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Cheltenham Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing events, located at Prestbury Park, in the suburban village of Prestbury on the outskirts of the English town of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . Cheltenham is called the "home of National Hunt racing ", largely because it hosts the four-day Cheltenham Festival , held in March of each year and featuring the Cheltenham Gold Cup .

The racecourse has a scenic location in a natural amphitheatre just below the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills , at Cleeve Hill , with a capacity of 67,500 spectators. The racecourse also has its own steam railway station , although this no longer connects to the national rail network but is rather the southern terminus of the preserved Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway .

The main racecourse has two separate courses alongside each other, the Old Course and the New Course. The New Course has a tricky downhill fence and a longer run-in for steeplechases than the Old Course. Hurdle races over two miles on the New Course also have a slight peculiarity in that most of the hurdles are jumped early on in the race with only two hurdles being jumped in the last seven furlongs .