Cheltenham Festival 2025: All race times, full schedule, betting tips and talkSPORT commentary for iconic event

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is horse racing’s biggest event of the year and it is now well underway.

The sport’s best horses and jockeys are taking to the iconic course with two more days of incredible action to come.

Galopin des Champs and Paul Towned have won two Gold Cups in a rowCredit: GettyLast year, Galopin Des Champs defended his Gold Cup crown to make history by making it back-to-back wins in the showpiece.

All eyes will be on the incredible horse yet again as he aims to make it a hat-trick on the final day of the festival.

Constitution Hill was also going for glory again, but in a dramatic Champion Hurdle on Tuesday, he fell along with State Man.

2024 was definitely Willie Mullins’ year as he left with nine winners, while the Prestbury Cup went to Ireland, with their trainers winning 18 races to the nine racked up by the United Kingdom’s.

READ MORE ON SPORTCheltenham Festival 2025: Dates and start times This year’s Cheltenham Festival started on Tuesday, March 11, before coming to an end on Friday, March 14.

Each day of action is going to include seven races meaning there is a total of 28 throughout the week of the festival.

Racing will begin at around 1:20pm on each day with 40-minute intervals between races.

The biggest races of each day are usually scheduled for 4pm while the final races will be taking place at 5:20pm.

Tuesday is traditionally known as Champion Day, Wednesday is Style Wednesday and Thursday is St Patrick’s Thursday.

Then Friday is the biggest attraction – Gold Cup day.

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Constitution Hill fell during a shocking Champion HurdleCredit: @RacingTVCheltenham Festival 2025: talkSPORT coverage talkSPORT has live coverage of all the action from Cheltenham.

We will have commentators on the course each day, bringing you coverage of all the races throughout the festival.

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You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.

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Cheltenham Festival 2025: Race schedule Champion Day – Tuesday, March 11

13:20 – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Arkle Novices’ Chase 14:40 – Handicap Steeple Chase 15:20 – Mares’ Hurdle 16:00 – Champion Hurdle16:40 – Juvenile Handicap Hurdle 17:20 – National Hunt Novices’ ChaseStyle Wednesday – Wednesday, March 12

13:20 – Turners Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase 14:40 – Coral Cup Hurdle 15:20 – Cross Country Steeple Chase 16:00 – Queen Mother Steeple Chase16:40 – Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 17:20 – Champion Bumper St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 13

13:20 – Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle 14:00 – Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase14:40 – Pertemps Network Final 15:20 – Ryanair Steeple Chase 16:00 – Stayers’ Hurdle16:40 – TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase17:20 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge CupGold Cup Day – Friday, March 14

13:20 – Triumph Hurdle14:00 – County Handicap Hurdle 14:40 – Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase 15:20 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle 16:00 – Cheltenham Gold Cup16:40 – Festival Hunters Chase 17:20 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap HurdleManchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson joins talkSPORT LIVE at Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival 2025: What has been said?After Sean Flanagan won on Marine Nationale on Day 2, he dedicated his win to late jockey Michael O’Sullivan.

O’Sullivan rode Marine Nationale to Cheltenham glory in 2023.

Flanagan told ITV: “It’s hugely emotional for a lot of reasons. First and foremost his family obviously have to find it very hard.

“All the jockeys in Ireland and the UK and in the world have been under a cloud for the last couple of weeks.

Read More on talkSPORT”I’m only the man that steered him round today and Michael [O’Sullivan] is the man that made him what he is.

“And he’ll never be forgotten for that.”