THE FESTIVAL 2008
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 11th
to 14th 2008
Tuesday, March 11 (Old Course)
2.00 p.m Anglo Irish Bank
Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade One) 2m ½f £120,000
2.35 p.m The Irish Independent
Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase (Grade One) 2m £170,000
3.15 p.m Smurfit Kappa
Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade One) 2m ½f £360,000
4.00 p.m William Hill
Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade Three) 3m ½f £90,000
4.40 p.m BGC Cross Country Steeple Chase 3m 7f £50,000
5.20 p.m Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Listed Race) 2m ½f £75,000
Wednesday, March 12 (Old Course)
2.00 p.m Ballymore Properties
Novices’ Hurdle (Grade One) 2m 5f £120,000
2.35 p.m Royal & SunAlliance
Chase (Grade One) 3m ½ f £170,000
3.15 p.m Seasons Holidays
Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade One) 2m £310,000
4.00 p.m Coral Cup Handicap
Hurdle (Grade Three) 2m 5f £80,000
4.40 p.m 138th Year of the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup 4m £75,000
5.20 p.m Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade One) 2m ½f £50,000
Thursday, March 13 (New Course)
2.00 p.m Jewson Novices’
Handicap Chase (Listed Race) 2m 5f £90,000
2.35 p.m Ryanair Chase
(Grade One) 2m 5f £200,000
3.15 p.m Ladbrokes World
Hurdle (Grade One) 3m £250,000
4.00 p.m Racing Post Plate
Handicap Chase (Grade Three) 2m 5f £100,000
4.40 p.m Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase 3m 1½f
£60,000
5.20 p.m Pertemps Final (Listed Race) 3m £80,000
Friday, March 14 (New Course)
2.00 p.m JCB Triumph Hurdle
Race (Grade One) 2m 1f £120,000
2.35 p.m Albert Bartlett
Novices’ Hurdle (Grade One) 3m £100,000
3.15 p.m totesport Cheltenham
Gold Cup (Grade One) 3m 2½f £450,000
4.00 p.m Christie’s
Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup 3m 2½f £40,000
4.35 p.m Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase (Grade Three) 2m ½f £90,000
5.10 p.m David Nicholson Mares’ Only Hurdle (Grade Two) 2m 4½f
£100,000
5.45 p.m Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle (Grade Three) 2m 1f £80,000