The 2011 Cheltenham Festival is the queen of all horse jump racing. This year marks the one hundred years of the jump race festival. The country’s jump race calendar revolves around the Cheltenham Festival as most of the best horses from all over England and Ireland dreams on coveting the gold cup. The Cheltenham Festival hosts a total of twenty-six races where in twelve of these are Grade 1s.

The Cheltenham betting 2011 is all about high rolling, just imagine over 600 million pound are bound to exchange hands in all twenty seven festival races during the four day event. The highlighted race will be the fourth race in the card each day that is supported with grade 1 races and handicaps. Take a look at the best Cheltenham betting odds in comparison tables for your favorite race category where you can peek for the best price of your selection. You can open an account with an authorized bookmaker by registering through one of the many online Cheltenham betting sites. These sites also provide you with real time updates and even offered with free bets.

Here is your guide and overview to the four-day 2011 Cheltenham Festival:

First day

The race day opening promises to be an exciting one as the Champion Hurdle is featured as the highlight race of the day. The Supreme Novice Hurdle also opens on the first day of the festival and is followed by the Arkle Chase.

Second day

Day two of the 2011 Cheltenham Horse race Festival highlights six interesting race meets, which includes the Champion Bumper. This is a flat race run that adopts the National Hunt rules and the main attraction of the event is the Queen Mother Chase. The Queen Mother Chase is more likely the book makers’ most feared event this because the odds are high and horses tend to perform at their best in this race. Another event to look into the second day is the Coral Jump and the National Hunt Novice Chase both of which are new additions to the festival. The second day of the festival usually falls on Wednesday and is hailed as Ladies Day where in lady race enthusiasts are offered free bets.

Third day

Day three of the festival features the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, which you can mark as the fourth race on your race card. The Ryanair is another highlighted race event and the Pretemps are scheduled as the final race of the day. Another new race added to the list is the Jewson Novices’ Handicapped Steeple Chase.

Last day

Day four and the final festival day it features the Cheltenham Gold Cup the apex race of the festival, here you can see crowd favorites and underdogs race their hearts out for the coveted gold cup. This is the best time to go into Cheltenham betting site to secure your bids for your favorite horses. Apart from this, the Triumph Hurdle and the Albert Bartlett races are also scheduled on this day.