The 2020 Magners Gold Cup will take place as planned after the UK's big sporting events were allowed to continue as normal over coronavirus.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a statement to the nation earlier, covering various topics relating to the coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases hit 460.
But despite the biggest daily rise so far, the PM stressed cancelling events would have 'little effect' in stopping the spread of COVID-19.
However, he did not rule it out in the future- and the Grand National is 2/9 with the bookmakers not to go ahead.
One of the owners of Tiger Roll, the winner for the last two years, suggested the race could be held with no crowd .
"We are not saying no to that sort of measure (cancelling sporting events), of course not," Mr Johnson said.
"We will keep it up our sleeve but it's very, very important, in order to maximize the benefit of interventions that we get the timing right."
Mr Johnson addressed many issues in the speech, following an emergency COBRA meeting at Downing Street.
"At all stages we have been guided by the science," he added.
"We will do the right thing at the right time."
It is estimated up to 10,000 people in the UK are infected with coronavirus, which affects the respiratory system, causes a fever and a cough.
Extra measures to improve public hygiene were brought in by racecourse chiefs before the start of Cheltenham, which began on Tuesday.
One racegoer was pictured wearing a decorative coronavirus mask to Ladies Day.
There are four cases of the bug in Gloucestershire currently.
In Ireland, racing will take place behind closed doors until March 29.
This follows a ban on attending race meetings in countries including France, Hong Kong, Japan and Dubai.
Brian Kavanagh, chief executive of HRI, said it was important that the sport 'acts responsibly' to put certain restrictions in place.
