Horse Racing Festival
The Cheltenham festival is one of the most elite gatherings among other horse races in the United Kingdom. Every year the Cheltenham festival takes place in March. The festival is more than a century old and till date is held at the same venue, the Cheltenham racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
The festival is very grand affair, and a lot of people visit Cheltenham for betting on horses every year. Since the festival continues over a span of four days, the betting is bound to be huge. And with people pouring in Cheltenham for betting, the amount just keeps increasing every year. Since the past few years, the total betting was somewhere around a few hundred millions! Phew, that is one heck of a horse race!
The Cheltenham festival is like every gamblers paradise! Betting on so many horses, couple of times in the day, over a period of 4 days! Just doesn’t get any better! Most visitors are regulars, and come year after year for the festival, without fail. And since it’s such a big event, don’t be surprised if you see people discussing it somewhere around January itself! Different races are slotted for different time schedules through out the festival.
Out of all the races, the two that are visited by the most number of people are; the Cheltenham gold cup and the queen mother champion chase. All the jockeys also aim for scoring on these two grand races. Recently, the Champion hurdle and the World Hurdle are also gaining popularity. These 4 races are spread out over the 4 days, in other words, one major race each day. That leaves the crowd wanting for more everyday. Visit www.cheltenham-races.com to catch up the 2010 festival.