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Cheltenham 2015 will take place between Tuesday 10th March and Friday 13th March. It will start with Champion Day on Tuesday with seven races highlighted by the Champion Hurdle. Wednesday is Ladies Day with the Champion Chase being the race of the day. Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day and all Irish eyes will be watching the World Hurdle, which was the domain of Paul Nicholls trained Big Buck’s for four straight years between 2009 and 2012. Lastly on the Friday it is Cheltenham Gold Cup Day where the featured race is the big one with names like Best Mate, Denham and Kauto Star having won the Cheltenham Gold Cup this century.

On this page you’ll get all the latest race previews and betting tips from our expert team at betting.betfair and Timeform for Cheltenham 2015.

Cheltenham Novice Races Preview: Tony Keenan's best bets

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Irish racing analyst Tony Keenan finds the edge in four of the Cheltenham Festival novice events...

Cheltenham Festival Races

Tuesday 10 Mar

14:05 William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
- Supreme Novices' Hurdle: Fate of the favourites
- Supreme Novices' Hurdle Preview: Cheltenham to be hit by Power Serge
14:40 Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple Chase
- Arkle Chase Preview: Vibrato gains the each-way vote
16:00 Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
- Donn McClean on the Champion Hurdle: Mullins' third string could be the value
- Five Cheltenham Festival Trends: Ignore or cling to?
16:40 OLBG Mares’ Hurdle
- Five Festival Hotshots: Cheltenham favourites going to war for punters

Wednesday 11 Mar

14:05 Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle
- Neptune Novices' Hurdle Preview: Gigginstown challenger Out-standing value
14:40 RSA Steeple Chase
- RSA Chase: Mullins can get the RSA Gig
- David Cleary's Cheltenham Notebook: Southfield Theatre underlines Festival contender status
15:20 sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase
- Five Ways to Pick a Cheltenham Festival Winner
- David Cleary's Cheltenham Notebook: Mr Mole may be underrated in Champion Chase betting

Thursday 12 Mar

14:40 Ryanair Chase
- Cheltenham Championship Races Preview: Tony Keenan's views on the Festival features
- David Cleary's Cheltenham Notebook: Ma Filleule can put up a strong Ryanair showing
15:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle
- Donn McClean on the World Hurdle: Solid Zarkandar to be crowned king of the stayers

Friday 13 Mar

15:20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple Chase
- Five Classic Cheltenham Gold Cups
- Donn McClean on the Cheltenham Gold Cup: Improving Djakadam has strong claims

Dunguib's defeat proved expensive for many punters

Supreme Novices' Hurdle: Fate of the favourites

Douvan has looked imperious in winning both of his starts since moving to Willie Mullins, not yet having to come off the bridle,...

Why not go each-way on your Cheltenham bets?

Each-Way betting arrives on Exchange racing markets

Horse racing punters on the Exchange have always been able to bet on 'win' and 'place' markets but you have told us you wanted tr...

Wanted: a six-year-old, from Italy, who last ran on November 14th, who’s brown, and has four legs...

Five Cheltenham Festival Trends: Ignore or cling to?

The Cheltenham Festival seems to bring an insatiable demand for statistics and trends, writes Jack Houghton, and the racing media...

Boom! 'Non Runner No Bet' on ALL races at Cheltenham

This morning we confirmed we're 'NON RUNNER NO BET' on ALL races at Cheltenham Festival, meaning you can snap up some outstanding...

The Masters of Cheltenham: Prestbury Park's best trainers and the races they dominate

The big yards always attract money but you can't back Paul Nicholls or Willie Mullins to win everything so here is a quick primer...

Ante-Post Betting

AP McCoy: His five greatest Cheltenham Festival rides

This year's Cheltenham Festival will be the last opportunity to witness AP McCoy working his genius in the saddle at the greatest...

Cheltenham Championship Races Preview: Tony Keenan's views on the Festival features

Resident Irish form student Tony Keenan provides a whistle-stop tour through the Cheltenham Championship Races...

Bryan Cooper looks set to partner Outlander in the Neptune

Neptune Novices' Hurdle Preview: Gigginstown challenger Out-standing value

Timeform's Ben Fearnley has an ante-post tip for the Neptune Novices' Hurdle, set to be run at Cheltenham on the second day of th...

Perfect duo - Kauto Star and his brilliant trainer Paul Nicholls

Five Classic Cheltenham Gold Cups

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the Blue Riband event of the Festival and down the years it has provided some classic renewals. Here,...

Paul has high hopes for stable stars Zarkandar (left) and Silviniaco Conti

Paul Nicholls: Cheltenham Festival Twitter Q&A

Paul Nicholls took over the @BetfairRacing feed on Monday night and it was a hugely informative hour with the champion trainer co...