The 2021 Cheltenham Festival will kick off with Champions’ Day on Tuesday 16th March under special circumstances with the meeting staged behind closed doors.
Ladies Day follows, before St Patrick’s Day Thursday. The fourth and final afternoon at the Cheltenham Festival is Gold Cup day, which will take place on Friday 19th March, 2021.
Tuesday 16th March – Champions Day
13:30 The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 110y)
14:10 The Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m)
14:50 The Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (5yo+, 3m 110y)
15:30 The Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 110y)
16:10 The Mares’ Hurdle Race (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle) (Grade 2) (4yo+, 2m 4f)
16:50 The Northern Trust Novices’ Handicap Chase (0-140) (5yo+, 2m 4f 110y)
17:30 The JT McNamara National Hunt Chase (Listed Amateur Riders’ Novices’ Chase) (5yo+, 4m)
Wednesday 17th March – Ladies Day
13:30 The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (Registered As The Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle) (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
14:10 The RSA Steeple Chase (Novices’ Grade 1) (5yo+, 3m 110y)
14:50 The Coral Cup Hurdle (Grade 3 Handicap Hurdle) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
15:30 The Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m)
16:10 The Glenfarclas Handicap Chase (Cross Country Chase) (5yo+, 3m 7f)
16:50 The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (4yo, 2m 110y)
17:30 The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade 1 Standard Open NH Flat Race) (4-6yo, 2m 110y)
Thursday 18th March – St Patrick’s Thursday
13:30 The Marsh Novices’ Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller Novices’ Chase) (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 4f)
14:10 The Pertemps Network Final (Listed Handicap Hurdle) (5yo+, 3m)
14:50 The Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy Chase) (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
15:30 The Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 3m)
16:10 The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate (Grade 3 Handicap Chase) (5yo+, 2m 4f)
16.50 The Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (2 miles 1f)
17:30 The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Amateur Riders) (5yo+, 3m 1f 110y)
Friday 19th March – Gold Cup Day
13:30 The JCB Triumph Hurdle (Juvenile Grade 1) (4yo, 2m 1f)
14:10 The County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (5yo+, 2m 1f)
14:50 The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Registered As The Spa Novices’ Hurdle) (Grade 1) (4yo+, 3m)
15:30 The Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1) (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
16:10 The Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
16:50 The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Grade 3 Handicap) (5yo+, 2m 110y)
17:30 The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, 2m 4f 110y)
