One of the early jump racing season highlights comes in mid-November as Cheltenham hold their three-day November Meeting. The fixture begins on a Friday, running through to Sunday with six races on days one and three with seven races on the middle day.
There are four Grade 2 races in the Shloer Chase, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, the Triumph Hurdle Trial and the Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial. There are also a number of big-field handicaps including Sunday’s Greatwood Hurdle and Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup which is the most valuable race of the meeting.
An important meeting in its own right, the November meeting also gives us important pointers for runners aiming for glory in March’s Cheltenham Festival.
Friday 14th November 2025
The November meeting opens with the 2m5f Lycetts Insurance Brokers Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle which is followed by the 2m4f Veterans’ Chase and the 3m½f Paddy Power Novices’ Chase.
The Grade 2 Shloer Chase over 2m is next and is followed by the second Grade 2 of the day, the 2m5f Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Day one closes with the 2m½f Valda Energy Novices’ Handicap Hurdle.
Friday usually has the meeting’s cross country chase however this won’t take place in 2025 due to unsuitable ground.
- 1:10pm: Lycetts Insurance Brokers Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m5f, 3yo+, £20,000 - 1:45pm: Unibet Middle Distance Veterans’ Chase
Class 2, 2m4f, 9yo+, £40,000 - 2:20pm: Mucking Brilliant Paddy Power Novices’ Chase
Listed, 3m½f, 5yo+, £40,000 - 2:55pm: Shloer Chase
Grade 2, 2mf, 4yo+, £100,000 - 3:30pm: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
Grade 2, 2m5f, 4yo+, £80,000 - 4:00pm: Valda Energy Novices’ Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m½f, 3yo+, £20,000
Saturday 15th November 2025
Saturday begins with the Grade 2 Triumph Trial Hurdle which is followed by a handicap chase for amateur jockeys before a second Festival trial in the Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial Novices’ Chase.
The big betting heat of the November meeting is race number four on the card in the 2m4f Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase, a Premier Handicap.
Two handicap hurdles are next before the final race of the day which is a Listed National Hunt flat races for mares.
- 12:35pm: JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle
Grade 2, 2m½f, 3yo, £80,000 - 1:10pm: Cheltenham Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase
Class 3, 3m1f, 4yo+, £25,000 - 1:45pm: Paddy Power Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial Novices’ Chase
Grade 2, 2m, 4yo+, £75,000 - 2:20pm: Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase
Premier Handicap, 2m4f, 4yo+, £160,000 - 2:55pm: From The horses Mouth Podcast Handicap Hurdle
Class 2, 3m, 4yo+, £35,000 - 3:30pm: Paddy Power Intermediate Handicap Hurdle
Class 3, 2m5f, 3yo+, £27,500 - 4:00pm: Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team Mares’ Open National Hunt Flat Race
Listed, 2m½f, 4-5yo, £25,000
Sunday 16th November 2025
The final day of the meeting starts with the 2m½f Mallard Jewellers Maiden Hurdle which is followed by a novices’ limited handicap and a 2m handicap chase.
Two Premier Handicaps follow, the most valuable races of the day in the 3m3½f Oddschecker Handicap Chase and the 2m½f Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle. The final race of the November Meeting is a Listed National Hunt flat race over 2m½f.
- 1:15pm: Mallard Jewellers Maiden Hurdle
Class 2, 2m½f, 4yo+, £20,000 - 1:45pm: Southam Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
Class 3, 2m4f, 4yo+, £30,000 - 2:20pm: Hine Solicitors Talking Sense Handicap Chase
Class 3, 2m, 4yo+, £40,000 - 2:55pm: Oddschecker Handicap Chase
Premier Handicap, 3m3½f, 4yo+, £75,000 - 3:30pm: Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle
Premier Handicap, 2m½f, 3yo+, £100,000 - 4:00pm: Three Counties Christmas Open National Hunt Flat Race
Listed, 2m½f, 4-5yo, £25,000
