Cheltenham Festival

Cheltenham Festival Prize Money 2027: Breaking Down All Four Days At Prestbury Park

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| BY Steve Mullington

From the anticipation, the roar of the crowd, the thunder of hooves, nothing quite beats the thrill of the Cheltenham Festival which next take place Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March 2027.

Naturally the top National Hunt horses in the world should be racing for top prize money, and that is what they do, with the Jockey Club putting up some handsome prize purses over the course of the Festival.

The total prize money pool across the 28 races at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival was just over £4.9 million. Out of this collective purse, roughly £2.7 million was awarded directly to the race winners.

Find horse racing odds for the 2027 Cheltenham Festival at William Hill today, while readers can scroll on and find out the full prize money breakdown for the meeting.

Day By Day Cheltenham Festival Prize Money Breakdown

With no definitive figures available just yet for the 2027 Cheltenham Festival, we have to assume that the prize pots will be based upon the 2026 total prize purse structure. Here are the day-by-day figures from last year:

Tuesday

Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £150,000
Arkle Chase (Grade 1) Prize money: £200,000
Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Prize money: £80,000
Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Prize money: £150,000
Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £450,000
Festival Plate Handicap (Grade 3) Prize money: £150,000
National Hunt Chase (Grade 2) Prize money: £100,000

Wednesday

Turners Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £150,000
Browns Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) Prize money: £200,000
Coral Cup (Grade 3, Handicap) Prize money: £100,000
Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (Listed) Prize money: £75,000
Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) Prize money: £400,000
Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Prize money: £150,000
Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade 1) Prize money: £80,000

Thursday

Ryanair Mares Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) Prize money: £105,000
Jack Richards Novices’ Handicap Chase (Grade 2) Prize money: £125,000
Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £120,000
Paddy Power Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £325,000
Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) Prize money: £375,000
Pertemps Final (Grade 3, Handicap) Prize money: £100,000
Kim Muir Challenge Cup (Listed, Handicap) Prize money: £75,000

Friday

JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £150,000
William Hill County Hurdle (Grade 3, Handicap) Prize money: £98,370
Paddy Power Mares’ Chase (Grade 2) Prize money: £120,000
Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Prize money: £150,000
Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1) Prize money: £625,000
St James’ Place Hunter Chase (Listed) Prize money: £50,000
Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ (Handicap Hurdle) Prize money: £75,000

Gold Cup Prize Money

The feature race of the Festival – the Cheltenham Gold Cup, understandably offers the biggest prize pot of the week. The total prize fund for the Cheltenham Gold Cup stands at £625,000, with the winning connections taking home £363,999.