Cheltenham Festival Betting Odds

With a comprehensive array of Cheltenham 2026 Betting markets on offer, coupled with our great value odds, you’ll have everything you need at your fingertips to bet on Cheltenham with BetVictor Ireland. 

The Cheltenham Festival is an iconic National Hunt horse racing meeting that takes place annually at Cheltenham Racecourse, located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The four-day festival, which happens in March each year, has prize money that is only bettered by the Grand National.

The Cheltenham Festival hosts multiple Grade 1 races across the four days of the meeting, including the legendary Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, and the Stayers’ Hurdle.

At present, seven races take place on each of the four days of the festival, resulting in twenty-eight races in total. The Friday of the festival is the most popular because Friday is Gold Cup day, and the Gold Cup is the most illustrious race of the entire meeting.

The Cheltenham Festival is often considered a battle between the British and the Irish. Irish trainers, such as Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott, bring over their horses to compete at Cheltenham, and it’s been over a decade since a British trainer has had the most winners at the festival.

What are Cheltenham Festival Horse Racing betting markets?

With hundreds of millions of pounds wagered across the Cheltenham Festival, there are plenty of popular markets offering horse racing betting odds for the meeting. 

Cheltenham Gold Cup Outright Betting

The Gold Cup is, without doubt, the most popular betting market where the Cheltenham Festival is concerned. The Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place on the Friday of the meeting, and the reigning champion is Willie Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs. Galopin Des Champs is the current favourite to win the 2026 Gold Cup, but odds and runners are subject to change until entries are confirmed.

Champion Hurdle Outright Betting

The Champion Hurdle takes place on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, and it makes up the last leg of the iconic Triple Crown. It runs over two miles and a half a furlong and is open to horses ages four years and over. Constitution Hill went off as the odds-on favourite in the 2023 Champion Hurdle and won the race comfortably. And he will return to defend his crown in the Champion Hurdle at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, where he will once again go off as the odds-on favourite, as you’d expect.

Queen Mother Champion Chase Outright Betting

The Queen Mother Champion Chase is the feature race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. The Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase is the minimum-distance chase on the calendar, and for the last two years, it’s been won by Willie Mullins-trained Energumene. However, Energumene won’t be running in the Champion Chase at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival due to injury, with El Fabiolo the current favourite.

Cheltenham Festival Specials

You can bet on:

• To win any race at Cheltenham by 20 lengths or more
• Willie Mullins to train 9 winners or more
• No winning favourites

And so much more!

Horse racing is one of the most loved sports as far as betting is concerned. And at BetVictor, there are markets and odds for all meetings. For example, there are Grand National odds, with the meeting and the big race coming after the Cheltenham Festival. Flat racing is also covered at BetVictor, with Epsom Derby odds and Royal Ascot betting markets available. You can also bet on racing from abroad, with Kentucky Derby odds accessible.

We offer a betting market for every race at the Cheltenham Festival. You can do ante post betting, each way betting, and place straight bets. We also have our own bet builder so you can make custom picks - even for different sporting events! 

With so many betting options, you may be asking yourself what is the best bet to make on Cheltenham. Here's a short guide on the type of bets you can make.

Straight Bet

• Win – a bet on the horse you think will win outright
• Place – a bet on a horse to place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
• Each-way – a bet on a horse to come first and a bet of the same amount for the horse to place.

Exotic Bet

• Forecast – pick the first 2 to finish in the exact order you think they’ll finish.
• Reverse Forecast – bet on two horses to come 1st or 2nd, in no particular order.

BetVictor has a long tradition with Horse Racing Betting, and for a prestigious event like the Cheltenham Festival, you want to go with the best. You can find all the betting markets and competitive odds you are looking for when you bet on Cheltenham 2026 on the BetVictor Ireland Sportsbook.

One of the perks of our Cheltenham Festival Betting offering at BetVictor is our Horse Racing Calculator. This helps you work out your potential winnings when you place a bet on any race at Cheltenham. It is straightforward to use and calculates potential returns for all types of bets, including singles, accumulators, Lucky 15s, 31s and 63s.

With 28 races spread out over four days, The Cheltenham Festival hosts 14 Grade 1 races over its four days, including the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Stayers' Hurdle, and the Arkle Challenge Trophy. The top race at Cheltenham is the Cheltenham Gold Cup. 

Held on the fourth day of the Festival each year, appropriately on Gold Cup Day, the Cheltenham Gold Cup is only rivalled by the Grand National in popularity. The race is run as a steeplechase with 22 jumps over three miles, two furlongs and 70 yards. It’s one of the most exciting jump races in the world and the one everyone wants to win. 

The Gold Cup is a race not to be missed, and you’ll find all you need to make the most of it with BetVictor and our wide variety of Horse Racing Betting markets – all with the latest Cheltenham 2026 Odds.