Cheltenham Festival 2026 full race results: Every winner from Champion Hurdle to Gold Cup this year

Mar 11, 2026 - 09:00

The 2026 Cheltenham Festival is here and that means we’re set for four full days of incredible horse racing action.

It is sure to be a brilliant week as the best of the best compete for glory at one of the greatest sporting events of the year.

Horse racing at Cheltenham Festival — There will be 24 race winners at the Cheltenham Festival across four days

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We won’t be seeing Constitution Hill, but Lossiemouth, Fact To File and Gaelic Warrior are just some of the star names in action.

Once again, the Gold Cup will be the showpiece on the final day, while the Champion Hurdle, won by Lossiemouth on Tuesday, Queen Mother Chase, Ryanair Chase and Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle are the other big-money races.

Here, we’ll bring you a full rundown of every winner at Cheltenham this week…

Cheltenham Festival 2026: Full schedule and race results

Champion Day – Tuesday, March 10

1.20pm: The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle

1 Old Park Star (N de Boinville) 15-8 Fav
2 Sober Glory (Ben Jones) 9-2
3 Mydaddypaddy (Harry Skelton) 6-1

2.00pm: The Singer Arkle Novices’ Chase

1 Kargese (Danny Mullins) 7-1
2 Kopek Des Bordes (Paul Townend) 11-8
3 Lulamba (N de Boinville) 11-10 Fav

2.40pm: The Hallgarten and Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle

1 Saratoga (Mark Walsh) 10-1
2 Winston Junior (Jack Kennedy) 5-1
3 Klycot (Harry Bannister) 40-1

3.20pm: The Ultima Handicap Chase

1 Johnnywho (R P McLernon) 18-1
2 Jagwar (Mark Walsh) 3-1 Fav
3 Quebecois (H Cobden) 10-1

4.00pm The Unibet Champion Hurdle

1 Lossiemouth (Paul Townend) 7-5 Fav
2 Brighterdaysahead (Jack Kennedy) 7-2
3 The New Lion (Harry Skelton) 3-1

4.40pm The TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase

1 Madara (Harry Skelton) 4-1
2 Will The Wise (Keith Donoghue) 12-1
3 Moon D’Orange (Callum Pritchard) 25/1

5.20pm: The Princess Royal National Hunt Novices’ Handicap Chase

1 Holloway Queen (James Bowen) 12-1
2 King of Answers (Derek Fox) 22/1
3 One Big Bang (Alex Chadwick) 11-1

Ladies Day – Wednesday, March 11

1.20pm: The Turners Novices’ Hurdle
2.00pm: The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
2.40pm: The Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle
3.20pm: The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase
4.00pm: The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase
4.40pm: The Debenhams Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase
5.20pm: The Weatherbys Champion Bumper

St Patrick’s Thursday – Thursday, March 12

1.20pm: The Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle
2.00pm: The Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase
2.40pm: The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle
3.20pm: The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle
4.00pm: The Ryanair Chase
4.40pm: The Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle
5.20pm: The Rosconn Group Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase

Gold Cup Day – Friday, March 13

1.20pm: The JCB Triumph Hurdle
2.00pm: The William Hill County Handicap Hurdle
2.40pm: The Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase
3.20pm: The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
4.00pm: The Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup
4.40pm: The Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase
5.20pm: The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle

Cheltenham Racecourse. — Four exciting days of racing will begin on Tuesday

Cheltenham Festival 2026: talkSPORT coverage

talkSPORT has live coverage of all the action from Cheltenham.

Commentary of every race will come from Lee McKenzie, Emmet Kennedy and Tony McCormick on talkSPORT 2, with coverage of the first five races of each day also available to talkSPORT.

A preview show at 10am each day will also be available to tune in to with Rupert Bell and Lizzie Kelly on talkSPORT.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. Listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with race-by-race updates and reaction in our dedicated Cheltenham live blog.

If you want to watch the action on TV, you can tune in to watch free-to-air coverage on ITV.