Champion Day
The famous roar as the tapes rise for the first race on Tuesday signals the moment when the 12 month wait is over and racing’s favourite fixture is back.
The first day of The Festival features the most important hurdle race of the season, the Stan James Champion Hurdle, won in 2016 by the wonder mare Annie Power.
Ladies Day
The story of the ‘Comeback King’; Sprinter Sacre is not any normal horse and the horse known as the ‘Black Airplane’
He won the 2016 renewal of the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase in the most emphatic fashion to mark himself as one of the all-time greats with a scintillating second win in the Champion Chase.