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When is the Cheltenham Festival 2025?

Chelteham Festival TipsThe Cheltenham Festival for 2025 starts on Tuesday March 11th 2025 with Champions Day lasting four days until it culminates with the world renowned, Gold Cup Day on the final day – Friday 14th March 2025.

The Cheltenham Festival is the biggest four days of the jumps season. It consists of 28 races, seven per day, and hosts many of the season-defining championship races such as the Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup.   First race of the Cheltenham Festival gets underway at 1.20 and is the Supreme Novices Hurdle.  The start is celebrated by the crowd as we hear the Cheltenham Roar! 

The Festival is the zenith of the National Hunt season that provides an unrivalled buzz as 250,000 people descend onto the beautiful Cotswold Hills over four days of scintillating action in March, and millions more watch on TV.  The Cheltenham Festival takes place at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucester.

 

This is our SIXTEENTH Cheltenham Festival…

We’re no strangers to the “greatest show on turf”, having founded Free Racing Tips in the summer of 2008, we first rocked up to the 2009 Festival, and witnessed the legendary Kauto Star become the first horse in history to regain his Gold Cup crown, beating his stablemate (and 2008 gold cup winner) Denman by thirteen lengths. It would also turn out to be the first of many gold cup winners that we’d tip to our members.

But of course, it’s not just about the big race – there’s 28 races over the four days, starting with the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle on Day One, and ending with the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle on Day Four.

And we’ve got tips for them all…

Cheltenham Festival Special Offers, Free Bets & Enhanced Odds

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is almost upon us and as soon as the Cheltenham Festival special offers become available we'll get them added here.   Non Runner No Bet or NRNB are generally the first offers for Cheltenham to appear and we'll get those added here for you.

We feature all the enhanced odds, Cheltenham Festival special offers from the likes of bet365 and more, so keep your eyes peeled for the latest Cheltenham Festival offers and free bets as soon as they become available.

In the meantime whilst you're waiting for the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, here's our roundup of the best special offers, free bets and enhanced horse racing odds.

Bet365 Cheltenham Offer

Bet £10, Get £30 in FREE Bets at bet365

New Customers only. Bet £10* & Get £30* in Free Bets. Sign up, deposit between £5* and £10* to your account and bet365 will give you three times that value in Free Bets when you place qualifying bets to the same value and they are settled. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits. Min odds/bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. T&Cs, time limits & exclusions apply.

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Tote New Account Offer

Bet £5, Get £20 in Free Bets

New customers online only. Place your first bet on racing pools for a minimum of £/€5 and win or lose you will receive £/€20 Tote Credit. £/€20 Tote Credit rewarded as £/€10 redeemable against racing bets only and £/€10 redeemable against UK and Irish placepot bets only. Tote Credit cannot be withdrawn, exchanged, or substituted and expires after 7 days. Qualifying bet is the first racing pool bet added to the bet-slip. Ten to Follow, virtual and football bets do not qualify. Totewin will be the qualifying bet when a Totewin and a Toteplace bet are struck at the same time. UK & ROI customers only. 18+. Full T&Cs apply. 

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William Hill Cheltenham Free Bet Offer

Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets

#AD 18+. Play Safe. New customers using Promo code H30 only, Min £10/€10 stake, min odds 1/2, free bets paid as 2 x £15/€15, free bets credited after settlement of first qualifying bet, free bets will expire 30 days after the qualifying bet is placed, payment method/player/country restrictions apply.

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Cheltenham in numbers

People attending Live

People watching on ITV Racing

Festival winners tipped by FRT

Bundles of Birch used on the fences – 5000

Shortest Distance Raced at the Festival – 2 miles

Number of fences in the Gold Cup – 22

Prize Money – £4,590,000

Pints of Guinness sold – 236,472

Drinks Spilt in Celebration – 111630+

2025 Cheltenham Festival Race Cards

Cheltenham Festival Day One - Tuesday 11th March 2025

Race Schedule

START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race 2m Hurdle
14:00 The My Pension Expert Arkle Novices' Chase 2m Chase
14:40 The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase 3m abt 1f Chase
15:20 The Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle 2m abt 4f Hurdle
16:00 The Unibet Champion Hurdle 2m Hurdle
16:40 The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race 2m Hurdle
17:20 The National Hunt Novices' Chase 3m abt 6f Chase

 

Cheltenham Festival Day Two - Wednesday 12th March 2025

Race Schedule

START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The Turners Novices' Hurdle Race 2m abt 5f Hurdle
14:00 The Brown Advisory Novices' Steeple Chase 3m Chase
14:40 The Coral Cup Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle Race) (Grade 3) 2m abt 5f Hurdle
15:20 The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase 3m abt 5 ½f Chase
16:00 The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase Abt 2m Chase
16:40 The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 2m Chase
17.20 The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) 2m Bumper

Cheltenham Festival Day Four - Friday 14th March 2025 (Gold Cup Day)

Race Schedule

START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The JCB Triumph Hurdle 2m Hurdle
14:00 The William Hill County Handicap Hurdle 2m Hurdle
14:40 The Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Steeple Chase 2m 4f Chase
15:20 The Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle Race 3m Hurdle
16:00 The Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m 2f Chase
16:40 The St James's Place Festival Hunters Chaserader Plate 3m 2f Chase
17:20 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f Hurdle

Cheltenham Festival Day Four - Friday 14th March 2025 (Gold Cup Day)

Race Schedule

START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The JCB Triumph Hurdle 2m Hurdle
14:00 The William Hill County Handicap Hurdle 2m Hurdle
14:40 The Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Steeple Chase 2m 4f Chase
15:20 The Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle Race 3m Hurdle
16:00 The Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup 3m 2f Chase
16:40 The St James's Place Festival Hunters Chaserader Plate 3m 2f Chase
17:20 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f Hurdle

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