I’ve been asked to put up the entry dates for the Festival races along with the dates for weight publication. Tuesday 15th March Champion Hurdle – closed 19th Jan. Supplementary entries 9th March OBLG Mares Hurdle – closed 19th Jan. Supplementary entries 9th March Racing Post Arkle Chase – closes 26th Jan. Supplementary entries 9th March National Hunt Steeple Chase (Amateur) – closes 26th Jan Supreme Novices Hurdle – closes 2nd Feb. Supplementary entries 9th March Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Festival Novices Steeple Chase – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Wednesday 16th March Queen Mother Champion Chase – closed 14th Jan. Supplementary entries 10th March RSA Chase – closes 26th Jan. Supplementary entries 10th March Neptune Investment Novices Hurdle – closes 2nd Feb. Supplementary entries 10th March Coral Cup – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Glenfarclas Chase (Cross Country) – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Weatherbys Champion Bumper – closes 1st March Thursday 17th March Ryanair Chase – closed 12th Jan. Supplementary entries 11th March Ladbrokes World Hurdle – closed 19th Jan. Supplementary entries 11th March JLT Novice Chase – closes 26th Jan. Supplementary entries 11th March The Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Pertemps Final (Handicap Hurdle) – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase - closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Trull House Stud Mares Novices Hurdle – closes 1st March Friday 18th March Gold Cup – closed 12th January. Supplementary entries 12th March Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle – closes 23rd Feb. Supplementary entries 12th March JCB Triumph Hurdle – closes 2nd Feb. Supplementary entries 12th March Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle – closes 23rd Feb. Weights 3rd March St James Place Foxhunter Chase – closes 1st March I'm in the office on 3rd March so when the weights are published I will link to them on this thread. The 2016 Cheltenham Festival Megathread
The closing dates are for the trainers so it is usually the next day before they are actually published.
Some of them might get bitten on the way over like C Fever last year!He'll need to put them all in Hannibal Lector masks to be on the safe side!
Weights are actually out a day earlier than they were originally publicized, but I've checked the embargo date and I'm not in breach!
