🇬🇧 Festival de Cheltenham 2024

À l’occasion de la réunion du Grand Cross, le trophée de la Cheltenham Gold Cup, l’une des plus prestigieuses course d’obstacles outre-Manche, était présenté au public palois. Andre Klein, directeur général adjoint, en dit plus sur l’histoire de ce trophée désormais séculaire...

🗓️ mardi 12 mars

14:30 Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) £135,000.00 (Class 1, 4 ans+, 3300 m)
15:10 Arkle Chase (Grade 1) £175,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 3200 m)
15:50 Ultima Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) of £125,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 5030 m)
16:30 Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) of £450,000.00 (Class 1, 4yo+, 3300 m)
17:10 Mares' Hurdle (David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1) of £120,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans+, 4005 m)
17:50 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Fred Winter) (Premier Handicap) of £80,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans, 3300 m)
18:30 National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase (Grade 2) of £125,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 6018 m)

🗓️ mercredi 13 mars

14:30 BARING BINGHAM NOVICES' HURDLE (Grade 1) £135,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans+, 4224 m)
15:10 BROWN ADVISORY NOVICES' CHASE (Grade 1) (Broadway Novices' Chase) £175,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4930 m)
15:50 Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) £100,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans+, 4224 m)
16:30 BETWAY QUEEN MOTHER CHAMPION CHASE (Grade 1) of £400,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 3200 m)
17:50 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) of £125,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 3200 m)

🗓️ jeudi 14 mars

14:30 Turners Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Golden Miller) £175,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 3976 m)
15:10 Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) £100,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4821 m)
15:50 Ryanair Chase (Festival Trophy) (Grade 1) £375,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4140 m)
16:30 Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1) £325,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans+, 4 821 m)
17:10 Trustatrader Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) £120,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4140 m)
17:50 Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle) £105,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans+, 3382 m)
18:30 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase £75,000.00 (Class 2, 5ans+, 5230 m)

🗓️ vendredi 15 mars

14:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) £135,000.00 (Class 1, 4ans, 3382 m)
15:10 County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) £100,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 3382 m)
15:50 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Spa Novices' Hurdle) £135,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4821 m)
16:30 Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) £625,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 5294 m)
17:50 Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase (Liberthine Mares' Chase) (Grade 2) £120,000.00 (Class 1, 5ans+, 4139 m)
18:30 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle - £75,000.00 (Class 2, 4ans+, 4075 m)

Les phases finales des préparatoires :


00:00 - Sir Gino (fr), JCB Triumph Trial Hurdle, Cheltenham Racecourse
00:57 - Ginny's Destiny (ire), Timeform Novices' Handicap, Cheltenham Racecourse
01:40 - Ga Law (fr), Paddy Power Cheltenham Handicap, Cheltenham Racecourse
02:40 - Capodanno (fr), Paddy Power Cotswold Chase, Cheltenham Racecourse
03:41 - Elixir de Nutz (fr), My Pension Expert Clarence House, Cheltenham Racecourse
04:34 - Lossiemouth (fr), Unibet Hurdle, Cheltenham Racecourse
05:54 - Noble Yeats (ire), McCoy Contractors Cleeve Hurdle, Cheltenham Racecourse
06:55 - Gidleigh Park (gb), SSS Super Alloys Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham Racecourse

Y'a pas photo ! Les Anglais nous battent à plates coutures , en ce qui concerne le public assistant aux courses .