Cheltenham Festival schedule: Every race card for 2022 meeting

One of the biggest weeks in the racing calendar is fast approaching, with fans eagerly anticipating the Cheltenham Festival and all the raucous atmosphere it usually brings.

Last year, Minella Indo won the Gold Cup with jockey Jack Kennedy, a 9/1 pre-race shout with the favourite, Al Boum Photo, coming home in third. Notable successes also came for Rachael Blackmore, first on Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle and later on Quilixios in the Triumph Hurdle.

They were two of six wins the Irish jockey picked up across the weekend, earning her the Ruby Walsh Trophy along the way in a stellar performance and becoming the first female jockey to do so.

Blackmore will be on Honeysuckle once more in this year’s Champion Hurdle on Tuesday, while Minella Indo will be looking to make it back-to-back Gold Cup triumphs on Friday.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival.

The 2022 Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday, 15 March 2022 and ends on Friday, 18 March 2022.

The festival will showcase seven races each day. The first race starts daily at 1:30pm with the last race ending each day’s racing at 5:30pm.

Look out for 28 races across the four days at the 2022 festival.

Day One: Champion Day – Tuesday, March 15

Day Two: Ladies Day – Wednesday, March 16

Day Three: St Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 17

Day Four: Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 18

You can be there in person for the Greatest Show on Turf, with ticket prices starting from £40, with various other price tiers that open up the experience to fans with different enclosures and areas of the racecourse.

However, non-hospitality tickets for Thursday and Friday are now sold out. For full ticket information visit the Cheltenham Festival website here.