About Cheltenham Festival

The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom and has race prize money second only to the Grand National. It is an event where many of the best British and Irish trained horses race against each other, the extent of which is relatively rare during the rest of the season.

It takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Because of the nation's horses and the fact it usually coincides with Saint Patrick's Day, the meeting is often very popular with Irish visitors.

Huge amounts of money are bet, with hundreds of millions of pounds being gambled over the four days and so the Festival is often noted for its atmosphere, most notably the "Cheltenham roar", which refers to the enormous amount of noise that the crowd generates as the horses enter the home straight and long run in.

The first Cheltenham Festival was held in 1902 at Prestbury Park, Cheltenham, which still remains the same venue for the festival to this day. It was in 1904 that the first National Hunt Steeplechase was introduced to the festival. This race became known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1924, when it was won by a horse called Red Splash. The Gold Cup was the first of the four Championship races, before the Champion Hurdle was introduced in 1927. The Queen Mother Champion Chase was introduced in 1959 before the Stayers Hurdle, the last of the championship was first run in 1972.

The Cheltenham Festival on Event Leasing

To cater for the demand for event rentals during this popular event, we have begun advertising properties for rent during the Cheltenham Festival 2010.

Our reputation for excellence continues today, attracting regular visits by pro-golfers and caddies, sports journalists, corporate event agents, sports fans and private groups.

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