There is little chance to catch your breath as the racing seasons turn and six days on from Ascot’s exhilarating Champions Day Cheltenham will open its gates on Friday for the first card of the 2026-27 campaign.
Racing will return to the spiritual home of National Hunt after an abrupt curtailment to Cheltenham’s latest season. That was to allow for extensive work on the track’s drainage system after the discovery of a significant hole in the racing surface on Trials day in late January.
