When is the 2024 Cheltenham Festival?

The Cheltenham Festival takes during March every year. In 2024, the Cheltenham Festival will start on Tuesday 12th March, and end on Friday 15th March.

The Cheltenham Festival is National Hunt racing's most popular meeting and one of Britain's most famous sporting events. During the four-day Festival, many of jumps racing's most prestigious prizes will be handed out, including the historic Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The Cheltenham Festival is held at Cheltenham racecourse. Cheltenham racecourse is also called Prestbury Park, and is situated in Gloucestershire, England.

14 Grade One races will be run during the Cheltenham Festival. The four Championship races during the week are the Champion Hurdle, the Champion Chase, the Stayers' Hurdle and the Gold Cup.

Gallopin Des Champ ran out a magnificent winner of the Gold Cup in 2023 and Willie Mullins will already have one eye fixed on a repeat bid for his stable star in 2024.

Constitution Hill extended his unbeaten record with a bloodless victory in the Champion Hurdle. He too will return to Cheltenham in 2024, either running in another Champion Hurdle, or one of the three Grade Ones for novice chasers.

Energumene will bid to make it a hat-trick of Champion Chase victories in 2024, with Teahupoo, Home By The Lee and Dashel Drasher likely to clash again in the 2024 Stayers' Hurdle.

Cheltenham Festival 2024 will be shown live on ITV and RacingTV. If you'd rather watch the racing via your mobile or tablet, then bookmakers such as bet365 will allow you to stream the race live.

The bet365 live streaming service covers a wide range of horse racing on a daily basis. Here's how to stream the Cheltenham Festival 2024 live online:

The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival is known as Champion's Day, and will take place on Tuesday 14th March in 2022.

The Champion Hurdle is the main event on day one's card. There are also three further Grade Ones in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the Arkle Challenge Trophy and the Mares' Hurdle.

The historic National Hunt Chase also takes place on day one, along with the Ultima Handicap Chase and the Boodles Handicap Hurdle for juveniles.

Day Two at the Cheltenham Festival is known as Ladies' Day. Wednesday's card at Cheltenham features four Grade One races, and the feature Championship race is the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle and Brown Advisory Novices' Chase get day two's card off to a thrilling start. The Grade One Champion Bumper, the only flat race at the Cheltenham Festival, is the final race on the day.

Wednesday's card features two handicaps, the Coral Cup and the Grand Annual, as well as the unique Cross Country Chase.

The third day at the Cheltenham Festival is known as St Patrick's day, and is headlined by the oldest of the four Championship race at the meeting, the Stayers' Hurdle.

There are two further Grade One races to enjoy on day two, the Turners' Novices' Chase and the Ryanair Chase.

Thursday's card also features the Mares' Novices' Hurdle and three thrilling handicaps, the Pertemps Final, the Festival Plate Handicap Chase and the Kim Muir Challenge Cup.

The fourth and final day at the Cheltenham Festival revolves around the Gold Cup, the most prestigious and valuable Grade One race in all of National Hunt racing.

Before we reach the Gold Cup, there are two other Grade One races to enjoy on day four, the Triumph Hurdle and the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.

The County Hurdle Handicap and the Hunters' Chase, two of the most historic races at the meeting, are both run on Gold Cup day. The Mares' Chase will also take place on day four, before the Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle closes out the meeting.