Cheltenham Festival Tickets The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and has race prize money second only to the Grand National. It is an event where many of the best Irish and British horses race against each other, the extent of which is relatively rare during the rest of the season. The festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Because of the nation's horses and the fact the it usually coincides with Saint Patrick's Day, the meeting is often very popular with Irish visitors. Order your Cheltenham Festival Tickets online today and feel the rush of the races! Cheltenham Festival Tickets available now! ShowTime Ticket Services specializes in tickets for all races. Cheltenham Festival Tickets continued. Loading...

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The Cheltenham Festival was traditionally run over the course of three days, but this changed in 2005 with the introduction of a fourth day. There are 24 races overall, with Grade One events including the Champion Bumper, Triumph Hurdle, Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle, Arkle Challenge Trophy, Royal & SunAlliance Chase, Champion Hurdle, World Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase and the feature race, the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Huge amounts of money are bet, with hundreds of millions of pounds being gambled over the four days and so the Cheltenham Festival is often noted for its atmosphere. Also notable about the event is the famous Cheltenham roar, which refers to the enormous amount of noise that the crowd generates as the horses enter the home straight and long run in. There is also a huge roar when the first race starts on the opening day.

The top jockey for the Cheltenham Festival is the jockey who wins the most races over the four days. The winners since 1980 (with number of races won in brackets) are:

2006: Ruby Walsh (3)
2005: Graham Lee (3)
2004: Ruby Walsh (3)
2003: Barry Geraghty (5)
2002: Richard Johnson (2)
2001: No Festival (due to foot & mouth disease outbreak)
2000: Mick FitzGerald (4)
1999: Mick FitzGerald (4)
1998: Tony McCoy (5)
1997: Tony McCoy (3)
1996: Richard Dunwoody (2)
1995: Norman Williamson (4)
1994: Charlie Swan (3)
1993: Charlie Swan (4)
1992: Jamie Osborne (5)
1991: Peter Scudamore (2)
1990: Richard Dunwoody (2)
1989: Tom Morgan (2)
1988: Simon Sherwood (2)
1987: Peter Scudamore (2)
1986: Peter Scudamore (2)
1985: Steve Smith Eccles (3)
1984: Jonjo O'Neill (2)
1983: Graham Bradley (2)
1982: Jonjo O'Neill (1)
1981: John Francome (3)
1980: Jim Wilson (3)