Cheltenham Festival 2009

Every March, the biggest horse racing event in the United Kingdom unfolds with thousands of betting fans, enthusiasts, and tourists attending the Cheltenham Festival. It is estimated that there are 230,000 people who will be joining the festivities. As the most popular horseracing event in the United Kingdom, people will experience a new energy that is rarely seen in other sporting events. Thousands of fans will be vying for a piece of the £500 million that will be wagered by the end of the festival’s 26 races. The expected top prize for the 2009 Cheltenham Festival is at £3.67m.

The first featured race for the upcoming festival is the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle. This event is a 2 mile race with high hurdles to make it more challenging for the horses. This event has been dominated by the Irish, winning seven of the last ten of this race. 24 hours after the fabled horse hurdles, the Season Holiday Queen Mother Champion Chase will be on the spotlight. In this race, the horses will be besting each other across two miles of steeple chase also known as the Cheltenham fences.

On the third day of the Cheltenham Festival, bettors will be focusing on the Ladbrokes World Hurdle. This horse hurdle event is only for the fastest and the strongest bet horses. Only the best conditioned horses can finish this three mile hurdle race. The most recent horse to win this race is Inglis Drever, who also made history by bagging the first prize of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle for the third time.

Finally, the biggest single race, known as the race of all horse races for the year comes in the last day of the event. This event is the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The Gold Cup was conceived in 1924 becoming the first championship race in this event. Online betting sites such as 888sport will bring all the betting action straight to your home with fast updated, race status, field news, and more.

After a competitive round of horse betting, you can tour the different booths of Cheltenham Festival and be entertained by fair shows, tours, and top class accommodation. The annual event for 2009 will be on March 10 to March 13. If you are planning to go to the festival, you can start finding accommodations now. However, if you prefer to stay and watch the action from your home, 888 sport will bring you the latest action from the Cheltenham fields. 888 sport allows you to use it Cheltenham Betting services online.

For more information about online horse betting and other horse racing betting opportunities, visit our horse racing betting page.