The 2009 Cheltenham Festival
The
108th Cheltenham Festival will be held on 10 March 2009. With the
race attracting increased media interest, bigger crowds and larger prize funds
every year, there can be little doubt that the 2009 Cheltenham Festival will be
the greatest horseracing meeting ever held at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Tickets for the most popular enclosures and stand at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival are selling out rapidly with many enclosures already sold out for the final two days of the festival, and fans wishing to travel to the event are rushing to snap up the remaining tickets.
2009 Cheltenham Festival Contenders
Although runners are still to be confirmed for many of the 2009 Cheltenham Festival races, Cheltenham Festival betting markets are already active and clear favourites are emerging for some of the meeting’s most popular races.
The various Cheltenham Festival Runners pages on this site offer useful statistics and fact sheets for some of the most popular racehorses likely to feature in the major races at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival. Fields are notorious for last minute changes, so visit William Hill regularly to keep abreast of the latest Cheltenham Festival odds, Cheltenham festival runners and favourites.
With the Cheltenham Festival acting as the unofficial annual jockey Championship several jockeys will be looking to make their mark at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival, with an eye on deposing Tony McCoy as Champion Jockey for the first time in thirteen years. Irish fans will be looking out for young Irish jockeys Barry Geraghty and Ruby Walsh to wrest the Cheltenham Top Jockey title from Englishman Robert Thornton.
The 2009 Cheltenham Festival will also mark a transitional year for National Hunt trainers as a new generation of young trainers flex their muscle at the sport’s most prestigious meeting. Amongst the old guard, Paul Nicholls and Henrietta Knight will be looking to build on previous Cheltenham Gold Cup successes, confirming their reputations as two of the greatest trainers in the history of the race.
Cheltenham Festival Card
For more information on the 2009 Cheltenham Festival race details, schedule and times you can visit the Cheltenham Festival Card page on this site. If you’re unable to make it to Cheltenham, many of the races are broadcast on radio, cable and satellite channels. Alternatively, watch the Cheltenham Festival runners perform live on your PC using William Hill's revolutionary Racing TV live broadcast service.
