The Cheltenham Festival gets underway today and you can keep up-to-date with all the runners and riders with a number of live streams available.

If you are unlucky enough to be stuck in the office for the 2011 Cheltenham Festival then the bookies are making sure that you don’t have to miss a beat of the action and there are plenty of ways to watch the meeting live streaming from your desktop.

Channel 4 and Racing UK will have coverage from the meeting live on TV but if you don’t have access to either then it isn’t the end of the world and you don’t have to miss any of the races.

Paddy Power will be streaming all the racing from Prestbury Park live online and the Irish firm are happy to let you sign up and watch every contest at the four-day showpiece.

Similarly, Boylesports will have all the action live online and they will allow you to watch every race from Cheltenham live for a minimum bet of just £0.10.

Meanwhile, iPhone users will be able to watch this week's Cheltenham Festival live on their mobile phones thanks to a new streaming service launched by Ladbrokes and Racing UK.

Ladbrokes are the first firm to launch the service this week and will be the only bookmaker streaming live racing at the meeting.

For as little as a £1 bet on their iPhone, customers can then select streaming of the race and enjoy the action from the comfort of the office or armchair.