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Cheltenham Festival Trends and Stats

Every race at the Cheltenham Festival, with up to ten years of results, the trends they suggest, and whether those trends stand up.

Dates
Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March 2027
Races
28 over four days

Updated 8 November 2026

A trend tells you what has happened, not why. For every race we set out the recent winners and the patterns in them, then question the ones that matter: when they held, when they broke, and whether they should count this year.

The races, day by day

Each race’s trends will appear here as they’re published.

  1. Day 1, Tuesday 16 March: Champion Day

    1. Supreme Novices’ HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    2. Arkle Challenge TrophyGrade 1Coming soon
    3. Juvenile Handicap HurdlePremier HandicapComing soon
    4. Ultima Handicap ChasePremier HandicapComing soon
    5. Champion HurdleGrade 1Feature raceComing soon
    6. Plate Handicap ChasePremier HandicapComing soon
    7. National Hunt ChaseComing soon

  2. Day 2, Wednesday 17 March: Style Wednesday

    1. Turners Novices’ HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    2. Brown Advisory Novices’ ChaseGrade 1Coming soon
    3. Handicap HurdlePremier HandicapComing soon
    4. Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap ChaseComing soon
    5. Queen Mother Champion ChaseGrade 1Feature raceComing soon
    6. Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap ChasePremier HandicapComing soon
    7. Weatherbys Champion BumperGrade 1Coming soon

  3. Day 3, Thursday 18 March: St Patrick’s Thursday

    1. Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ HurdleGrade 2Coming soon
    2. Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap ChaseGrade 2Coming soon
    3. Close Brothers Mares’ HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    4. Stayers’ HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    5. Ryanair ChaseGrade 1Feature raceComing soon
    6. Pertemps Network Final Handicap HurdlePremier HandicapComing soon
    7. Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap ChaseAmateur ridersComing soon

  4. Day 4, Friday 19 March: Gold Cup Day

    1. JCB Triumph HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    2. County Handicap HurdlePremier HandicapComing soon
    3. Mares’ ChaseGrade 2Coming soon
    4. Albert Bartlett Novices’ HurdleGrade 1Coming soon
    5. Boodles Cheltenham Gold CupGrade 1Feature raceComing soon
    6. Festival Hunters’ ChaseComing soon
    7. Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap HurdleComing soon

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