All eyes are on Galopin Des Champs, who is aiming for a third successive Gold Cup at the climax of the Cheltenham Festival. General admission for the Gold Cup has sold out, with nearly 70,000 spectators gathered at Prestbury Park.

Ireland has a long-standing love of Cheltenham, with tens of thousands of punters making the pilgrimage to the Cotswolds every year

On Wednesday, March 12, the Cheltenham Races hosted seven races in the afternoon. The Novices' Hurdle at 1:20pm, Novices' Steeple Chase at 2pm, Coral Cup Hurdle at 2.40pm, Cross Country Steeple Chase at 3.20pm, Queen Mother Champion Chase at 4pm, Grand Annual Handicap Chase at 4.40pm and Champion Bumper at 5.20pm.

The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival delivered plenty of thrills and spills, setting the stage for an action-packed week of racing. The prestigious four-day event is one of the biggest events in the horse racing calendar,

It's a day of fashion, it's a day of style. It's a day to be seen at one of the social calendar's most spectacular days. It used to be called Ladies' Day, but now it's Style Wednesday - and the Prestbury Park pack know how to strut their stuff.

THE Queen joined spectators at the Cheltenham Festival for a day of racing at the premier meet in the country for jump jockeys.

The penultimate day of Cheltenham Festival marked St Patrick's Day with many racegoers opting for a hint of green to celebrate. The day saw some unexpected victories, with jockey Harry Cobden aboard Caldwell Potter for trainer Paul Nicholls.

Golden Ace was the shock winner of Day One but there was no surprises with the glitz and glamour from Cheltenham.

And if something of such magnitude is taking place, plenty of people want to have a front seat at greatness today (Friday, March 14). Prestbury Park is a heaving mass of racegoers eager to bare witness to one of the blue riband events in the British sporting calendar.

A day at the Cheltenham Festival of Racing - alongside the horses, jockeys, owners and punters. Karen Gardner meets people enjoying a day at one of the world's top race meetings

After three spellbinding days at the Cheltenham Festival we arrive at the biggest of all. God Cup day is the very peak of jump racing and this year we have suitable storyline to match the occasion within reach.