Editorial team
Our editorial desk compiles racecards, results, form and market data from cited sources and writes evidence-led analysis. Named contributors will be listed with their full track record as they join. We never delete losing tips.
Trainer profile4 min
The record of the most successful trainer in Festival history — the totals, the eight-year run of leading-trainer titles, the 2026 winners, and his championship-race wins from our verified tables.
Analysis5 min
The three-mile hurdling championship — 2m 7f 213y on the New Course on St Patrick's Thursday — with a ten-year winners table, the counts computed from it, a single-source SP caveat, and the 2027 picture.
Analysis5 min
The two-mile chasing championship — 1m 7f 199y on the Old Course on Ladies Day — with a verified ten-year winners table, the counts computed from it, and the 2027 picture.
Explainer4 min
The Ireland-versus-Britain scoreboard that runs through Festival week — how it is counted, the 2022–2026 results, the 2026 last-race arithmetic, and the reasons for Irish dominance that our data can actually support.
Jockey profile4 min
The record of Willie Mullins' stable jockey — the totals, the five Gold Cups with years and prices, the 2022–2026 run of leading-jockey titles, the 2026 winners and his championship wins from our verified tables.
Betting guide7 min
The standard place-terms scale, the Festival races where bookmakers add places, worked examples with every step of the sum shown, when each-way is and is not sensible, and the Rule 4 deduction table.
Analysis6 min
The blue riband of jump racing — 3m 2f 70y on the New Course — with a verified ten-year winners table, the trends we can actually compute from it, and the 2027 picture as it stands.
Explainer5 min
The official going scale, what combined descriptions like "Soft, Heavy in places" mean, how the Old and New Courses differ, why March at Cheltenham is more often soft than not, and a checklist for reading going changes in Festival week.
Explainer6 min
From ante-post to the Cheltenham roar — the racing and betting vocabulary you will meet on this site and in Festival coverage, defined in one or two plain sentences each.
Beginner's guide4 min
A beginner's reference for reading a Cheltenham price — fractional and decimal odds, a conversion table, what the overround is and how to calculate it, SP, Best Odds Guaranteed, favourite notation, and what steamers and drifters are.
Festival guide9 min
The four days, the 28-race programme, the four championship races and the 2025 rule changes that still apply — every fact traced to a source, and every gap labelled.
Race report6 min
The verified results of the 2026 Festival, the Mullins and Townend titles, the three big-priced shocks and the last-race arithmetic that decided the Prestbury Cup.
Analysis5 min
The two-mile hurdling championship — 2m 87y on the Old Course on Champion Day — with a verified ten-year winners table, the favourite and trainer counts computed from it, and the 2027 context.
Betting guide6 min
What an ante-post bet is, what happens to your stake when the horse does not run, the September-to-March timeline, the arithmetic of non-runner risk, and a checklist to run before you commit months in advance.