What are the horses Harry Redknapp is running at Cheltenham Festival 2024?

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL is just around the corner and there will be some famous faces from the sporting world in attendance.

Legendary football manager Harry Redknapp will be present once again looking to land a huge payday.

Harry Redknapp will be hoping for a payday at Cheltenham Festival this yearPaul Edwards - The Sun

The former Tottenham and West Ham gaffer ventured into racehorse ownership 35 years ago with friends from AFC Bournemouth, who he was managing at the time.

He’s not the only legendary football manager that will be at Cheltenham, with Sir Alex Ferguson set to have runners at this year’s festival yet again.

But which horses will Redknapp run and what races are they in?

What are the horses Harry Redknapp is running at Cheltenham Festival?

Redknapp will run Shakem Up’Arry in the Cheltenham Ultima Handicap Chase at 2.50pm on the opening day of the festival.

The 10-year-old bay gelding will also race in the TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase on Thursday at 4:10pm.

The name Shakem Up’Arry has an amusing origin story, Redknapp explained: “I used to have a guy stand behind me at West Ham when I was manager.

“For 90 minutes, he’d shout right behind my dugout, ‘shake ’em up, ‘Arry, shake ’em up, ‘Arry’.

“I used to come home on Saturday night after the game and all I could hear was this guy’s voice, ‘shake ’em up ‘Arry’.

“So I thought, when I get a horse, I’ve got to call it Shakem Up’Arry.”

Redknapp will run The Jukebox Man, which is expected to compete in the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle (Wednesday 13) and the Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Friday 15).

Bowtogreatness is also set to run for the former Premier League gaffer in the Amateur Jockeys’ Novices’ Chase (Tuesday 5.30) and the Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase (Thursday 5.30).

Cheltenham Festival schedule

Here is the full schedule for Cheltenham 2024:

Champion Day – Tuesday, March 12 

• 13:30 – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 
• 14:10 – Arkle Challenge Trophy 
• 14:50 – Handicap Steeple Chase 
• 15:30 – Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
• 16:10 – Mares’ Hurdle 
• 16:50 – Juvenile Handicap Hurdle 
• 17:30 – National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 

Ladies Day – Wednesday, March 13 

• 13:30 – Novices’ Hurdle 
• 14:10 – Novices’ Steeple Chase 
• 14:50 – Coral Cup Hurdle
• 15:30 – Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase 
• 16:10 – Cross Country Steeple Chase 
• 16:50 – Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
• 17:30 – Champion Bumper 

St. Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 14 

• 13:30 – Turners Novices’ 
• 14:10 – Pertemps Network Final 
• 14:50 – Ryanair Steeple Chase 
• 15:30 – Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle 
• 16:10 – Magners Plate
• 16:50 – Jack de Bromhead Mares Novices’ Hurdle 
• 17:30 – Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 15

• 13:30 – Triumph Hurdle 
• 14:10 – County Handicap Hurdle
• 14:50 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
• 15:30 – Cheltenham Gold Cup 
• 16:10 – Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Steeple Chase 
• 16:50 – Mares’ Steeple Chase 
• 17:30 – Martin Pipe Conditional Jockey’s Handicap Hurdle