- Cheltenham Festival Day 1
- Cheltenham Festival Day 2
- Cheltenham Festival Day 3
- Cheltenham Festival Day 4
- All Day 1 Races - Tue 10 Mar
- 13:20 Supreme Novices' Hurdle
- 14:00 Arkle Trophy
- 14:40 Fred Winter
- 15:20 Ultima Handicap Chase
- 16:00 Champion Hurdle
- 16:40 Festival Plate
- 17:20 National Hunt Chase
- All Day 2 Races - Wed 11 Mar
- 13:20 Turners Novices' Hurdle
- 14:00 Brown Advisory
- 14:40 BetMGM Cup
- 15:20 Cross Country Chase
- 16:00 Champion Chase
- 16:40 Grand Annual Chase
- 17:20 Champion Bumper
Cheltenham Tips
Our Cheltenham tips hub brings together all of our expert selections for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival as the biggest week of the National Hunt season approaches. With the four-day meeting at Prestbury Park now just hours away and final fields beginning to take shape, the betting markets are starting to move and the strongest Festival fancies are emerging. Read More
Leading racing voice @RoadCheltenham, who has more than 50,000 followers on X, will be sharing his big-race selections across the week, while our tipping team will also be highlighting their best bets for the major contests including the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup and the other headline races across the Festival programme.
This page brings together our full Cheltenham tips coverage for every race at the meeting, along with ante-post selections and the latest market moves as Festival week approaches. You can also find links to the latest Cheltenham free bets available from leading betting sites.
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@RoadCheltenham's Cheltenham Day One Tips
Our resident Cheltenham expert @RoadCheltenham, who has more than 50,000 followers on X, has shared his selections for the opening day of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. In this preview he runs through the key races on Tuesday at Prestbury Park and highlights his best Cheltenham Day 1 tips as the Festival gets underway.
Leader D'Allier (EW)
Kopek Des Bordes
Winston Junior
Jagwar
Workahead (EW)
Down Memory Lane (EW)
Backmersackme
Cheltenham Festival 2026 Race Previews
Billy Grimshaw’s Cheltenham Festival coverage is building momentum ahead of the 2026 meeting, with detailed race-by-race previews of the championship contests and major handicaps alongside daily tipping guides for each day of the Festival. Explore the latest analysis and selections below as the action at Prestbury Park approaches.
Cheltenham Festival Race Focus
If you are looking for race-specific Cheltenham tips, our Festival coverage breaks the meeting down race by race, with up-to-date race pictures, key trends and ante-post insight for all the major contests across the week. Each page is updated regularly as plans firm up, helping you track how the betting shape of the Festival is developing without forcing early selections.
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How To Read The Cheltenham Tips
Our Cheltenham tips could not be simpler to read, understand and back. We display the name of our expert tipster clearly above all their tips, so you can decide which of our team you wish to support at the 2026 Festival (or support them all) as well as at all other Prestbury Park meetings!
Underneath the names we list the races they have backed horses in as well as the name of the horse below. Watch out for if the tip has EW next to it, that means our expert recommends an each-way bet on the horse.
Our odds are displayed via a best odds function, showing you the biggest price that any of our betting site partners are offering on the tip, We display our odds in fractions, as is tradition in horse racing. With fractional odds, you receive the first number as your winnings and the second number as your stake is returned.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cheltenham Festival Tips
Who provides your Cheltenham Tips?
We not only have tips from our in-house writer Billy Grimshaw, but we will also have a multitude of tips available in our Naps table during the Cheltenham Festival, which sees a host of racing writers pick out their best bets of the day. We also have Twitter tipping sensation RaceOlly providing daily tips on HorseRacing.net, while in the week of the Festival he will provide write-ups to support his selections.
We are delighted in the 2025/26 season that @RoadCheltenham will remain in our stable of writers and he will be providing his thoughts and through the card tips each day of the Cheltenham Festival.
When do you upload your Tips for the Festival?
In the days leading up to the Cheltenham Festival, we will have a host of tips focusing on all the major races, and once the final declarations are in then our tipsters will scour the form to try and point you in the right direction of a winner.
Are your Cheltenham Tips Free?
Yes, our Cheltenham tips are absolutely free! So, you won't need to part with any cash to see an array of tips for the festival, so make sure you bookmark this page for the four-day National Hunt showpiece.
What are the big races to bet on during the Cheltenham Festival?
There are some huge races during the Cheltenham Festival that punters can enjoy a bet on, but the main event of the four days is the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which takes place on the fourth and final day of the meeting. The marquee event of the extravaganza, the Cheltenham Gold Cup will see the best-staying chasers take their chance, and it's certainly a popular betting heat for punters.
Other big races to bet on include the Champion Hurdle on day one, the Champion Chase on day two and the Stayers' Hurdle on day three, while throughout the week there's a whole host of tough handicap hurdles and chases to bet on.