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

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

The Cheltenham Roar heard coming around the bend

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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.

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