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The following has the running order for the Cheltenham Festival, including all the times, length and prize money of the races across the four-day Cheltenham Festival 2017.
Running Order Tables: Time–Race–Distance–Prize Money
Champion Day – Tuesday 14th March – Old Course
1:30pm The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 2m ½f £125,000
2:10pm The Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase 2m £175,000
2:50pm The Ultima Festival Handicap Steeple Chase 3m 1f £105,000
3:30pm The Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy 2m ½f £400,000
4:10pm The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race 2m 4f £110,000
4:50pm The JT McNamara National Hunt Steeple Chase 4m £120,000
5:30pm The Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase 2m 4½f £70,000
Ladies Day – Wednesday 15th March – Old Course and Cross Country Course
1:30pm The Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle 2m 5f £125,000
2:10pm The RSA Steeple Chase 3m ½f £175,000
2:50pm The Coral Cup Hurdle 2m 5f £95,000
3:30pm The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase 2m £350,000
4:10pm The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase 3m 6f £65,000
4:50pm The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race 2m ½f £80,000
5:30pm The Weatherbys Champion Bumper 2m ½f £75,000
St Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday 16th March – New Course
1:30pm The JLT Novices’ Chase 2m 4f £150,000
2:10pm The Pertemps Network Final Hurdle 3m £95,000
2:50pm The Ryanair Steeple Chase 2m 5f £300,000
3:30pm The Sun Bets Stayers’ Hurdle 3m £300,000
4:10pm The Brown Advisory and Merriebelle Stable Plate 2m 5f £105,000
4:50pm The Trull House Stud Mares Novices’ Hurdle 2m 1f £80,000
5:30pm The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 3m 2f £70,000
The Cheltenham Gold Cup – Friday 17th March – New Course
1:30pm The JCB Triumph Hurdle 2m 1f £125,000
2:10pm The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle 2m 1f £95,000
2:50pm The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle 3m £125,000
3:30pm The Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase 3m 2½f £575,000
4:10pm The St James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase 3m 2½f £45,000
4:50pm The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Hurdle 2m 4½f £65,000
5:30pm The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Steeple Chase 2m ½f £105,000
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Sarah Elsley is a freelance editor and proofreader who is the Junior News Editor for Eclipse magazine. She has a degree in English Literature and is a keen horse rider with an interest in fashion at the races and fiction writing.