Who are the Cheltenham Festival 2025 presenters on ITV?

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CHELTENHAM festival is back for four days of world-class racing and thousands of fans are expected to tune in.

This year’s event will take place from Tuesday, March 11, 2025, until Friday, March 14. But who is presenting the festival for ITV and are any familiar faces returning to screens? Here’s all you need to know.

Horses and jockeys hurdle a fence during a steeplechase.

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Who are the ITV presenters for Cheltenham?

Guiding viewers through the action will be an expert team of ex-jockeys, racing experts, betting tipsters, and veteran presenters.

28 races will take place across the four-day event at Prestbury Park.

Each day, the first race will run at 1.20pm GMT, with races following every 40 minutes until the final race at 5.20pm GMT, and the featured race of each day will run at 4pm, except on Thursday, when it will run at 3.20pm.

Presenting the festival, as always, will be Ed Chamberlin.

During day one, Chamberlain will present coverage throughout the day, including the 4.00 Unibet Champion Hurdle, plus races at 1.20, 2.00, 2.40, 3.20 and 4.40.

There will be an analysis from legendary names including Sir AP McCoy, Ruby Walsh, Megan Nicholls and Mick Fitzgerald, and reports by Luke Harvey, Alice Plunkett, Oli Bell, Rishi Persad, and Matt Chapman.

Brian Gleeson will talk all the action from the betting ring and Richard Hoiles will once again be on commentary.

2024 presenters

In 2024, ITV’s bumper line-up of presenters and pundits included Ed Chamberlain, Ruby Walsh, Sir AP McCoy and Brian Gleeson.

Mick Fitzgerald, Luke Harvey, Megan Nicholls, and Alice Plunkett were also on hand to provide expert insight into all the latest happenings throughout the week, and Oli Bell hosted Social Stable.

Out on the courses speaking to jockeys, trainers and fans were Richi Persad and Matt Chapman, and on commentary were Kevin Blake, Brough Scott, and Richard Hoiles.