Get Alan Brazil to the races with the Project: Cheltenham game

talkSPORT will try and finally answer the question on every Cheltenham fan’s lips. No, not who’ll win the Gold Cup, but will Alan Brazil make it to his Breakfast show on the big day?

Developed by the Broadcasting Marketing team in partnership with in-house creative agency MOSAIC, Project: Cheltenham gives fans the chance to take control of the much-loved talkSPORT presenter in a new, fully playable online game, helping him overcome the odds and get to the show on time.

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Built around the iconic horse racing jumps festival, Project: Cheltenham is a fast-paced, three level sprint through the kind of chaos that has become part of Alan’s legend.

Players must guide him past hazards, detours and distractions, collecting power-ups from talkSPORT stars and his wife, Jill.

The game is available to play now on mobile. It will also be playable at the talkSPORT Battle Bus in Cheltenham during the Festival, where racing fans can step up to a fully branded arcade machine and try to get Big Al to air.

Racing fans can follow all the action as both the Breakfast Show and Hawksbee and Jacobs will broadcast live from Cheltenham Racecourse, with commentary of every race live across the talkSPORT network.

When does Cheltenham begin?

The Festival begins on Tuesday 10 March, with the Gold Cup on 13 March.

Racing begins at 1:20pm each day, with Tuesday being Champion Day followed by Ladies Day on Wednesday and St Patrick’s Thursday, finishing with the iconic Gold Cup day on Friday.

In addition to a fantastic game, talkSPORT also has live coverage of the racing, which you can follow on our live blog or on the app.

Cheltenham Festival 2026: Race Schedule

Champion day – Tuesday, March 10

• 1.20pm: The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 87y
• 2.00pm: The Singer Arkle Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) – 1m 7f 199y
• 2.40pm: The Hallgarten and Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) – 2m 87y
• 3.20pm: The Ultima Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) – 3m 1f 
• 4.00pm The Unibet Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 87y
• 4.40pm The TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) – 2m 4f 44y
• 5.20pm: The Princess Royal National Hunt Novices’ Handicap Chase – 3m 5f 201

Ladies Day – Wednesday, March 11

• 1.20pm: The Turners Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 5f 
• 2.00pm: The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) – 3m 80y
• 2.40pm: The Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) – 2m 5f 
• 3.20pm: The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase – 3m 6f 37y
• 4.00pm: The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) – 1m 7f 199y
• 4.40pm: The Debenhams Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) – 1m 7f 199y
• 5.20pm: The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Grade 1) – 2m 87

St Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 12

• 1.20pm: The Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) – 2m 179y
• 2.00pm: The Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase (Grade 2) – 2m 4f 127y
• 2.40pm: The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 4f 56y
• 3.20pm: The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 7f 213y
• 4.00pm: The Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) – 2m 4f 127y
• 4.40pm: The Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap.) – 2m 7f 113y
• 5.20pm: The Rosconn Group Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase – 3m 2f

Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 13

• 1.20pm: The JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 179y
• 2.00pm: The William Hill County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) – 2m 179y
• 2.40pm: The Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase (Grade 2) – 2m 4f 127y
• 3.20pm: The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) – 2m 7f 213y
• 4.00pm: The Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1) – 3m 2f 70y
• 4.40pm: The Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase – 3m 2f 70y
• 5.20pm: The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle – 2m 4f 56y