Ryanair Chase
16:00 Cheltenham Festival
2026-03-12
Winner: £211,012.5
Runners: 33
Going:
No. of hurdles: 17
Distance:
The Ryanair Chase is the feature race on day three of the Cheltenham Festival. It is a Grade 1 contest over 2m4f and is the championship contest for chasers whose optimum trip falls between that of the Champion Chase and Gold Cup. It has been won by stars such as Un De Sceaux, Vautour, Cue Card and Min in recent seasons. Check the Ryanair Chase runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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RYANAIR CHASE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Fact to File | 11-123 | 8 | 6/4F | Willie Mullins | Mark Walsh |
| 2024 | Potektorat | 5-4323 | 9 | 17-2 | Dan Skelton | Harry Skelton |
| 2023 | Envoi Allen | -317 | 9 | 13-2 | Henry de Bromhead | Rachael Blackmore |
| 2022 | Allaho | 112-11 | 8 | 4-7F | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2021 | Allaho | 13-641 | 7 | 3-1F | Willie Mullins | Rachael Blackmore |
| 2020 | Min | 512-12 | 9 | 2-1 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2019 | Frodon | 0-1211 | 7 | 9-2 | Paul NIcholls | Bryony Frost |
| 2018 | Balko Des Flos | 3-1232 | 7 | 8-1 | Henry de Bromhead | Davy Russell |
| 2017 | Un De Sceaux | 216-11 | 9 | 7-4F | Willie Mullins | Ruby Walsh |
| 2016 | Vautour | 211-12 | 7 | EvensF | Willie Mullins | Ruby Walsh |
| 2015 | Uxizandre | 1-418U | 7 | 16-1 | Alan King | Tony McCoy |
RYANAIR CHASE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- No more than four runs since October, 10/10
- Rated within 6lb of RPR top-rated, 10/10
- Top-two finish in at least one of last two starts, 10/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 171, 10/10
- No more than 12 runs over fences, 7/10
- Course winner, 8/10
Other factors
- Eight winners had recorded a top-four finish in a Grade 1 or 2 chase over 3m-plus.
- The first five winners (2005-2009) had either won or been placed in the Paddy Power Gold Cup or December Gold Cup. However, 2019 winner Frodon is the only one in the last ten years to have run in those races.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - RYANAIR CHASE 2026
Fact To File proved a class apart for Willie Mullins, Mark Walsh and JP McManus in the Ryanair Chase. A winner of the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase the previous year, Fact To File arrived with strong credentials and ran out an impressive winner by nine lengths. His main market rival Il Est Francais disappointed in sixth.