2025 Cheltenham Festival Tips

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Make the most of this year's Cheltenham Festival with free tips, race results, weather updates, racecourse info and the best free bets and bookie offers selected by our horse racing tipsters at Cheltenham.

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Cheltenham is traditionally a time of year where bookmakers dig deep and offer their most generous free bet offers. 

Over the years the free bet offers that used to be launched on Tuesday (Day 1) have been coming earlier and earlier, and it's not unusual for firms to showcase their Day 1 offers on the weekend before the off.
We are in touch with all the bookmakers and will show you when the free bets for Cheltenham come out. Typically we expect a large money back offer or enhancement on the Supreme Novices and the Gold Cup. You can see all the current free bet offers here.

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Cheltenham Festival 2025 Schedule & Tips

TimeDateRace NameBetting TipsBet with
13:20Tuesday - 11th MarchSupreme Novices' Hurdle
Supreme Novices' Tips
14:00Tuesday - 11th MarchArkle Challenge TrophyArkle Trophy Tips
14:40Tuesday - 11th MarchFestival Handicap Chase
Festival Chase Tips
15:20Tuesday - 11th MarchMares' HurdleMares Hurdle Tips
16:00Tuesday - 11th MarchChampion Hurdle
16:40Tuesday - 11th MarchFred Winter HurdleBoodles Hurdle Tips
17:20Tuesday - 11th MarchNational Hunt ChaseNational Hunt Tips
13:20Wednesday - 12th MarchNovices' HurdleNovices Hurdle Tips
14:00Wednesday - 12th MarchNovices' ChaseNovices' Chase Tips
14:40Wednesday - 12th MarchCoral Cup
Coral Cup Tips
15:20Wednesday - 12th MarchCross Country ChaseCross Country Tips
16:00Wednesday - 12th MarchChampion ChaseChampion Chase Tips
16:40Wednesday - 12th MarchGrand Annual ChaseGrand Annual Tips
17:20Wednesday - 12th MarchChampion BumperChampion Bumper Tips
13:20Thursday - 13th MarchMares Novices HurdleMares Novices Tips
14:00Thursday - 13th MarchNovices' ChaseNovices Chase Tips
14:40Thursday - 13th MarchPertemps FinalPertemps Final Tips
15:20Thursday - 13th MarchRyanair ChaseRyanair Chase Tips
16:00Thursday - 13th MarchThe Stayers' HurdleStayers Hurdle Tips
16:40Thursday - 13th MarchFestival PlateCheltenham Plate Tips
17:20Thursday - 13th MarchKim Muir Challenge CupKim Muir Challenge Cup Tips
13:20Friday - 14th MarchTriumph HurdleTriumph Hurdle Tips
14:00Friday - 14th MarchCounty HurdleCounty Hurdle Tips
14:40Friday - 14th MarchMares' ChaseMares Chase Tips
15:20Friday - 14th MarchAlbert Bartlett Novices HurdleAlbert Bartlett Tips
16:00Friday - 14th MarchCheltenham Gold Cup
16:40Friday - 14th MarchHunters' Steeple Chase
Hunters Chase Tips
17:20Friday - 14th MarchMartin Pipe H'cap HurdleHandicap Hurdle Tips
The greatest show on turf, the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, is taking place Tuesday 11-Friday 14 March 2025. Get ready for the roar of the crowd as horse racing fans settle into four days of racing heaven.

The Cheltenham Festival is the highlight jumping festival during the British jumps season. With 13 Grade One races on the card throughout the four-day festival, it's great for punters.

Free Tips has you covered with betting tips for every single race across Festival week as well as the best betting offers to take advantage of.

2025 Cheltenham Festival Tips

We've covered all 28 races with previews, predictions and betting tips. Our racing experts have hunted out the best bets for the Festival, their value selections for Cheltenham and so big bets to have on your side. Follow the links below to all four days.

Cheltenham Day 1 Tips

Go here for all Tuesday tips & news for the first day of Cheltenham, Champion Hurdle Day.

Cheltenham Day 2 Tips

Go here for all Wednesday tips & news for the second day of Cheltenham, Champion Chase Day.

Cheltenham Day 3 Tips

Go here for all Thursday tips & news for the third day of Cheltenham, Stayers' Hurdle and Ryanair Chase Day.

Cheltenham Day 4 Tips

Go here for all Friday tips & news for the final day of Cheltenham, Gold Cup Day.

Cheltenham Festival Dates

The Cheltenham Festival dates have been confirmed by the Jockey Club.

The dates for The Festival, the Jockey Club's name for the Cheltenham Festival, are 11th-14th March 2025.

The Cheltenham Festival meeting is the highlight of the jumps calendar and the meeting will last for four fun-filled days in March. 

About the Cheltenham Festival

Where is Cheltenham?

The Cheltenham Festival is an annual race meeting held at Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4SH, United Kingdom.

When is Cheltenham Festival 2025?

The Cheltenham Festival runs from Tuesday, 11th March until Friday, 14th March.

When is the Cheltenham Gold Cup?

The Gold Cup is the feature race of the final day of the Festival, Friday 14th March 2024. Racing starts that day at 1:30 with the Triumph Hurdle building excitement for the all important Gold Cup at 3:30 on Day 4 of the Chelteham Festival.

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