Cheltenham festival 2025: snow falls before racing on day two – live

Here’s the rundown of today’s action and we’ll be putting Greg Wood’s in-depth previews for all the races up here soon

1.20 The Turners Novices’ Hurdle Race (Grade 1)
2.00 The Brown Advisory Novices’ Steeple Chase
2.40 The Coral Cup Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle Race) (Premier Handicap)
3.20 The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase
4.00 The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
4.40 The Debenhams Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup (Premier Handicap)
5.20 The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1)

Did you know today was ‘Style Wednesday’? No neither did I. Anyway I have my blue John Smedley long-sleeved polo shirt on and a pair of vintage Levi’s so I hope that passes muster. I discovered that name for today in the details about the all-important going underfoot from the track which many were saying was bordering on good (ie faster ground than the general description) yesterday. The snow will have softened it up a bit and Jon Pullin, Cheltenham’s clerk of the course, said just now: “We had a covering of snow this morning but it turned to sleet as forecast and that should soon disappear. The going for today remains Good to Soft on the [main] Old Course and is Good to Soft, Good in places and Soft on the top loop on the Cross Country Course.”