THE JOCKEY CLUB

Welcome to Day Three of The Cheltenham Festival where we continue with our four days of incredible racing!

St Patrick’s Thursday is a favourite day of The Festival for many keen racegoers, and it’s clear to see why. The feature race of the day is the Ryanair Chase, an event which always produces a fantastic spectacle and is swiftly followed by the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle. The action comes thick and fast and we can’t wait to see what stories are about to unfold on the turf.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who continue to support this wonderful event Today’s sponsors include; Turners, Pertemps, Ryanair, Paddy Power, Magners and the JRL Group.

As always, we’ve put on a special schedule of entertainment around the racecourse to keep you busy before, in-between and after racing At 11.30am and again at 12.30pm, racegoers will find a troop of Irish Dancers putting on an epic performance by the Best Mate statue – so head on over to get really into the swing of things. Our punters panel will once again be live from the Parade Ring before racing, while at 1pm in the same location, singer Anja Sei will be performing.

After racing in The Centaur, contemporary Irish band LAMPA will keep the party going with a thrilling set starting at 5.45pm. Alternatively stick around the Parade Ring where from 6.15pm, the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale will be taking place.

Over the last two days we’ve been running the ‘Love our Turf’ campaign and will continue to do so throughout The Festival. This new initiative, which was launched at The November meeting, seeks to reinforce and strengthen the relationship between the Home of Jump Racing and our local community This will be most notable across all main routes back to the town, where you will find wayfinding ushers, street entertainment, enhanced cleaning and an increased number of toilets along the way

Thanks to each and every one of you for coming to the Cheltenham Festival today The impact the event and your attendance has on the local community is staggering, with a new report carried out by The University of Gloucestershire revealing that in 2022, The Festival brought an estimated £274million to the local economy.

We wish you a wonderful day

MARTIN ST QUINTON IAN RENTON Chairman Regional Director

T: 01242 513 014

E: cheltenham-races@thejockeyclub.co.uk

RACE 6

RACE 1 RACE 7

RACES 3 & 5

Race Starts

Race 1 - 1:30pm

The Turners Novices’ Steeple Chase

(Registered as the Golden Miller (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (2m 4f)

Race 2 - 2:10pm

The Pertemps Network Final Handicap

RACES 2 & 4

Course Map New Course

Race 6 - 4:50pm

The Jack de Bromhead

Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle Race

(Registered as The Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle) (Grade 2) (2m 1f)

Race 7 - 5:30pm

Hurdle Race (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (3m)

Race 3 - 2:50pm

The Ryanair Steeple Chase

(Registered as the Festival Trophy (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (2m 4 1/2f)

Race 4 - 3:30pm

The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle Race (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (3m)

Race 5 - 4:10pm

The Magners Plate

Handicap Steeple Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (2m 4 1/2f)

The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Amatuer Jockeys’ Handicap Chase

(Sponsored by the JRL Group) (GBB Race) (3m 2f)

Cheltenham Racecourse has 75 acres (30 hectares) of racing surface with five different tracks – a Chase and Hurdle course on the Old and New Courses and the Glenfarclas Cross Country Course. A team of 10 Groundstaff look after the track day to day and on raceday the team increases to 50, and 100 at The Festival.