Watch the Cheltenham Festival live on ITV
Ed Chamberlin introduces exclusive free-to-air coverage of the first major National Hunt festival of the year. We're live from the spiritual home of jump racing: Cheltenham.
ITV’s coverage marks the first time the channel has screened live racing from the Cheltenham Festival and our coverage features 20 hours of live footage, taking in five races per day, plus we go behind the scenes at the course, featuring interviews with key jockeys, trainers and racing legends, sampling the atmosphere in the grandstands, all leading up to the showpiece Gold Cup on Friday afternoon.
The Opening Show will also be extended to 90 minutes - starting at 9.30am every day of the festival.
Joining Ed Chamberlin to provide expert analysis are Sir AP McCoy, Luke Harvey and Mick Fitzgerald, with on-course reporting from Oli Bell and in the paddock with Alice Plunkett.
Matt Chapman will have the latest betting news and Brian Gleeson will provide an Irish angle on the action.
Lucy Verasamy will provide essential weather forecasts, Victoria Pendleton will report from behind the scenes, and expert Eva O’Donoghue will give her views from a veterinary perspective. Richard Hoiles will be in the commentary box.
Additionally, Brough Scott returns to ITV's main channel 32 years after he presented racing coverage on the channel to bring his analysis and unique perspective to the festival.
ITV’s festival coverage will also be simulcast live on the ITV Hub and we'll also have replays of all our races on the ITV Racing app, Twitter and Facebook as well as all the features and interviews.
We'll be running our ITV7 prize competition on every day of the festival with a daily jackpot of £100,000 - you can enter for free via the ITV Racing app or online.
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Our weekly Facebook Live will be streamed daily as well as on the eve of the Festival – we'll have a show on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday on our Facebook page at 7pm.
Unique footage from 360-degree cameras in key positions around the course will give social media users a new dimension with highlights of the major action from the festival.
The footage, made available at the end of each day via ITV's YouTube and Facebook accounts, is designed to allow viewers to immerse themselves in the top moments on and off the course.
MONDAY 13TH MARCH
19:00 Facebook Live with Oli Bell and guests
TUESDAY 14TH MARCH
09:30 - 11:00 - The Opening Show
Live coverage starts at 1pm
13:30 The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race
14:10 The Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase
14:50 The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase
15:30 The Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
16:10 The OLBG Mares’ Hurdle Race
19:00 Facebook Live with Oli Bell and guests
WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH
09:30 - 11:00 - The Opening Show
Live coverage starts at 1pm
13:30 The Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle Race
14:10 The RSA Steeple Chase
14:50 The Coral Cup Hurdle
15:30 The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase
16:10 The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase
19:00 Facebook Live with Oli Bell and guests
THURSDAY 16TH MARCH
09:30 - 11:00 - The Opening Show
Live coverage starts at 1pm
13:30 The JLT Novices’ Chase
14:10 The Pertemps Network Final
14:50 The Ryanair Steeple Chase
15:30 The Sun Bets Stayers Hurdle Race
16:10 The Brown Advisory Merriebelle Stable
19:00 Facebook Live with Oli Bell and guests
FRIDAY 17TH MARCH
09:30 - 11:00 - The Opening Show
Live coverage starts at 1pm
13:30 The JCB Triumph Hurdle
14:10 The Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle Race
14:50 The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race
15:30 The Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase
16:10 The St. James’s Place Foxhunter Steeple Chase Challenge Cup