Cheltenham Odds
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Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing events, located at Prestbury Park, in the suburban village of Prestbury on the outskirts of the English town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Cheltenham is called the “home of National Hunt racing”, largely because it hosts the four-day Cheltenham Festival, held in March of each year. The National Hunt Festival provides one of the world’s greatest sporting spectacles featuring ten championship events including the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Smurfit Champion Hurdle. In addition to the Festival, Cheltenham also stages twelve other quality days of racing and is a track that suits horses with a combination of guts and stamina.
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.
Cheltenham Racecourse is located in Prestbury, Gloucestershire.
Cheltenham Races Tweets
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3 weeks from now we'll be half way through The Festival. Only seems like a couple of weeks since Christmas!February 22, 2012 - 6:32 pm -
Just noticed we're only 13 followers away from 5,000. Thanks to you all. Now just 17,644,347 behind Justin Bieber!February 22, 2012 - 5:14 pm
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Initial entries for all of the Festival Handicaps are in and will be announced at 12 noon tomorrow. Will you spot the plot?!February 22, 2012 - 1:51 pm
Steam Nostalgia
The racecourse has its own steam railway station, although this no longer connects to the national rail network but is rather the southern terminus of the preserved Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
Flaming Close
In 1829, Cheltenham’s Parish Priest, Reverend Francis Close, preached the evils of horseracing and aroused such strong feeling amongst his congregation that the race meeting in 1830 was disrupted. Before the following year’s meeting the grandstand was burnt to the ground!
Fine Dinning, Fine View
Situated on the 5th level of the main grandstand overlooking the winning post, the Panoramic Restaurant provides the most stunning views over the racecourse.
