What Channel Is the Gold Cup on Dish
Watch Cheltenham live: stream all the 2020 festival's biggest races online anywhere
After three days of glorious racing action, the stage is now set for the 2020 Cheltenham Festival's grand finale - Gold Cup Day. One of the biggest events on the sport's annual calendar, more than 250,000 punters will have bound through the gates at Prestbury Park this year when all's said and done, but all eyes are now firmly trained on 3.30pm GMT and the Gold Cup Steeple Chase. Here's how to watch Cheltenham live today from all over the world and see who takes home Gold Cup glory.
The week-long festival features a total of 28 race, culminating with the iconic Gold Cup - taking place later today at 3.30pm UK time as mentioned. Tuesday's opening day highlight was the 2 miles and ½ furlong Unibet Champion Hurdle, which saw favourite Epatante - owned by J.P. McManus and ridden byBarry Geraghty - take home glory in the 16-horse field.
Cheltenham Festival 2020 cheat sheet
This year's Cheltenham Festival started on Tuesday, March 10 and is a four-day event, with everything leading up to the Cheltenham Gold Cup race today (Friday, March 13). Coverage starts daily at 1pm GMT on ITV1. The main event - the Gold Cup Steeple Chase - takes place at 3.30pm UK time.
Wednesday brought Ladies Day to Cheltenham and £10,000 to the best dressed spectator. The headline race was the Queen Mother Champion Chase, which was won by in superb style by Politologue.
Thursday saw huge Irish interest in Cheltenham (and horse racing) highlighted in what is widely known as St. Patrick's Thursday. It was arguably the most eventful day of the festival so far, with the Stayers' Hurdle witnessing a huge surprise as 50-1 outsider Lisnager shocked overwhelming favourite Paisley Park to win the day's biggest race.
Generally, the first five races of each day are or were aired on ITV live and free in the UK. But if you're abroad or away from home you can still catch all the action, including the Gold Cup. Here's how to watch Cheltenham live regardless of where you are.
When is the Cheltenham Gold Cup today? Time, favourites, and predictions
As ever, the main event at this year's Cheltenham Festival is today's Gold Cup Steeple Chase, which has a prize pot of over £625,000. Taking place on Friday, March 13 at 3.30pm GMT, it pits the best jump horses in the world against each other.
Last year's winner Al Boum Photo returns once again and is highly fancied to retain its title. However, Delta Work is the current in-form horse, while the combination of Presenting Percy and experienced jockey Davy Russell has many backing the pair to win the blue ribbon race today. Many insiders also like the look of Lostintranslation and Kemboy as they weight up the best Gold Cup bets to make today.
How to watch the Cheltenham live for free in the UK
Watch Cheltenham live from outside your country the easy way
For UK horse racing fans wanting to watch Cheltenham live from abroad, the first thing to do is download and install a VPN .
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What Channel Is the Gold Cup on Dish
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