NewsHeart Wood won the 2026 Ryanair Chase after finishing 2nd beaten 9 lengths last year. Henry de Bromhead now has three Ryanair winners since 2018 — and a Cheltenham Festival record that deserves more attention.
NewsIl Etait Temps won the Queen Mother Champion Chase 53 days after falling as 2/5 favourite at Ascot. He'd run at Cheltenham three times before without winning. The odds-on curse struck again.
NewsLossiemouth's Champion Hurdle romp means mares have won 6 of the last 11 renewals. We pulled the SmartForm data to see just how dramatically the race has changed.
NewsChampion jockey Sean Bowen has ridden 1,252 career winners but none from 52 Cheltenham Festival rides. We dug into the data.
NewsMarine Nationale is out of the Champion Chase. Majborough is now 8/11 favourite. But the data says short-priced favourites in this race have a horrible record.