Cheltenham Racecourse is located in Cheltenham, England. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 67,500. It was built in 1979. This article is about the town of Cheltenham in England. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
Cheltenham (or Cheltenham Spa) is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, near Gloucester and Cirencester.
CheltenhamRacecourse, located in the suburb of Prestbury, is the home of National Hunt, or jumps, racing in the UK.
Cheltenham Spa railway station is located on the main Bristol-Birmingham line, giving connections to Gloucester, Bristol, Swindon, London Paddington, Plymouth and the South West, Birmingham, Derby, the North West, the North East and Scotland.
The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom.
In 2001 the Festival was cancelled due an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain.
The famous Cheltenham roar refers to the enormous amount of noise that the crowd generates as the horses enter the home straight, and try to climb the hill which has been too much for even some of the greatest horses.
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