Looking for the best tips from racing experts ahead of Cheltenham? With the Festival just around the corner (13-16 March), we’ve rounded up the preview evenings happening across the country over the coming weeks for the National Hunt enthusiasts out there
Tuesday, 27 February
Where: Moor Park, Ludlow, Shropshire
Time: 7pm
Panel includes: Henry Daly, Tom Symonds, Richard Johnson
Ticket price: £15pp (includes welcome drink and canapés)
Contact: Visit moorpark.nutickets.com or call 07795 833614
Thursday, 1 March
Where: The Pheasant, Hungerford, Berkshire
Time: 6.30pm
Panel includes: Oliver Sherwood, Toby Lawes, Steve Jones, Luke Tarr, Alex Stedman
Ticket price: Free (tables available for dinner)
Contact: Call o1488 648284 or email info@thepheasant-inn.co.uk
Friday, 2 March
Where: Jack Berry House, Malton, North Yorkshire
Time: 7pm
Panel includes: Brian Hughes, Andrew Thornton, Brian Ellison, Nicola McGeady, Niall Hannity
Ticket price: £15pp (refreshments available)
Contact: Call 01653 602090 or email jo.russell@ijf.org.uk
Friday, 2 March
Where: Chepstow racecourse, Monmouthshire
Panel includes: Richard Johnson, Noel Fehily, Paul Nicholls, John Francome
Ticket price: £25pp
Contact: visit chepstow-racecourse.co.uk or call 01291 622260
Monday, 5 March
Where: Bath racecourse, Somerset
Time: 7pm
Panel: Tony Ennis, Andrew Thornton, Charlie Morlock, Zac Baker, Tom Humphries, Dean Goddard
Ticket price: Free
Contact: Visit bath-racecourse.co.uk
Tuesday, 6 March
Where: M Bar, Threadneedle Street, London
Time: 6.30pm
Panel: Mick Fitzgerald, Richard Johnson, Bill Esdaile, Luke Tarr
Ticket price: £25pp (seat, chips and a pint of Guiness)/£10pp (standing and free pint of Guinness)
Contact: Call 0207 157 1576 or email info@racingbreaks.com
Wednesday, 7 March
Where: Oaksey House, Lambourn, Berkshire
Time: 7pm
Panel includes: Nico de Boinville, Warren Greatrex, Chris Cook, Simon Clare, Jonathan Powell
Ticket price: £15pp (refreshments available)
Contact: Call 01488 674242 or email helen.sanderson@ijf.org.uk
Wednesday, 7 March
Where: The Kings Head, Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Time: 6.30pm
Panel includes: Aidan Coleman, David Bass, Mattie Batchelor, Fergal O’Brien, Luke Tarr, Ben Hastie
Ticket price: 15pp (includes welcome drink and canapés)
Contact: Call 01285 700900
Credit: Bill Selwyn
Friday, 9 March
Where: Taunton racecourse, Somerset
Time: 6pm
Panel includes: Philip Hobbs, David Pipe, Paul Nicholls, Tom Scudamore, Tom Malone
Ticket price: £10pp in advance/£12.50pp on the door (refreshments and bar available)
Contact: Visit tauntonracecourse.co.uk
Saturday, 10 March
Where: Sandown Park, Surrey
Time: After racing
Panel includes: Oli Bell, Nicky Henderson, Alan King, Emmet Kennedy and Richard Johnson
Ticket price: £5pp (not including racing)
Contact: Visit sandown.thejockeyclub.co.uk
Sunday, 11 March
Where: Cheltenham racecourse, Gloucestershire
Time: 6.30pm
Panel includes: Jeremy Kyle, John Francome, Fergal O’Brien, Ruby Walsh, Cornelius Lysaght
Ticket price: £6pp/annual members free.
Contact: Visit cheltenham.thejockeyclub.co.uk
Sunday, 11 March
Where: Bel and Dragon, Kingsclere, Berkshire
Time: 7pm
Panel includes: Nico de Boinville, Andrew Balding, Kieran O’Sullivan
Ticket price: £20pp (including a chicken dinner).
Contact: Call Tyron Mills on 07595 944524
Sunday, 11 March
Where: Warwick racecourse, Warwickshire
Time: 11.15am
Panel includes: Rupert Bell, Dan Skelton, Olly Murphy, Jason Maguire
Ticket price: £85pp (includes raceday marquee, drinks reception, two-course lunch, afternoon tea, course walk, auction prizes)
Contact: Email jo.payne@theairambulanceservice.org.uk
If you are attending or organising a Cheltenham Festival preview evening and would like it listed, please email: hannah.lemieux@timeinc.com
Don’t miss Horse & Hound’s Cheltenham preview issue (on sale 8 March) and read the full report — including in-depth analysis, pictures, expert comment and more — in the 22 March issue of Horse & Hound.
