🧠 Cheltenham Festival Quiz

From Arkle to Willie Mullins, test your knowledge of jump racing's greatest festival. Four days, iconic races, and legends galore. Can you beat the clock?

Cheltenham Festival Quiz
📝 10 questions

First question:

In which English county does the Cheltenham Festival take place?

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Cheltenham Festival Quiz — Questions and Answers

Cheltenham Festival

1easyIn which English county does the Cheltenham Festival take place?
💡 Gloucestershire🔍

The racecourse is located at Prestbury Park on the outskirts of Cheltenham town.

2easyThe Cheltenham Festival is a National Hunt racing festival — what are the two jumping disciplines featured across its races?
💡 Hurdles and steeplechase🔍

Hurdle races feature smaller brush hurdles, while steeplechases tackle larger fences including open ditches and water jumps.

3easyOver approximately how many miles is the Cheltenham Gold Cup run?
💡 Three miles (approximately 3 miles 2 furlongs)🔍

The Gold Cup is run over 3 miles 2½ furlongs, making it one of the longest championship races in jump racing — it was first run in 1924.

4mediumWhich Irish trainer, nicknamed 'The Wizard of Closutton', has dominated the Cheltenham Festival in recent years with a record-breaking haul of winners?
💡 Willie Mullins🔍

Mullins is based at Closutton in County Carlow and holds the record for the most winners at the Festival by a single trainer.

5mediumLegendary mare Dawn Run achieved a unique double at Cheltenham in 1984 and 1986 by winning both the Champion Hurdle and which other prestigious race?
💡 Cheltenham Gold Cup🔍

Dawn Run remains the only horse ever to win both the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup — a unique double celebrated in racing history.

6mediumThe Cheltenham Festival spans how many days?
💡 Four days🔍

The Festival was extended from three days to four in 2005, adding an extra day of top-class jump racing.

7mediumThe opening race of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday is a Supreme Novices' Hurdle, but what is the name given to the first day of the Festival itself?
💡 Champion Day🔍

Champion Day is named after the Champion Hurdle, the feature race of the opening day, with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle kicking off proceedings.

8hardWhich horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three consecutive times between 1964 and 1966, a feat that remains one of the most celebrated hat-tricks in the race's history?
💡 Arkle🔍

Arkle was trained by Tom Dreaper and ridden by Pat Taaffe — his three consecutive Gold Cup wins remain one of the most iconic achievements in jump racing.

9hardTrainer Nicky Henderson has won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham multiple times. Which horse gave him his first Champion Hurdle victory back in 1985?
💡 See You Then🔍

See You Then went on to win three consecutive Champion Hurdles from 1985 to 1987, all ridden by Steve Smith Eccles.

10hardWhich mare, trained by Willie Mullins, won the Mares' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival six consecutive times between 2009 and 2014, a run of dominance almost unparalleled in Festival history?
💡 Quevega🔍

Quevega's six consecutive wins made her one of the most dominant Festival performers in history, all under jockey Ruby Walsh.

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