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TrustATrader Festival Plate Handicap
16:40 Cheltenham Festival
2026-03-10
Winner: £84,405
Runners: 66
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 16
Distance:
The Sun Racing Festival Plate is a handicap chase over 2m4.5f which, as of 2026, takes place on day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Previously the TrustATrader Festival Plate, It is often the springboard to bigger success and in recent years Road To Respect and The Storyteller have won the Plate before going on to strike at Grade 1 level. Check the Festival Plate Handicap runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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61(0)
0719P2
Embittered
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T: Syd Hosie
12
10-3
130
155
24(0)
1-51U3
Aspire Tower
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T: Jennie Candlish
10
11-1
142
154
13(0)
/1P-7P
Jungle Boogie
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T: Venetia Williams
12
11-7
148
145
43(0)
63623/
Funambule Sivola
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T: Venetia Williams
11
10-9
136
28(0)
74F-21
Guard Your Dreams
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T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
10
11-0
141
158
65(0)
11-P34
Yes Indeed
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T: Martin Keighley
9
9-10
123
161
33(0)
8-529U
Martator
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T: Venetia Williams
9
10-12
139
160
58(0)
0341PP
Glengouly
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T: Faye Bramley
10
10-4
131
159
59(0)
P-F03P
Grandeur d'Ame
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T: Alan King
10
10-4
131
163
NR(0)
2F-U43
Libberty Hunter
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T: Evan Williams
10
11-10
151
162
44(0)
83-097
Midnight It Is
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T: Gavin Cromwell
10
10-8
135
163
36(0)
7-2872
Il Ridoto
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T: Paul Nicholls
9
10-11
138
161
23(0)
49-739
American Mike
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T: Olly Murphy
9
11-1
142
159
45(0)
8P-022
Hgranca De Thaix
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T: Barry Connell
9
10-8
135
149
NR(0)
7-1753
Teddy Blue
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T: Harry Derham
8
10-6
133
159
12(0)
-51132
Rubaud
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T: Paul Nicholls
8
11-7
148
156
14(0)
-44380
Boombawn
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T: Dan Skelton
9
11-6
147
166
62(0)
9-1965
Petit Tonnerre
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T: Jonjo & A J O'Neill
8
10-3
130
161
27(0)
0-2050
O'Moore Park
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T: W P Mullins
9
11-0
141
157
17(0)
3-3311
Lookaway
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T: Neil King
9
11-5
146
155
38(0)
196049
Riskintheground
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T: Dan Skelton
9
10-10
137
159
10(0)
0-4742Sa Fureur
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T: Gordon Elliott
9
11-8
149
156
3(0)
-24725
Master Chewy
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T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
9
11-13
154
163
57(0)
230P-2
Western Zephyr
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T: Mickey Bowen
9
10-5
132
159
11(0)
P-11UP
Twinjets
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T: Paul Nicholls
9
11-7
148
157
21(0)
5-3732
Blow Your Wad
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T: Gary & Josh Moore
8
11-3
144
164
63(0)
24-211
Alien Storm
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T: Charlie Longsdon
8
10-1
128
158
20(0)
1131P6
King Of Kingsfield
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T: Gordon Elliott
8
11-3
144
157
32(0)
/133-F
Peaky Boy
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T: Jonjo & A J O'Neill
8
10-12
139
79
55(0)
226176Ballybawn Belter
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T: Liz Doyle
8
10-5
132
160
46(0)
26U-1U
Ryan's Rocket
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T: Fergal O'Brien
8
10-7
134
159
60(0)
P-3356
Hoe Joly Smoke
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T: Dan Skelton
8
10-3
130
160
8(0)
7-3330Croke Park
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T: Gordon Elliott
8
11-9
150
157
42(0)
1-3221
Donnacha
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T: Nigel Hawke
8
10-9
136
163
30(0)
842-52
Madara
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T: Dan Skelton
7
10-13
140
157
9(0)
0-1231
No Questions Asked
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T: Ben Pauling
8
11-8
149
157
15(0)
22-2B2
Slade Steel
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T: Henry De Bromhead
8
11-5
146
156
39(0)
59-1F7
Uncle Bert
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T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
9
10-10
137
162
49(0)
0P-314
Jipcot
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T: Jonjo & A J O'Neill
7
10-6
133
162
66(0)
-P6433
Joker De Mai
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T: Clive Boultbee-Brooks
7
9-9
122
164
6(0)
324-01Down Memory Lane
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T: Gordon Elliott
8
11-11
152
158
64(0)
005670
Moon d'Orange
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T: John C McConnell
8
9-12
125
168
25(0)
2-2215
Vincenzo
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T: Sam Thomas
8
11-1
142
159
5(0)
311-32Jagwar
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T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
7
11-11
152
164
53(0)
1-0396
Theatre Native
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T: Henry De Bromhead
8
10-6
133
158
54(0)
11262P
Josh The Boss
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T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
7
10-5
132
162
26(0)
-2P512
The Doyen Chief
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T: Alan King
9
11-1
142
157
31(0)
231-15
Booster Bob
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T: Olly Murphy
8
10-13
140
157
18(0)
P01213
Downmexicoway
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T: Henry De Bromhead
7
11-4
145
157
52(0)
U47F06
Where's My Jet
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T: W P Mullins
7
10-6
133
154
41(0)
F51254Relieved Of Duties
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T: Gordon Elliott
7
10-9
136
161
35(0)
1-2422
Quebecois
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T: Paul Nicholls
7
10-12
139
158
2(0)
40-1U4
Dee Capo
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T: Gordon Elliott
7
11-13
154
153
51(0)
0-4374McLaurey
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T: Emmet Mullins
7
10-6
133
156
19(0)
2P-382Bioluminescence
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T: Gavin Cromwell
8
11-3
144
154
40(0)
7-4363Waterford Whispers
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T: Henry De Bromhead
8
10-10
137
153
29(0)
6-3143The Enabler
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T: Gordon Elliott
7
10-13
140
163
37(0)
5-5111
Jour d'Evasion
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T: Henry Daly
7
10-10
137
156
1(0)
1P-243
Handstands
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T: Ben Pauling
7
12-0
155
161
56(0)
-00542
Beckett Rock
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T: Henry De Bromhead
7
10-5
132
158
48(0)
-32530Patter Merchant
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T: Gordon Elliott
7
10-7
134
158
34(0)
-22140
Will The Wise
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T: Gavin Cromwell
7
10-12
139
152
4(0)
231211Jacob's Ladder
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T: Gordon Elliott
7
11-12
153
154
16(0)
562415
Blaze The Way
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T: Ms Margaret Mullins
8
11-5
146
156
22(0)
7-1113
Mambonumberfive
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T: Ben Pauling
5
11-3
146
158
47(0)
30-113
Zurich
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T: Henry De Bromhead
7
10-7
134
156
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Sun Racing Festival Plate Handicap PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Jagwar | 5-1131 | 6 | 3/1F | Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero | Jonjo O’Neill Jr |
| 2024 | Shakem Up’arry | 34-P61 | 10 | 8-1 | Ben Pauling | Ben Jones |
| 2023 | Seddon | 2311 | 10 | 20-1 | John C McConnell | Ben Harvey (5) |
| 2022 | Coole Cody | 2F187 | 11 | 22-1 | Evan Williams | Adam Wedge |
| 2021 | The Shunter | 114131 | 8 | 9-4F | Emmet Mullins | J Gainford |
| 2020 | Simply The Betts | 4-1121 | 7 | 100-30F | Harry Whittington | Gavin Sheehan |
| 2019 | Siruh Du Lac | 13-111 | 6 | 9-2 | Nick Williams | Lizzie Kelly |
| 2018 | The Storyteller | 1-2137 | 7 | 5-1F | Gordon Elliott | Davy Russell |
| 2017 | Road To Respect | 14322 | 6 | 14-1 | Noel Meade | Bryan Cooper |
| 2016 | Empire Of Dirt | F-F2P1 | 9 | 16-1 | Colm Murphy | Bryan Cooper |
| 2015 | Darna | F7/157 | 9 | 33-1 | Kim Bailey | David Bass |
Sun Racing Festival Plate Handicap KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Won between 2m3f and 2m5f, 10/10
- Won a Class 3 or higher, 8/10
- Officially rated 140 to 145, 7/10
- No more than 11 runs over fences, 7/10
- Carried no more than 10st 13lb, 6/10
Other factors
- Only three of the last ten winners placed in one of the big 2m4f-2m5f handicaps at Cheltenham that season (Siruh Du Lac, Coole Cody and Shakem Up’arry).
- Irish trainers have won five of the last ten runnings (their last winner before then was Doubleuagain in 1982).
- Seven winners scored last time out but two of the other three failed to place.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - FESTIVAL PLATE 2025
Jagwar justified 3-1 favouritism for joint-trainers Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero. The JP McManus-owned chaser had been campaigned all season with this race in mind and won going away by two and three-quarter lengths. The first four home carried no more than 11st 1lb.