There’s hardly any accurate information out there regarding the television coverage of this year’s 2010 Cheltenham Festival, so it falls to us, the punters pals that we are, at Systemlays, to provide the up-to-the-minute skinny for you all, so you don’t miss a trick in this week’s helter skelter Cheltenham Festival.

Each day, in the UK, the Cheltenham Festival racing coverage will be live on Channel 4, up until the 4 o’clock race, which will be the last event before, much the same as previous years, terrestrial viewers are left feeling somewhat cheated, looking at Noel Edmonds instead of enjoying the final events.

For those of us with dishes and digiboxes capable of the feat (I think it is a Sky Digital or Virgin Cable only subscription however) you can catch the final races on Racing UK – though this, too, is a subscription service. If you already have Sky Digital, you can sign up to Racing UK by clicking here, for the price of £20 per month (they also throw in a load of free race-day tickets and some other goodies too, which they reckon to be worth £600) for a years subscription.

In any case, here is the precise, race-by-race TV schedule for Cheltenham Festival 2010, so that we can all be sure to never miss a race – please note that you should be able to catch the final races online too, if you have fast broadband, but you may well need to place a bet with a bookmaker of more than £5 to secure this (see the Cheltenham Free bets post to get some info on this too!)

Tuesday 16th March 2010 – Champion Hurdle Day

• 1:30, 2:05, 2:40, 3:20, 4:00 on Channel 4
• 4:40 on Racing UK

Wednesday 17th March 2010 – Queen Mother Champion Chase Day

• 1:30, 2:05, 2:40, 3:20, 4:00 on Channel 4
• 4:40 and 5:15 on Racing UK

Thursday 18th March 2010 – Ryanair Chase & World Hurdle Day

• 1:30, 2:05, 2:40, 3:20, 4:00 on Channel 4
• 4:40 on Racing UK

Friday 19th March 2010 – Gold Cup Day

• 1:30, 2:05, 2:40, 3:20, 4:00 on Channel 4
• 4:40 and 5:15 on Racing UK

I hope this helps you to plan for and schedule an enjoyable armchair Festival! Here’s to another great year, and plenty of success in this year’s Festival. Be sure to check out our full tipping (backing AND laying) guides each day. The first day of tips will be online early this evening, to get you in the spirit of Cheltenham Festival 2010 – be sure to leave your own comments and tips in the comments section at the bottom if you like: let’s celebrate Racing’s biggest event in style!