Cheltenham Racecard: Your ultimate guide to Thursday’s 7 races at the 2023 Festival

Swot up on the day three action!

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If you’re looking for the ultimate guide to the third day of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival then you’ve come to the right place. Welcome, friend!

You’ll find all you need to know about Thursday’s action at the March mega meeting including the racecard, tips and best bets, how to live stream all the action as well as details of the ITV Racing schedule.

We’re sponsoring the feature, the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle and the first past the post in the last two renewals, Flooring Porter, is bidding to become a three-time winner but his preparation has been far from plain sailing and a stack of fresh rivals take their chance.

Blazing Khal defied a long absence to land the Boyne Hurdle, Teahupoo inflicted the first career defeat on Honeysuckle earlier this season, while Gold Tweet scored over course and distance on his first trip over from France in January.

Our race immediately follows the Ryanair Chase as Shishkin looks to get on the scoreboard at the Cheltenham Festival for the second time in his career but Blue Lord leads the Irish charge in Allaho’s enforced absence.

The card kicks off with Grade 1 action courtesy of the Turners Novices’ Chase as the impressive Mighty Potter faces Banbridge and Appreciate It. It could be a day for each-way punting as there are a few big-field handicaps as well as a competitive renewal of the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.

You’ll also be delighted to know that once again Paddy is digging deep into his pocket to give you a free bet to spend on any of Thursday’s seven races at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.

The latest Cheltenham Festival odds can be found on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise all the key information about day three is below.

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Cheltenham Festival Racecard

Our snazzy Racecards page has details of the runners and riders, weights, odds and Timeform’s horse-by-horse analysis for every renewal on the Cheltenham Festival schedule.

The following seven races take place at Cheltenham on Thursday, March 16:

1:30: Turners Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)
2:10: Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap)
2:50: Ryanair Chase (Grade 1)
3:30: Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
4:10: Magners Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap)
4:50: Jack De Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2)
5:30: Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase

Cheltenham Festival Tips

Paddy Power News is the home of top tips and best bets for the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Our superstar stable of pundits includes Ruby Walsh, the most successful jockey in the history of the Cheltenham Festival. We’ve also got exclusive columns from the likes of ITV Racing expert Matt Chapman and former jockey Mick Fitzgerald.

Cheltenham Festival Live Stream

You can live stream every single race at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival on the Paddy Power website and via the Paddy Power app for free.

Just head to paddypower.com or the Paddy Power app and sign up or log in. Once you’ve done that, find the betting page for the renewal you wish to watch and click the button that says ‘Watch Live’.

Cheltenham Festival TV Schedule

Paddy’s pals at ITV Racing bring you live coverage of the first five races on Thursday’s racecard at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival from 1pm on ITV1 and Virgin Media One.

An extended 90-minute edition of the The Opening Show builds the hype from 8:30am on ITV4.

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