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A brand new race will be run on Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival in 2021, as a field of classy mares takes part in the inaugural Mares' Chase.
The introduction of this Grade Two has been met with great positivity from the horse racing world, and staging the Mares' Chase on the fourth and final day of this prestigious meeting will help thrust the race into the Gold Cup spotlight.
2025 Mares' Chase Tips, Odds and News
A brand new race will be run on Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival in 2021, as a field of classy mares takes part in the inaugural Mares' Chase.
The introduction of this Grade Two has been met with great positivity from the horse racing world, and staging the Mares' Chase on the fourth and final day of this prestigious meeting will help thrust the race into the Gold Cup spotlight.
Mares' Chase Key Facts
Date | Friday 13th March, 2026 |
Time | 2:40pm |
Course | Cheltenham Festival |
Status | Grade Two |
Distance | 2m 4f |
Prize Pool | Unknown |
Age | 5YO+ |
Sex | Mares' Only |
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Mares' Chase Tips
Our guide to the Mares' Chase will be published in the weeks leading up to the Cheltenham Festival.
Mares' Chase Result
Position | Name | SP |
---|---|---|
1st | Dinoblue | 6/4f |
2nd | Brides Hill | 9/2 |
3rd | Shecouldbeanything | 12/1 |
Mares' Chase Day Card
Cheltenham Day 4 Card
Time | Friday Races (Day 4) | Status | Distance |
13:20 | Triumph Hurdle | Grade One | 2m |
14:00 | County Hurdle | Grade Three Handicap | 2m |
14:40 | Mares' Chase | Grade Two | 2m 4f |
15:20 | Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle | Grade One | 3m |
16:00 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Grade One | 3m 2f |
16:40 | St James's Place Hunter Chase | Class Two | 3m 2f |
17:20 | Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle | Class Two Handicap | 2m 4f |
Mares' Chase History
Organisers at the Cheltenham Festival announced in 2020 that a Grade Two Mares' Chase would be introduced to the Festival schedule the following year.
After weeks of deliberation, it was decided that the Northern Trust Novices' Handicap Chase, run on day one, would be the race to make way for the Mares' Chase.
A reshuffle to the race schedule followed, with the Boodles Juveniles Handicap Hurdle moving to day one, and the Grand Annual being pushed back to day two, in order to run in Mares's Chase in the penultimate slot on Gold Cup day.
Bookmakers Paddy Power was revealed as the main sponsor behind the race, which will be titled the Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase.
Willie Mullins will have been delighted when news of a Mares' Chase at Cheltenham reached his ears. Ireland's Champion Trainer has dominated in the other two mares events at the Festival, winning nine of the 13 editions of the Mares' Hurdle, and all five runnings of the Mares' Novices' Hurdle. He will already have a couple of his best mares earmarked for a run in the first-ever Mares' Chase.
As expected, Mullins saddled a 1-2 in the inaugural Mares' Chase, as Colreevy defeated favourite Elimay by a neck. 12 months later, Elimay went one better, defeating Pink Legend and Scarlet And Dove to hand Willie Mullins a second-straight victory.
After weeks of deliberation, it was decided that the Northern Trust Novices' Handicap Chase, run on day one, would be the race to make way for the Mares' Chase.
A reshuffle to the race schedule followed, with the Boodles Juveniles Handicap Hurdle moving to day one, and the Grand Annual being pushed back to day two, in order to run in Mares's Chase in the penultimate slot on Gold Cup day.
Bookmakers Paddy Power was revealed as the main sponsor behind the race, which will be titled the Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase.
Willie Mullins will have been delighted when news of a Mares' Chase at Cheltenham reached his ears. Ireland's Champion Trainer has dominated in the other two mares events at the Festival, winning nine of the 13 editions of the Mares' Hurdle, and all five runnings of the Mares' Novices' Hurdle. He will already have a couple of his best mares earmarked for a run in the first-ever Mares' Chase.
As expected, Mullins saddled a 1-2 in the inaugural Mares' Chase, as Colreevy defeated favourite Elimay by a neck. 12 months later, Elimay went one better, defeating Pink Legend and Scarlet And Dove to hand Willie Mullins a second-straight victory.
Mares' Chase Winners
Year | Winner |
---|---|
2025 | Dinoblue |
2024 | Limerick Lace |
2023 | Impervious |
2022 | Elimay |
2021 | Colreevy |