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Festival Plate Predictions for 2026 - Cheltenham Festival

Festival Plate tips for the Cheltenham Festival today. Check out the most popular Festival Plate selections from OLBG's knowledgeable Horse Racing tipsters.

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2026 Festival Plate Betting Tips

The 2026 Festival Plate is a handicap chase where the OLBG tipsters will be tackling the large field in an attempt to find the winner.

With the Festival Plate runners, each one is listed along with the number of win tips, eachway predictions and Nap tips above. If you are looking at the Nap tips, these are tips marked by the tipster to indicate it is their best tip of the day, the one they believe has the best chance of winning today.

You can see which runners have received the most Festival Plate predictions at the top of the page, as well as our best tipsters' Festival Plate betting tips. This is a tip from the tipster with the best twelve-month profit.

For a list of race trends in addition to other statistics like trainer and jockey records in the race, head over to the Festival Plate Trends blog.

Keep the trends in mind when deciding which of the tips to go with; many of the OLBG tipsters will also consider the trends when making their selections. Also, read the comments left by the tipsters; this will give you more information and their reasoning for their tips.

Additionally, we have created an article focusing on handicap races at the festival, which you may find useful when trying to narrow down the field of this race, and of course, you can find tips from the other races at the festival on the Cheltenham Festival Tips page.

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content for the Cheltenham Festival has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

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Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades, bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
James Banting

James Banting

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James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Association provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

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Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for flat racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful flat racing blogs for OLBG.