Premier events
Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Racecourse, Glos
12–15 March
A FOUR-DAY sporting spectacular, the festival is the most prestigious race meeting in the British National Hunt calendar. Hear the famous roar as the flags go up for the curtain-opening Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, and marvel as the best-staying chasers in the land battle it out for the blue riband Gold Cup.
Randox Grand National Festival
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
11–13 April
RUN over the iconic Aintree fences, the Grand National is the race the world stops to watch, under starter’s orders on 13 April, with the earlierthan-usual start time of 4pm. Three days of top-class racing, featuring 11 Grade Ones, culminate in the most famous steeplechase of all, watched by more than 500 million people
