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Cheltenham Festival day 4: Results, winners, race card and Gold Cup odds
On St Patrick’s Thursday at Prestbury Park, Heart Wood triumphed over Jonbon in the Ryanair Chase to give Henry de Bromhead his first winner of this year’s Festival.
33/1 shot Home By The Lee won the Stayers’ Hurdle at the fifth time of asking for Joseph O’Brien, while there was a first Cheltenham win for Jimmy Fyffe as favourite Supremely West triumphed in the Pertemps Network Hurdle final.
40/1 shot White Noise sprung a shock in the opening Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle before Meetmebythesea won the Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase, Wodhooh delivered in the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle and Ask Brewster brought home the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup.
When is Cheltenham Festival 2026?
The meeting runs for four days, beginning on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, and running until Friday, March 13.
There are seven races each day at Prestbury Park, with the first at 1.20pm GMT and the last at 5.20pm.
Cheltenham Festival 2026 race card and results
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Gold Cup Day (Friday, March 13)
14.00: County Handicap Hurdle
14.40: Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Steeple Chase
15.20: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
16.00: Cheltenham Gold Cup
16.40: Festival Hunters Chase
17.20: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
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Champion Day (Tuesday, March 10) results
13.20: Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
- Old Park Star 15/8f
- Sober Glory 9/2
- Mydaddypaddy 6/1
14.00: Arkle Novices’ Chase
- Kargese 7/1
- Kopek Des Bordes 11/8
- Lulamba 11/10f
14.40: Handicap Steeple Chase
- Saratoga 10/1
- Winston Junior 5/1
- Klycot 40/1
- Pourquoi Pas Papa 16/1
- Johnnywho 18/1
- Jagwar 3/1f
- Quebecois 10/1
- Blow Your Wad 14/1
- Lossiemouth 7/5f
- Brighterdaysahead 7/2
- The New Lion 3/1
16.40: Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
- Madara 3/1f
- Will The Wise 10/1
- Moon D’orange 25/1
- Downmexicoway 9/1
17.20: National Hunt Novices’ Chase
- Holloway Queen 12/1
- King Of Answers 22/1
- One Big Bang 11/1
- Union Station 28/1
Ladies’ Day (Wednesday, March 11) results
13.20: Turners Novices’ Hurdle
- King Rasko Grey 11/1
- Act Of Innocence 10/1
- Zeus Power 50/1
- Soldier Reeves 150/1
14.00: Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
- Kitzbuhel 11/1
- Final Demand 7/2
- Salver 25/1
- Oscars Brother 18/1
- Jingko Blue 9/2f
- Franciscan Rock 50/1
- Storm Heart 5/1
- Ballyadam 40/1
- Beckett Rock 33/1
15.20: Cross Country Steeple Chase
- Final Orders 7/1
- Favori De Champdou 2/1f
- Vanillier 13/2
16.00: Queen Mother Steeple Chase
- Il Etait Temps 5/2
- Libberty Hunter 50/1
- L’eau Du Sud 13/2
16.40: Grand Annual Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
- Martator 66/1
- Jazzy Matty 8/1
- Break My Soul 20/1
- Release The Beast 10/1
- The Mourne Rambler 15/2
- Mets Ta Ceinture 14/1
- Bass Hunter 8/1
St Patrick’s (Thursday, March 12) results
13.20: Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle
- White Noise 40/1
- Oldschool Outlaw 15/2
- Place De La Nation 28/1
14.00: Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
- Meetmebythesea 9/1
- Gold Dancer 25/1
- Regent’s Stroll 5/1
14.40: Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle
- Wodhooh 5/6f
- Jade de Grugy 2/1
- Feet Of A Dancer 8/1
15.20: Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle
- Home By The Lee 33/1
- Ballyburn 11/2
- Bob Olinger 13/2
- Heart Wood 9/2
- Jonbon 2/1f
- Banbridge 3/1
16.40: Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle
- Supremely West 10/3
- Lavida Adiva 22/1
- Ikarak 40/1
17.20: Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
- Ask Brewster 22/1
- Road To Home 9/1
- Monbeg Genius 18/1
Cheltenham Festival 2026 weather and going
Light rain is forecast throughout the day at Cheltenham on Friday, though the wind has calmed and there should be some sunny intervals.
However, it has turned much colder, with a highest temperature forecast of around eight degrees.
The going for Friday on the chase course is good to soft and soft in places, while it’s soft and good to soft in places on the hurdle course.
How to watch Cheltenham Festival 2026
TV channel: ITV1 will broadcast the first six races for FREE, with coverage beginning at 12.45pm every day and running until 5pm.
Preview show ‘The Opening Show’ will be broadcast on ITV4 from 9am to 10am every morning of the meet.
The only place to watch the Festival in its entirety is on Racing TV, which will broadcast all seven races on each day of the meeting. Build-up coverage starts at 12.45pm GMT every day and coverage concludes after the final race. Racing TV is a subscription-based channel available through Sky.
Live stream: TV viewers can watch the action for free via the ITVX website and app. Racing TV is available across Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and their own website and app.
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Cheltenham Gold Cup 2026 odds
(Odds via Betfair. Subject to change)
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