Cheltenham: Follow the 2026 festival live in our hub

The Greatest Show on Turf is here!

The Cheltenham Festival, one of the biggest events in the horse racing calendar, is set for another thrilling year in 2026.

Across four days of top-class National Hunt racing, the best horses, jockeys, and trainers will compete for some of the sport’s most prestigious prizes.

Some of the sport’s most prestigious races will take place over four days at Cheltenham, including the Champion Hurdle, the Champion Chase, and the highlight of the festival—the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

You can follow it all live in our hub, where we will keep you updated across the four days of world-class racing.

Cheltenham Free To Play Predictor: Receive €5 free bet each day and win share of €1,000 jackpot!

Playing JOE x BOYLE Sports' Free To Play Predictor game for the Cheltenham Festival is simple - we’ve picked out one horse running in each of the first five races every day of Cheltenham, and all you need to do is decide if it will Win, Place or finish Unplaced!

You have until 12.30pm GMT on each day of the festival to submit your predictions, with the competition then resetting daily from 1.30pm GMT for the next day’s racing.