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Cheltenham Racecourse
	Handicap chase, 2014
Location	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Owned by	Jockey Club Racecourses
Screened on	Racing TV, ITV (TV network)
Course type	National Hunt
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Cheltenham Racecourse at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, hosts National Hunt horse racing. Its most prestigious meeting is the Cheltenham Festival, held in March, which features several Grade I races including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Ryanair Chase and the Stayers' Hurdle.

The racecourse has a scenic location in a natural amphitheatre, just below the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at Cleeve Hill, with a capacity of 67,500 spectators. Cheltenham Racecourse railway station no longer connects to the national rail network, but is the southern terminus of the preserved Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

The main racecourse has two separate courses alongside each other, the Old Course and the New Course. The New Course has a tricky downhill fence and a longer run-in for steeplechases than the Old Course. Hurdle races over two miles on the New Course also have a slight peculiarity in that most of the hurdles are jumped early on in the race with only two hurdles being jumped in the last seven furlongs. There is also a cross-country course which is laid out inside the main racecourse and is used for cross-country steeplechases.

The racecourse is the home of The Centaur, one of the largest auditoria in the South West of England. This multiple-use complex seats over 2,000 people for conferences and around 4,000 standing for concerts.^[1] It is also home to the Steeplechasing Hall of Fame. From 1999 to 2013, the racecourse was the venue for the annual Greenbelt festival and remains the venue for the Wychwood Music Festival. The University of Gloucestershire holds its graduation ceremony and summer ball at the racecourse.

From 2008, the racecourse and The Jockey Club were in talks with Cheltenham Town F.C. about a possible move to the racecourse. This would have meant the building of a new stadium with a double-sided stand, one side in the stadium and the other for watching the races. In 2011, Cheltenham Town F.C. decided against the move for financial reasons.

In 2015, Cheltenham Racecourse opened the £45m 6,500-capacity Princess Royal Stand,^[1] which completed the redevelopment of the course.^[2]

Notable races

Month	Meeting	DOW	Race Name	Type	Grade	Distance	Course	Age/Sex
January	New Year	1st	Fairlawne Handicap Chase	Chase	Grade 3	2m 5f	New	5yo +
January	New Year	1st	Dipper Novices' Chase	Chase	Grade 2	2m 5f	New	5yo +
January	New Year	1st	Relkeel Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 4f 110y	New	4yo +
January	Trials	Saturday	Finesse Juvenile Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 1f	New	4yo only
January	Trials	Saturday	Murphy Group Chase	Chase	Grade 3	2m 5f	New	5yo +
January	Trials	Saturday	Cotswold Chase	Chase	Grade 2	3m 1f 110y	New	5yo +
January	Trials	Saturday	Cleeve Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	3m	New	5yo +
January	Trials	Saturday	Classic Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 4f 110y	New	4yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Chase	Grade 1	2m	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	Festival Trophy Handicap Chase	Chase	Grade 3	3m 110y	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup	Chase	Listed	4m	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	Supreme Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	2m 110y	Old	4yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	2m 4f	Old	4yo + m
March	Festival	Tuesday	Champion Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	2m 110y	Old	4yo +
March	Festival	Tuesday	Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase	Chase	Handicap	2m 4f 110y	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase	Chase	Handicap	3m 7f	Cross	5yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	2m 5f	Old	4yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	Coral Cup	Hurdle	Grade 3	2m 5f	Old	4yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	RSA Chase	Chase	Grade 1	3m 110y	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	Champion Bumper	N H Flat	Grade 1	2m 110y	Old	4yo-6yo
March	Festival	Wednesday	Queen Mother Champion Chase	Chase	Grade 1	2m	Old	5yo +
March	Festival	Wednesday	Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	2m 110y	Old	4yo only
March	Festival	Thursday	Pertemps Final	Hurdle	Handicap	3m	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Thursday	Stayers' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	3m	New	4yo +
March	Festival	Thursday	Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup	Chase	Handicap	3m 1f 110y	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Thursday	JLT Novices' Chase	Chase	Grade 1	2m 4f	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Thursday	Ryanair Chase	Chase	Grade 1	2m 5f	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Thursday	Byrne Group Plate	Chase	Grade 3	2m 4f	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Friday	CGA Foxhunter Chase	Chase	Conditions	3m 2f 110y	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Friday	Triumph Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	2m 1f	New	4yo only
March	Festival	Friday	County Handicap Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	2m 1f	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Friday	Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle	Hurdle	Handicap	2m 4f 110y	New	4yo +
March	Festival	Friday	Spa Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 1	3m	New	4yo +
March	Festival	Friday	Cheltenham Gold Cup	Chase	Grade 1	3m 2f 110y	New	5yo +
March	Festival	Friday	Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase	Chase	Grade 3	2m 110y	New	5yo +
April	April Meeting	Wednesday	Silver Trophy Chase	Chase	Grade 2	2m 5f	New	5yo +
November	November	Friday	Hyde Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 5f	Old	4yo +
November	November	Saturday	BetVictor Gold Cup	Chase	Grade 3	2m 4f 110y	Old	4yo +
November	November	Saturday	BetVictor Handicap Chase	Chase	Grade 3	3m 3f 110y	Old	4yo +
November	November	Saturday	Prestbury Juvenile Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 110y	Old	3yo only
November	November	Saturday	Mares' Standard Open NH Flat Race	Flat	Listed	2m 87y	Old	4-6yo m
November	November	Sunday	November Novices' Chase	Chase	Grade 2	2m	Old	4yo +
November	November	Sunday	Sharp Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 110y	Old	4yo +
November	November	Sunday	Greatwood Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 3	2m 110y	Old	4yo +
December	International	Friday	Unicoin Group Handicap Chase	Chase	Grade 3	3m 1f 110y	New	4yo +
December	International	Saturday	Bristol Novices' Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	3m	New	4yo +
December	International	Saturday	December Gold Cup	Chase	Grade 3	2m 5f	New	4yo +
December	International	Saturday	International Hurdle	Hurdle	Grade 2	2m 1f	New	4yo +

References

^ "The Redevelopment of Cheltenham Racecourse -". Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
^ "History". Cheltenham Racecourse.

^ BBC (2011). Cheltenham Town decide against racecourse move
^ BBC (2005). New developments at Cheltenham Racecourse. Retrieved November 14, 2005.

External links

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[1] "The Redevelopment of Cheltenham Racecourse -". Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

[2] "History". Cheltenham Racecourse.

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