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Cheltenham November Meeting

Fri 13 - Sun 15 Nov 2026Cheltenham Racecourse

Cheltenham's three-day November Meeting, Friday to Sunday. Saturday's Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap chase over 2m 4½f on the Old Course, first run in 1960 as the Mackeson Gold Cup, and Sunday's feature is the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle.

Feature racePaddy Power Gold Cup (Sat, Premier Handicap)
Countdown11 days
Duration3 days
Nearest stationCheltenham Spa

Key races

  • Paddy Power Gold Cup (Sat, Premier Handicap)
  • Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Sun)

Where it is

CourseCheltenham RacecourseCheltenham, Gloucestershire
Nearest stationCheltenham Spa
Your race day

Which day are you going?

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Jumps runners race past the stands on a grey winter afternoon
Fri 13 Nov to Sun 15 NovCheltenham November MeetingCheltenham's three-day November Meeting, Friday to Sunday.

The racing

The racingPaddy Power Gold Cup, Greatwood Handicap HurdleThe races, the history and how the meeting runs, in our guides. Racecards are further down the page.Cheltenham course guide

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Every race with a book at 10 festivals, added up and ranked: the dearest, Galway, charged 72% more than the cheapest, Champions Day. November Meeting runs Fri 13 - Sun 15 Nov 2026 and joins this table once the week is settled.Rendered from data to 17 October 2026.
What this shows, in words

A bar chart of 10 race meetings ranked by the bookmakers' overround, the margin over a fair book. Champions Day 17.7% on an average field of 12.3; St Leger Festival 21.4% on an average field of 11.5; Killarney July 23.0% on an average field of 10.6; Irish Derby 23.8% on an average field of 11.8; Epsom Derby 23.9% on an average field of 12.4; Glorious Goodwood 24.8% on an average field of 13.4; Irish Champions Festival 25.3% on an average field of 13.6; Ebor Festival 28.1% on an average field of 15.1; Royal Ascot 29.0% on an average field of 18.2; Galway 30.5% on an average field of 14.6. The dearest charged 72% more than the cheapest, race for race, across 276 races. The average field is shown beside each bar; the dearer meetings tend to run bigger fields, though not in strict order. Data to the end of the newest meeting in the set. Research, not tips.

Headline races

Paddy Power Gold Cup (Sat, Premier Handicap)
Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Sun)

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