Cheltenham Festival 2022 guide: Day 2 tips, races, weather and more

DUK Editor Team March 16, 2022

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he Cheltenham Festival continues today with a bumper race card ahead, including some superstar names.

There’s plenty to look forward to on the second day of action, with Shishkin primed to shine in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The Willie Mullins duo of Energumene and Chacun Pour Soi will have other ideas, though.

Mullins will be hoping to be off the mark for the day before then though, with Sir Gerhard set to be an odds-on favourite in the opening Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.

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There’s also the small matter of Tiger Roll of course – will it be a record-equalling sixth Festival win for the two-time Grand National winner?

Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore took centre-stage on Monday as they successfully defended their Champion Hurdle crown, while Nico de Boinville had two winners as he got his Festival off to a flying start.

Scroll down for Standard Sport’s comprehensive preview of the rest of the festival…

Cheltenham Festival 2021 – In pictures

Date, time and venue

The Cheltenham Festival got underway on Tuesday, March 15 and will continue until Friday, March 18.

Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park is the venue, the track being within walking distance of the town itself.

There will be seven races per day, with the first going off at 1:30pm GMT and the last at 5:30pm. The feature race is staged at 3:30pm each day. For individual race times, check the full schedule below.

Tips

Johnny Ward’s Wednesday selections

1:30 – Sir Gerhard
2:10 – Beacon Edge
2:50 – The Bosses Oscar
3:30 – Shishkin
4:10 – Plan Of Attack
4:50 – Andy Dufresne
5:30 – American Mike

You can read Johnny’s full tipping piece here.

Weather and going

The going description at the track on Wednesday is good, good to soft in places.

Wednesday’s weather forecast is for some rain with temperatures between 11and 14 degrees.

Schedule and results

All times GMT. Feature race at 3:30pm each day.

Wednesday schedule

1:30pm	Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle
2:10pm	Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
2:50pm	Coral Cup Hurdle
3:30pm	Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase
4:10pm	Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase
4:50pm	Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase
5:30pm	Wetherbys Champion Bumper

Thursday schedule

1:30pm	Turners Novices’ Chase
2:10pm	Pertemps Network Final
2:50pm	Ryanair Chase
3:30pm	Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle
4:10pm	Paddy Power Plate
4:50pm	Mares Novices’ Hurdle
5:30pm	Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Friday schedule

1:30pm	JCB Triumph Hurdle
2:10pm	County Handicap Hurdle
2:50pm	Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
3:30pm	Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup
4:10pm	St James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup
4:50pm	Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase
5:30pm	Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle

Tuesday results

1:30pm	Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle result
	1 Constitution Hill Nico de Boinville 9/4
	2 Jonbon (FR) Aidan Coleman 5/1
	3 Kilcruit (IRE) Mr P W Mullins 6/1
2:10pm	Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy result
	1 Edwardstone Tom Cannon 5/2
	2 Gabynako (FR) Keith Donoghue 25/1
	3 Blue Lord (FR) Paul Townend 4/1
2:50pm	Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase
	1 Corach Rambler (IRE) Derek Fox 10/1
	2 Gericault Roque (FR) Tom Scudamore 9/1
	3 Oscar Elite (IRE) Harry Cobden 22/1
	4 Tea Clipper (IRE) Stan Sheappard 12/1
3:30pm	Unibet Champion Hurdle
	1 Honeysuckle Rachael Blackmore 8/11
	2 Epatante (FR) Aidan Coleman 16/1
	3 Zanahiyr (IRE) Jack Kennedy 28/1
4:10pm	Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle
	1 Marie’s Rock (IRE) Nico de Boinville 18/1
	2 Queens Brook (IRE) Jack Kennedy 4/1
	3 Mrs Milner (IRE) B J Cooper 14/1
4:50pm	Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
	1 Brazil (IRE) Mark Walsh 10/1
	2 Gaelic Warrior (GER) Paul Townend 13/8
	3 Bell Ex One (IRE) Harry Cobden 28/1
	4 HMS Seahorse (IRE) B J Cooper 8/1
5:30pm	Ukraine Appeal National Hunt Challenge Cup
	1 Stattler (IRE) Mr P W Mullins 2/1
	2 Run Wild Fred (IRE) Mr J J Codd 15/8
	3 Vanillier (FR) Mr Derek O’Connor 11/4