When is Cheltenham Festival 2025? Date, times, races, full schedule, weather and latest Gold Cup odds - The ‘Greatest Show on Turf’ begins on Tuesday

Cheltenham Festival 2025 tips as Brighterdaysahead is primed to deliver a first win in the opening day Champion Hurdle feature for Gordon Elliott

Patrick Mullins can bag an opening afternoon Cheltenham Festival success on Tuesday - but from an unlikely source. All nine of Mullins’ Festival winners have come for his all-conquering dad Willie but on the opening day he teams up with the British-based Neil Mulholland in the closing National Hunt Chase with TRANSMISSION (5.20).

Lossiemouth, though, has been re-routed in the opposite direction, much to the dismay of racing fans hoping to see a quartet of headliners in action. Golden Ace, winner of the Mares Novices’s Hurdle at Cheltenham last year, and Burdett Road, are among the outsiders.

Day 1 of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival is almost here and the best betting sites are gearing themselves up for another busy week of racing. Will it be a bookmakers dream day or will the punters land a knockout blow to the layers with a fourfold accas that currently pays shades over 7/1?

The Irish winner’s count has gone from a handful to double figures with yards like Willie Mullins and Gordon Ellliott dominating.

Kopek Des Bordes laid down his claims for the race when winning at the Dublin Racing Festival by an emphatic 13 lengths. It’s very hard to pick holes in a performance like that, but if you had to be critical,

New hurdles which are designed to cause fewer injuries to horses and jockeys are being introduced for this year's Cheltenham Festival. Until now the jumps have traditionally had birch on their exterior but this year foam padding will be used.

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