Horse Racing Intensity

Cheltenham Festival Ladies Day is held on Thursday the third day of the festival.

The day includes a number of special events and in particular there is a ceremony to present an award to the women who has contributed the most to jump racing over the last year. There are also awards for the best hat, the best dressed lady, and for the best accessories. Charities feature highly and donations are made to charities that are devoted to the support of women.

The featured race is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and is one of the most prestigious of all long distance hurdles. It is run over a distance of three miles and includes twelve hurdles. Big Buck’s is the hot 4/7 favourite in the Cheltenham Betting markets for this race.

The day starts with the Jewson Novices’ Handicap Chase, a handicap race for novice horses of five years old and older. It is run over two miles race and the course includes seventeen fences. This is followed by the Pertemps Final which is a three mile handicap chase with twelve hurdles for five year old horses and older. Next comes the Ryanair Chase which is a Grade One chase for five years and older horses. It is run over 2 miles and five furlongs with seventeen fences.

Following the feature race, the last two races of the day are the Bryne Group Plate and the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup.

The Bryne Group Plate is a Grade Three handicap chase which is run over two miles and five furlongs by five years old and older horses. The course includes seventeen fences.

To finish off the day the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup is an amateur handicap race for five year olds and older. The distance is three miles one and a half furlongs and the course includes nineteen fences. The strange sounding name for this race honours two people. These are Kim Muir and Fulke Walwyn. The former was a cavalryman who was killed in the Second World War and the latter was a trainer who achieved 40 Cheltenham Festival wins.

Ladies day rarely finishes with the last race, and traditionally partying goes on for several more hours.

There are different horse races being held almost every weekend, but some of them are known as main meetings or larger events. If you are serious about following each major event throughout the year, check out some of the best events you should see from March to July.

The Cheltenham Festival will start amazing series of horse races and spectacular events. This event is held in March, followed by Lingfield Park’s Bet Direct Winter Derby later on in the same month. These two events are also perfect for horse race betting, with avid punters placing a lot of wagers throughout the two events.

The Aintree Grand National Meeting, also known as the National Hunt, will be held in April. It is definitely one of the best chases throughout the season, with thousands of fans visiting the Aintree race track for some amazing races. You should also check out Scottish Grand National at Ayr. Craven Meeting will be held later on in April at Newmarket, followed by Bet365 Gold Cup Celebration at Sandown Park.

Newmarket’s Guineas Meeting will start the month of May. May Meeting at Chester Racecourse is next, with Dante Meeting following shortly after; the later event is held in York. Epsom Derby Meeting, the infamous Royal Ascot, and John Smith’s Northumberland Plate in Newcastle are all scheduled in June.

Sandown Park hosts another event, the Coral-Eclipse Meeting, in July. July Meeting at Newmarket as well as King George Day at Ascot and Glorious Goodwood at Goodwood are also scheduled in July.