Cheltenham Festival 2008 Schedule

The 2008 Cheltenham Festival takes place Wednesday 12th March 2008 - Friday 14th March 2008.  Here is the 2008 Cheltenham Festival Schedule

Wednesday, March 12 (Old Course)

• 2.00pm Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle (Grade One) 2m 5f £120,000
• 2.35pm Royal & SunAlliance Chase (Grade One) 3m ½ f £170,000
• 3.15pm Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade One) 2m £310,000
• 4.00pm Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade Three) 2m 5f £80,000
• 4.40pm 138th Year of the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup 4m £75,000
• 5.20pm Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade One) 2m ½f £50,000
  
  TOTAL £805,000

Thursday, March 13 (New Course)

• 2.00pm Jewson Novices’ Handicap Chase (Listed Race) 2m 5f £90,000
• 2.35pm Ryanair Chase (Grade One) 2m 5f £200,000
• 3.15pm Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade One) 3m £250,000
• 4.00pm Racing Post Plate Handicap Chase (Grade Three) 2m 5f £100,000
• 4.40pm Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase 3m 1½f £60,000
• 5.20pm Pertemps Final (Listed Race) 3m £80,000
  
  TOTAL £780,000

Friday, March 14 (New Course)

• 2.00pm JCB Triumph Hurdle Race (Grade One) 2m 1f £120,000
• 2.35pm Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade One) 3m £100,000
• 3.15pm totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade One) 3m 2½f £450,000
• 4.00pm Christie’s Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup 3m 2½f £40,000
• 4.35pm Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase (Grade Three) 2m ½f £90,000
• 5.10pm David Nicholson Mares’ Only Hurdle (Grade Two) 2m 4½f £100,000
• 5.45pm Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle (Grade Three) 2m 1f £80,000
  
  TOTAL £980,000

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY IN 2008 OF £3,430,000
(A 7 per cent increase on the 2007 figure of £3,185,000)

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