Festival Plate Handicap Chase Odds

The Cheltenham Festival is full of handicap races which take place across the week, and one of the premier handicap steeplechase races to take place on the penultimate day of racing is the Festival Plate Handicap Chase.

Contested after the feature race on day three of the festival, this race is a stepping stone race for handicappers looking to add a key win to their stats.

Here at BetUK, you can find all the latest odds for Cheltenham betting, including this Festival Plate and the Stayer Hurdle, which is also run earlier in the day.

About the Festival Plate Handicap

The Festival Plate Handicap Chase is a premier national hunt steeplechase which takes place on day three of the Cheltenham Festival. Formerly classed a Grade 3 race, it was awarded Premier Handicap status in 2022 by the British Horse Racing Authority and is now a valuable handicap chase for trainers to win.

First contested in 1951, although a month late due to a waterlogged track, it was originally called the Flete Challenge Cup. However, the race is now a key fixture within the Cheltenham calendar and is run on the new course over the larger fence obstacles. Raced over a distance of two miles and four furlongs, horses will jump 17 fences as they take in almost two laps of the course.

Open to horses aged five and over, the race is a handicap chase which means horses will compete at various weights which are determined by the handicapper. These weights can vary between 10st 2lb and up to 12st, which can make the race difficult depending on the weather conditions, which can often make the ground heavier and trickier for higher-weight horses.

Festival Plate Betting Tips

As part of our complete range of BetUK Cheltenham Festival Tips, we offer Festival Plate Handicap betting tips ahead of the race. We also offer tips for all of the races on day three of the Cheltenham Festival and beyond. These tips include stats and insight on who could win the race and which horse could finish in the runner-up positions, so we’ll have all punters covered in all of the betting markets.

Festival Plate Handicap Chase Betting Odds

Here at BetUK, we offer some of the latest Festival Plate Handicap Chase odds, which means we’ll have all of the ante-post odds and the newest options in the build-up to the race itself. Whether you’re waiting until just before the off or you’d like to place your bets nice, and early, we have outright winner markets, each-way and forecast bets on this main event at the Cheltenham Festival.