PAARDENRACES
Cheltenham Festival 2019
March 12, 2019 - March 15, 2019 -
Het Cheltenham Festival, een van de meest prestigieuze evenementen op de wereldwijde kalender van de paardenracerij, wordt gehouden in Gloucestershire, Engeland. Het festival van dit jaar vindt normaal doorgang, ondanks recente angst vanwege een uitbraak van paardengriep die het sluiten van 174 race-stallen in heel Engeland tot gevolg had.
The four-day festival features many of the best British and Irish trained horses and is particularly popular with Irish visitors.
The climax of the week is the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, with other highlights being Tuesday’s Unibet Champion Hurdle, Wednesday’s Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase and the Sun Racing Stayers’ Hurdle on Thursday.
The winner of the 2019 Gold Cup will be presented with the original 1924 trophy, after Cheltenham Racecourse regained ownership last year after decades of being held in private ownership.