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2025 Plate Handicap Chase Handicap Chase Tips, Odds and News

Following the Stayers' Hurdle on day three at the Cheltenham Festival is the Festival Plate Handicap Chase. This two-and-a-half-mile handicap chase was created back in 1951, and has been won by many great chasers during its 60-year history.

This race was known as the Brown Advisory Plate for a number of years. In 2021, Brown Advisory moved their sponsorship to the Grade One Novices' Chase on day two, with Paddy Power taking over sponsorship of the Plate.

Plate Handicap Chase Handicap Chase Key Facts

Date Thursday 12th March, 2026
Time 4:40pm
Course Cheltenham Festival
Status Grade Three Handicap
Distance 2m 4f
Prize Pool £110k
Age 5YO+

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Plate Handicap Chase Handicap Chase Tips

Our guide to the Plate Handicap Chase will be published when the entries and weights have been announced.

Plate Handicap Chase Handicap Chase Result

Position
Name
SP
1st Jagwar 3/1f
2nd Thecompanysergeant 4/1
3rd Masaccio 11/1
4th Mars Harper 100/1
5th Jordans 9/1

Plate Handicap Chase Day Card

Cheltenham Day 3 Card

TimeThursday RacesStatusDistance
13:20Mares Novices' HurdleGrade Two2m 1f
14:00Jack Richards Novices' Handicap ChaseGrade Two Handicap2m 4f
14:40Pertemps FinalListed Handicap3m
15:20Ryanair ChaseGrade One2m 4f
16:00Stayers' HurdleGrade One3m
16:40Paddy Power PlateGrade Three Handicap2m 4f
17:20Kim Muir Challenge CupClass Two Handicap3m 2f

Plate Handicap Chase History

This two-and-a-half mile handicap chase is one of the most prestigious Handicap races during the Cheltenham Festival. 

First run back at the 1951 meeting, the race was initially named in memory of the 2nd Baron Mildmay of Flete, who rode three winners at the Cheltenham Festival as an amateur.

The Mildmay of Flete Challenge Cup has had many different sponsors down the years, including the Racing Post and the Byrne Group. In 2015, Brown Advisory and Merriebelle Stable took over sponsorship. 

Fred Winter rode the first winner of the Paddy Power Plate in 1951. Winter went on to ride the winner twice more during his career, and remains the winning-most jockey with his tally of two.

Three trainers have saddled the Paddy Power Plate winner four times. First to do so was Bobby Renton, who's winners came between 1954 and 1968.

Martin Pipe won the race for the first time when Terao scored in 1997. The last of his four wins came six years later, when Blowing Wind won. Pipe's son, David pipe has also won this handicap three times.

Nicky Henderson trained the first two-time winner of the Paddy Power Plate, 1985 and '86 winner The Tsarevich. Henderson has trained two further winners, Liberthine and Non So in 2005 and '06.

Venetia Williams has saddle the winner of this handicap three times, with the last of her victories coming with Carrickboy in 2013.

Irish trainers secured a hat-trick of wins between 2016 and '18. Colm Murphy's Empire Of Dirt, Noel Meade's Road To Respect and The Storyteller for Gordon Elliott.

Nick Williams celebrated his first Cheltenham Festival winner when Siruh Du Lac won the Paddy Power Plate under Lizzie Kelly in 2019.

The following season, Harry Whittington secured his first Festival winner, as Simply The Betts won the 2020 Paddy Power Plate. Another favourite came good in 2021, as The Shunter landed connections the £100k bonus by winning the Plate.

Plate Handicap Chase Winners

Year
Winner
2025 Jagwar
2024 Shakem Up'Arry
2023 Seddon
2022 Coole Cody
2021 The Shunter
2020 Simply The Betts
2019 Siruh Du Lac
2018 The Storyteller
2017 Road To Respect
2016 Empire Of Dirt
2015 Darna
2014 Ballynagour
2013 Carrickboy
2012 Salut Flo
2011 Holmwood Legend
2010 Great Endeavour
2009 Something Wells
2008 Mister McGoldrick
2007 Idole First
2006 Non So
2005 Liberthine
2004 Tikram
2003 Young Spartacus
2002 Blowing Wind