The 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas Are the First in a Series of 5 Big-Money Horseracing Contests!

The Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday 13th March with one of THE Championship events taking part that day in the Champion Hurdle.

The Champion hurdle is the race that decides which horse is the best hurdler in the United Kingdom and is raced on the old course over 2 miles and 110 yards (3,319 metres). And online bookmakers are offering odds on many of the possible runners now.

Jump racing enthusiasts will be travelling to Cheltenham on Tuesday 13th March for a festival of racing that seems to get bigger and bigger as each year passes.
The official title of the Cheltenham Festival is actually the National Hunt Meeting and it started back in 1860, when the first race, the National Hunt Chase was run at Market Harborough. This year it starts on Tuesday 13th March and finishes on Friday 16th March.

The Festival has had its home on a permanent basis at Prestbury Park, Cheltenham since 1911.

Sports betting aficionados are in for a treat with the highly alluring RSA Chase taking place on the 14th of March 2012 at 14h05. This much-anticipated horse racing contest kicks off in earnest towards the end of winter in the United Kingdom, in Cheltenham. This particular contest is a considered a GRADE 1 event and it allows horses aged 5+ to participate. The length of the course is some 4,929 meters. Throughout the duration of this glitzy event, punters will be able to enjoy 19 fences being jumped.