A Guide to Cheltenham Race Course
A Guide To Cheltenham Race Course
One of the most famous racecourses in the United Kingdom, Cheltenham racecourse, based just below the Cotswold Hills hosts a wide variety of racing events between November and April each year. The highlight is obviously the Cheltenham Festival, which hosts a number of Grade 1 listed races, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Champion Hurdle and the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The festival is held in early March every year.
Cheltenham actually has two courses – the Old Course and the New Course. They are almost intertwined with each other although the New Course has a longer run in than the Old Course. A quirk with the New Course means that most of the fences are jumped early in the race, with only two fences situated in the final 7 furlongs.
There are 9 fences on the Old Racecourse which is the faster of the two, and 10 fences on the New Course. Of these new Course fences, 7 of them are plain fences, two of them are open ditches and the 2nd fence is a water jump.
In terms of distance, both courses are very similar, the Old course is 1 mile and 4 furlongs long whilst the New Course is only half a furlong longer. Both tracks are left handed.
Bullet Points
- Two left hand courses
- Old course is half a furlong shorter than the New Course at 1 mile and 4 furlongs
- 9 fences on the Old Course, 10 on the New Course
- New Course has a water jump at the second fence
Map of Cheltenham Racecourse
Statistics – Last Three Years
Top Trainers – Chase
Runners Wins Places
P Nicholls 88 13 23
G Elliott 58 11 13
N Twiston-Davies 84 9 25
N Henderson 77 9 23
C Tizzard 81 8 24
Top Trainers – Hurdles
Runners Wins Places
N Henderson 132 23 29
W Mullins 117 10 31
G Elliott 80 10 24
D Skelton 84 8 23
F O’Brien 58 7 23
Top Trainers – National Hunt Flat
Runners Wins Places
W Mullins 10 2 5
F O’Brien 16 2 4
P Hobbs 8 1 4
N Henderson 5 1 3
C Tizzard 8 1 2
Top Jockeys – Chase
Runners Wins Places
B Geraghty 40 7 13
H Skelton 46 6 16
R Johnson 42 6 12
D Russell 29 6 8
B Frost 14 6 3
Top Jockeys – Hurdles
Runners Wins Places
B Geraghty 62 16 12
H Cobden 58 8 12
H Skelton 60 7 21
P Brennan 57 7 21
N de Boinville 40 7 11
Top Jockeys – National Hunt Flat
Runners Wins Places
R Johnson 15 2 6
P Brennan 12 1 5
N de Boinville 6 1 3
B Geraghty 8 1 2
W Hutchinson 6 1 2
Course Address
Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 4SH
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