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Owners with a runner
All owners with an entry at the Cheltenham Festival will receive their owners’ brochure after entries close for the race their horse is running in.
Those still with entries after the last Festival races close, at the end of February, will be sent two car parking labels for each day that they have a runner.
Tickets, Badges and Lunch bookings
Please note that the PASS System will not be in use for the Cheltenham Festival.
The link for ticket, badge & lunch bookings will be sent out via email to the listed owner, first named in a partnership or syndicate manager.
Any bookings made by owners who then do not have a declared runner at The Cheltenham Festival will no longer be valid.
For races that close in January, all owners who still have entries after the scratch date will be invited to book in their tickets, badges and lunches via our online booking form.
For races with entries closing after the beginning of February they will be invited to book in their tickets, badges and lunches via the online booking form at entry stage.
All owners with confirmed runners will receive a letter and email reminding them of the booking process for tickets, badges and lunches.
At declarations all owners will receive an email with this information. Owners with declared runners will be able to collect their tickets and badges on the day they have a runner from the O&T desk at North Entrance on arrival.
- Every Owner and Partnership is entitled to six owners’ badges per declared runner, along with six complimentary lunches.
- Syndicates and Racing Clubs are offered eight owners’ badges per declared runner as standard, along with eight complimentary lunches.
We understand that ownership comes in many different forms and as such we offer for syndicates and racing clubs to swap their complimentary lunches for up to 20 admission tickets to the racecourse.
We will always try our best to accommodate our owners where possible, so please get in touch with our Owners and Trainers team should you wish to enquire about lunches or further badges.
Cheltenham reserves the right to offer additional Owners’ Badges & Lunches at their discretion and subject to space. Any requests for additional badges should be made in advance of the meeting to [email protected].
For Owners who wish to attend the Festival, even if their horse is not declared to run, we recommend that tickets are purchased in advance. If your horse is then declared to run we will be happy to arrange a refund for tickets you have purchased.
Owners will receive both an Owners & Trainers Badge and a Parade Ring Pass specific for their race.
The Owners and Trainers Badge will gain access to the Tattersalls Pavilion (if you are booked to dine there), O&T Bar / Bistro in the Princess Royal Stand and The Steeplechase Club Room in the tented village.
Please note that access to the parade ring will not be possible without a Parade Ring Pass. The number of Parade Ring Passes per horse will be dependent on the number of declared runners in the race.
Schedule of the Week
Tuesday
1.20: Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 2m 87y | eight hurdles | Old Course
2.00: Arkle Chase (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £200,000 | 2m | 13 fences | Old Course
2.40: Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)
Race conditions: £80,000 | 2m 87y | eight hurdles | Old Course
3.20: Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 3m 1f | 20 fences | Old Course
4.00: Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £450,000 | 2m 87y | eight hurdles | Old Course
4.40: Festival Plate Handicap (Grade 3)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 2m 4f 87y | 17 fences | Old Course
5.20: National Hunt Chase (Grade 2)
Race conditions: £100,00 | 3m 5f | 23 fences | Old Course
Wednesday
1.20: Turners Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 2m5f | 10 hurdles | Old Course
2.00: Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £200,000 | 3m½f | 20 fences | Old Course
2.40: Coral Cup (Grade 3. handicap)
Race conditions: £100,000 | 2m5f | 10 hurdles | Old Course
3.20: Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (Listed)
Race conditions: £75,000 | 3m6f | 32 obstacles | Old Course
4.00: Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £400,000 | 2m | 13 fences | Old Course
4.40: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 2m½f | 14 fences | Old Course
5.20: Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £80,000 | 2m½f | 14 fences | Old Course
Thursday
1.20: Ryanair Mares Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2)
Race conditions: £105,000 | 2m1f | 8 hurdles | New Course
2.00: Jack Richards Novices’ Handicap Chase (Grade 2)
Race conditions: £125,000 | 2m4f | 17 fences | New Course
2.40: Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £120,000 | 2m4f | 10 hurdles | New Course
3.20: Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £325,000 | 3m | 12 hurdles | New course
4.00: Ryanair Chase (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £375,000 | 2m4½f | 17 fences | New Course
4.40: Pertemps Final (Grade 3, handicap)
Race conditions: £100,000 | 3m | 12 hurdles | New course
5.20: JRL Kim Muir Challenge Cup (Listed, handicap)
Race conditions: £75,000 | 3m2f | 21 fences | New Course
Friday
1.20: JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 2m1f | 8 hurdles | New Course
2.00: BetMGM County Hurdle (Grade 3, handicap)
Race conditions: £98,370 (2024) | 2m1f| 8 hurdles | New Course
2.40: Paddy Power Mares’ Chase (Grade 2)
Race conditions: £120,000 | 2m4½f | 17 fences | New Course
3.20: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 3m | 12 hurdles | New course
4.00: Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1)
Race conditions: £625,000 | 3m2½f | 22 fences | New Course
4.40: St James’s Place Hunter Chase (Listed)
Race conditions: £50 | 2m4½f | 17 fences | New Course
5.20: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle
Race conditions: £75,000 | 2m4½f | 10 hurdles | New Course
How to watch the Cheltenham Festival
The first six races of each day will be broadcast live on ITV1.
Racing TV will be showing full coverage of the entire meeting, including the final race of each day.
ITV and Racing TV also offer streaming services via their respective apps and websites, as well as your online bookmaker.
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Tote sponsorship
Tote-sponsored owners will now be asked to carry the World Pool logo on the chest of their silks, instead of the Tote logo on World Pool days. Over the first three days of the York Ebor Festival, the following will be wearing the logo:
Tote World Pool
Tote Worldpool is in operation on the first three days of the York Ebor Festival.
What is World Pool?
Like we do in the UK, many other countries operate a Tote betting system, where money is bet into a pool and those who back the winner take their share.
World Pool allows bettors from all over the globe to bet into a single pool, bringing them together into one multi-million pound betting bonanza.
Racing fans from countries such as Hong Kong, Australia, France and the USA will all effectively be betting into the same pools as the UK audience for each race.
What does that mean for bettors?
By having a number of different countries betting into the same overall pool, it means racing fans can pit their wits against bettors from all around the globe. More importantly though, it means that there will be more liquidity in the pools, with opportunities better value as a consequence.
With more individuals betting into the pool it means that big stakes bettors will have less of an impact on the dividend, providing more robust betting opportunities.
Take the Royal Ascot meeting last year for example, a £1 win stake on every winner across the meeting would have returned 9% more to punters who bet with the Tote than at SP.
Plus, there was better value in the exotic markets with the pools, with the Trifecta beating the Tricast equivalent in 72% of the Ascot races.
UK runners could be underestimated by the international pools, or the raiders could be looked over by the UK Tote customers. This difference of opinion could ensure a bigger price that one might be expecting about certain horses on the day.
At British Champions Day, Tote beat SP on five of the six winners on the card, so there’s plenty of value to enjoy courtesy of World Pool.
How much money is bet into World Pool?
World Pools were available on both Royal Ascot and British Champions Day last year, where bettors had the chance to win a share of some monumental pools. At Royal Ascot, £137 million was bet into the World Pool, up from £92 million the year before, and we could see even more this year.
As well as the straight Win and Place markets, World Pool will be in operation for a number of Exotic bets such as the Tote Swinger and Quinella, which were involved last year, plus new additions the Exacta and Trifecta.
Some of these bet types are extremely popular in other racing nations, even more so than the Win market. For example, last year at Royal Ascot, there was nearly £2 million more bet into the Quinella pools than the Win pools across the meeting.
Will Tote+ still apply?
We’re delighted to say that Tote+ will still apply on all World Pool bets. So, by betting directly at Tote, not only can you enjoy the brilliant value the huge pools throw up, but you get an extra 10% on top of your winnings.
Are there any bet types which aren’t World Pool?
The Placepot and our other multileg bets won’t be commingled. The Tote Exacta is another pool which will only be available to UK bettors.
How can I watch World Pool races?
You can watch every World Pool race live at Tote.co.uk by simply logging into your account having previously made a deposit.
World Pool Bets
From Wednesday to Friday Tote bets will feed into the World Pool, enabling racing fans from all over the globe to bet into a single pool. This creates huge liquidity and value for racing fans. In 2021, £363 million was bet into the pools with a 15% higher return to a £1 bet, for online customers of the Tote, compared to the industry Starting Price.
There are seven bet types in World Pool for 2022, including the Exacta and Treble for the first time:
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Win (Single Leg bet) – Pick the winner of the race
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Place (Single Leg bet) – Pick a horse to be placed. Hong Kong place terms apply
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Exacta (Single Leg bet) – Pick the first two horses in the correct order
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Trifecta (Single Leg bet) – Also known as the Tierce. Select the winner, the second, and the third horse in the correct order
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Quinella (Single Leg bet) – Select the first two finishers in either order
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Swinger (Single Leg bet) – Also known as the Quinella Place, pick two horses to finish first, second or third in any order
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Treble (Multi Leg bet) – Pick the first horse in three races
From Monday to Sunday, you can earn Tote Credit by placing a minimum of six qualifying bets at the specified staking level. Alternatively, during their special 'Summer of Stayers' promotion, you can qualify for exclusive offers by placing £30+ on racing pools during the qualifying period. Sign up here.