n

Cheltenham Festival 2026 schedule<\/p>\n

Day One: Tuesday, 10th March<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:20:<\/strong> Supreme Novices\u2019 Hurdle
14:00:<\/strong> Arkle Novices\u2019 Chase
14:40:<\/strong> Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
15:20:<\/strong> Ultima Handicap Chase
16:00:<\/strong> Champion Hurdle
16:40:<\/strong> Plate Handicap Chase
17:20:<\/strong> National Hunt Chase<\/p>\n

Day Two: Wednesday, 11th March<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:20:<\/strong> Turners Novices\u2019 Hurdle
14:00:<\/strong> Brown Advisory Novices\u2019 Chase
14:40:<\/strong> Coral Cup
15:20:<\/strong> Cross Country Chase
16:00:<\/strong> Champion Chase
16:40:<\/strong> Grand Annual
17:20:<\/strong> Champion Bumper<\/p>\n

Day Three: Thursday, 12th March<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:20:<\/strong> Mares\u2019 Novices\u2019 Hurdle
14:00:<\/strong> Jack Richards Novices\u2019 Limited Handicap Chase
14:40:<\/strong> Mares\u2019 Hurdle
15:20:<\/strong> Paddy Power Stayers\u2019 Hurdle
16:00:<\/strong> Ryanair Chase
16:40:<\/strong> Pertemps Network Final
17:20:<\/strong> Kim Muir<\/p>\n

Day Four: Friday, 13th March <\/strong><\/p>\n

13:20:<\/strong> Triumph Hurdle
14:00:<\/strong> County Hurdle
14:40:<\/strong> Mrs Paddy Power Mares\u2019 Chase
15:20:<\/strong> Albert Bartlett Novices\u2019 Hurdle
16:00:<\/strong> Cheltenham Gold Cup
16:40:<\/strong> Festival Hunters\u2019 Chase
17:20:<\/strong> Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle<\/p>\n

What is the Cheltenham Festival?<\/p>\n

The Cheltenham Festival is the Olympics of horse racing as the cream of the crop in the National Hunt game descend on the Gloucestershire track for four days of top-level action.<\/p>\n

There are a total of 28 renewals on the Cheltenham Festival schedule including a feature race on each day. <\/p>\n

The Cheltenham Gold Cup for staying chasers is the week\u2019s highlight and one of the biggest races of the whole Jumps season.<\/p>\n

The Cheltenham Festival attracts more than 200,000 racegoers over the four-day period.<\/p>\n

What horses will run at the Cheltenham Festival 2026?<\/p>\n

Sir Gino heads our Champion Hurdle antepost betting<\/a> after stablemate Constitution Hill flopped on his seasonal reappearance. Will Lossiemouth line up in opposition?<\/p>\n

Last term\u2019s scorer Marine Nationale and the Willie Mullins-trained Il Etait Temps head our antepost betting for the Champion Chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Paddy Power Stayers\u2019 Hurdle antepost betting<\/a> market is headed by 2024 winner Teahupoo, although the division boasts new blood this term. <\/p>\n

The Cheltenham Gold Cup could see Galopin Des Champs attempt to reverse the form with Inothewayurthinkin from last season\u2019s renewal. The Jukebox Man and Jango Baie mean the home team boast live chances, however. <\/p>\n

<\/a>Read These NextTap here for PP.com racing odds<\/a>The Paddy Power Guide To Safer Gambling \u2013 Everything You Need To Know<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jumps are in full swing and excitement for the Cheltenham Festival is growing! There were thrills and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-676577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-horse-racing","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115845401589108210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}