30 Cheltenham Festival quiz questions and answers

We've compiled the ultimate list of Cheltenham Festival trivia questions so you can challenge your friends or colleagues in a horse racing quiz.

Put your horse racing knowledge to the test with our Cheltenham quiz questions, which cover the greatest races and the Festival's most famous names.

Whether you're looking to test yourself on the best horse racing quiz questions or looking to impress your fellow racegoers with some Cheltenham trivia, our list of difficult horse racing quiz questions has everything you need.

We have Cheltenham Festival quiz questions on the Gold Cup, legendary trainers, multiple Cheltenham winners and much more.

Cheltenham Festival quiz questions

1. At what odds did Norton's Coin win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1990?
2. How many consecutive Mares' Hurdle races did Quevega win at the Cheltenham Festival?
3. How many races take place at the Cheltenham Festival each year?
4. Who is the only trainer to win the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold Cup in the same year?
5. How many times did Tiger Roll win the Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival?
6. Who trained 2008 and 2009 Champion Chase winner Master Minded?
7. In which year did Istabraq win his final Champion Hurdle?
8. Which is the only horse to win the Gold Cup and the Grand National in the same season?
9. Which horse won the Stayers' Hurdle the first year after Big Buck's had won the race four years in a row?
10. Which jockey has won the Triumph Hurdle a record five times?
11. Which horse became the 100th Cheltenham Festival winner for Willie Mullins in 2024?
12. Which trainer is second behind Willie Mullins in the all-time Cheltenham Festival winners list?
13. Which horse is the only multiple winner of the Coral Cup?
14. A record amount of runners went to post for the Gold Cup in 1982 and 2006, how many runners were there?
15. Which horse did AP McCoy first win the Ryanair Chase with?
16. How many winners did Rachael Blackmore have at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival?
17. Who is the only horse to complete the Champion Hurdle / Gold Cup double?
18. The Cheltenham Gold Cup, Betfair Chase and which other race make up the British Triple Crown?
19. In what year did Hurricane Fly first win at the Cheltenham Festival?
20. Which jockey won the 2015 Champion Chase on board Dodging Bullets?
21. Over what distance is the National Hunt Chase run?
22. Who was the last jockey to win the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in consecutive years?
23. Which race has lost its Grade 1 status and become an open novice handicap chase ahead of the 2025 Festival?
24. In 2020, which horse became the first mare to win the Arkle Challenge Trophy since 1980?
25. In which county is Cheltenham Racecourse located?
26. What was the starting price for Arkle in the 1966 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
27. At which racecourse did Constitution Hill win his first Grade 1?
28. Who was the last horse to beat Jonbon?
29. Which female jockey guided Frodon to his only Cheltenham Festival success?
30. What is the final race on the third day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival?

Cheltenham Festival quiz answers

1. 100/1
2. Six
3. 28
4. Henry De Bromhead
5. 3
6. Paul Nicholls
7. 2000
8. Golden Miller
9. Solwhit
10. Barry Geraghty
11. Jasmin De Vaux
12. Nicky Henderson
13. Langer Dan
14. 22
15. Albertas Run
16. Six
17. Dawn Run
18. King George VI Chase
19. 2011
20. Sam Twiston-Davies
21. Three miles and six furlongs
22. Ruby Walsh
23. Turners Novices' Chase
24. Put the Kettle On
25. Gloucestershire
26. 1/10
27. Sandown
28. Elixir De Nutz
29. Bryony Frost
30. Kim Muir Handicap Chase

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