Our latest ante-post tips for the Cheltenham Festival 2024, as well as dates and key races to look forward to in March.
We are now less than two months away from the 2024 Cheltenham Festival.
Cheltenham Ante-Post Tips 2024
Architect Tips and Jamie Radford are keeping punters up to speed with new ante-post tips for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival each week on oddschecker.
Jamie Radford is heading a Monday Road to Cheltenham series, featuring ante-post bets, while Architect Tips is following the entries schedule with a new ante-post race preview every week.
When is the Cheltenham Festival 2024?
The Cheltenham Festival 2024 will kick off on Tuesday 12th March and run for four days through to Gold Cup day on Friday 15th March.
At the 2024 Festival we won’t see Honeysuckle, who brought the curtain down on her phenomenal career with an emotional victory in the 2023 Mares’ Hurdle.
Constitution Hill, meanwhile, is a best price 1/3 to defend his Champion Hurdle crown after romping to a nine-length success in the feature race on the first day of last year’s Festival.
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Cheltenham Festival 2024 Odds
Alongside Constitution Hill, another of the shortest price favourites is Galopin Des Champs, who is 6/5 to defend the Cheltenham Gold Cup title he won from Bravemansgame in 2023.
El Fabiolo is an even money chance to deny Energumene from completing a Champion Chase hat-trick, while Allaho is a best price 3/1 to win the Ryanair Chase.
Cheltenham Festival 2024 Races
In total, there will be 28 races across the four days at the Cheltenham Festival 2024.
13 of those are run over the smaller obstacles (Hurdle) and 13 over the larger obstacles (Chase), while there is a single flat race - the Champion Bumper - and the Cross Country Chase, held on specialist obstacles in the centre of the course.
What is the difference between a Hurdle and a Chase for Cheltenham?
The four feature races across the Cheltenham Festival are all are classed as 'Championship' races - the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday, Champion Chase on Wednesday, Stayers' Hurdle on Thursday and the Cheltenham Gold Cup on the closing Friday.
What are the feature races at the Cheltenham Festival?
Cheltenham Festival 2024 Betting
Ballyburn is the most backed horse for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival so far this year through oddschecker. The Willie Mullins trained six-year-old, who won convincingly at Leopardstown over Christmas, is now a best price 8/1 (shortest 7/2) for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
