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When is the Cheltenham Festival 2025?
The 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
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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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