TUE 16 MAR 2027 - 10:30AM
Cheltenham Champion Day 2027
Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham
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Cheltenham Champion Day opens the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday 16 March 2027, the first of four consecutive race days at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire. Gates open at 10:30, with seven races across the afternoon and the last at 17:20. The day's feature is the Champion Hurdle, a Grade 1 contest over approximately two miles, run at 16:00.
The Champion Hurdle
The Champion Hurdle brings together the leading hurdlers in training over approximately two miles, and it is Champion Day's feature race. It is a separate race from the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which is the feature race on the Festival's closing Friday. Both are Grade 1 and both go off at 16:00 on their own day.
Champion Day within the Festival
Champion Day is the first of the Cheltenham Festival's four consecutive days, followed by Ladies Day, St Patrick's Thursday and Gold Cup Day. All four are staged at Cheltenham Racecourse, and between them they carry 28 races. See the Cheltenham Festival hospitality hub for the full 2027 schedule across all four days.
Hospitality at Cheltenham Racecourse
Prestige Corporate Events arranges corporate hospitality for Champion Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. The opening Tuesday suits a group that wants the first afternoon of the meeting, with the rest of the week still to come. What a premium raceday package covers, and what is available on the Tuesday, is confirmed with Prestige rather than set out here. Cheltenham Racecourse venue page covers the course itself, its facilities and its accessibility provision.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cheltenham Champion Day is the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, held on Tuesday 16 March 2027 at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire. It is the first of four consecutive race days that make up the Festival, with racing continuing through Ladies Day, St Patrick's Thursday and Gold Cup Day on the Friday.
Gates at Cheltenham Racecourse open at 10:30 on Champion Day. The first of the day's seven races goes off at 13:20 and the last at 17:20. Those times hold for all four days of the Cheltenham Festival, from Champion Day through to Gold Cup Day on the Friday.
The feature race on Champion Day is the Champion Hurdle, a Grade 1 contest over approximately two miles for the leading hurdlers in training. It goes off at 16:00. Each of the Cheltenham Festival's four days stages its own Grade 1 feature at that same hour, with the Cheltenham Gold Cup closing the meeting on the Friday.
Seven races are run on Champion Day, part of the 28 races staged across the Cheltenham Festival's four days. The card starts at 13:20 and finishes at 17:20. Each of the four days carries its own Grade 1 feature race, and Champion Day's is the Champion Hurdle.
Champion Day takes place at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the National Hunt venue that hosts all four days of the Cheltenham Festival. Gates open at 10:30 on each of those four days. See the Cheltenham Racecourse venue page for capacity, getting there and accessibility information before travelling.
Yes. Champion Day is the first of the Cheltenham Festival's four days, held Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March 2027. See the Cheltenham Festival hospitality hub for the full schedule across all four days, including Gold Cup Day on the Friday.
The Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup are separate races. The Champion Hurdle is Champion Day's feature over approximately two miles on the opening Tuesday. The Cheltenham Gold Cup covers 3 miles 2 1/2 furlongs and is run on Gold Cup Day, the Festival's closing Friday.
Champion Day suits corporate groups who want the Festival's opening afternoon, with the rest of the meeting still to come. The Tuesday card runs to seven races and is headlined by the Champion Hurdle, so guests have a full afternoon of jump racing to gather around, from entertaining clients to taking a team out for a single day.