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2026 Cotswold Chase Preview
Scheduled to take place in January of each year at the Cheltenham racecourse is the Cotswold Chase, a Grade 2 chase that is open to runners who are aged five or older. The race is run on the new course at Cheltenham over around three miles, one and a half furlongs during which the runners will face a total of twenty-one fences.
Featured on the festival trials day, the race serves as a trial for the biggest race on the racing calendar, the Cheltenham Gold Cup and because of that, we have seen some top quality winners over the years with the likes of Gold Cup winners See More Business & Native River, Grand National winners Neptune Collonges & Many Clouds and more recently the likes of Frodon and Santini.
Elevate your Cotswold Chase betting game using our thorough examination of historical race trends and trainer stats, then capitalize on the Cheltenham betting offers.
Cotswold Chase Information:
Our dedicated Cheltenham tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Cotswold Chase but will also have predictions for each meeting at Cheltenham throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Schedule for the Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham section for links to these.
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How competitive is the Cotswold Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2015 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2016 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 119%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Cotswold Chase, the over-round has been 112%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £112 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2026 Cotswold Chase Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Cotswold Chase Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Cotswold Chase over the last 20 renewals:
- Midnight Chase (6:32.44) in 2012
- Chantry House (6:33.81) in 2022
- Frodon (6:35.60) in 2019
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Cotswold Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -12.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 6:32.44 was set by Midnight Chase in 2012, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Neil Mulholland and ridden by Dougie Costello. The slowest winning time was set in 2013 when Cape Tribulation won in a time of 7:16.50, booked to ride was Denis O'Regan by the trainer Malcolm Jefferson.
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Cotswold Chase Past Winners
Here are the Cotswold Chase past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Cotswold Chase are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 6:48.12 | LHomme Presse (FR) 10yo 11-4 4/5F | Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams (GB) |
| 2024 6:48.88 | Capodanno (FR) 8yo 11-4 7/2 | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2023 6:35.96 | Ahoy Senor (IRE) 8yo 11-7 13/2 | Derek Fox Lucinda Russell (GB) |
| 2022 6:33.81 | Chantry House (IRE) 8yo 11-6 5/6F | Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson (GB) |
| 2021 6:39.74 | Native River (IRE) 11yo 11-6 13/2 | Richard Johnson Colin Tizzard (GB) |
| 2020 6:59.15 | Santini (GB) 8yo 11-4 13/8F | Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson (GB) |
| 2019 6:35.60 | Frodon (FR) 7yo 11-6 9/4 | Bryony Frost Paul Nicholls (GB) |
| 2018 6:54.00 | Definitly Red (IRE) 9yo 11-6 7/1 | Danny Cook Brian Ellison (GB) |
| 2017 6:41.20 | Many Clouds (IRE) 10yo 11-10 8/1 | Leighton Aspell Oliver Sherwood (GB) |
| 2016 6:58.10 | Smad Place (FR) 9yo 11-6 9/2 | Richard Johnson Alan King (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Cotswold Chase have been based:
- GB: 19 winners with an additional 26 placings from 130 runners
- IRE: 1 winner with an additional 1 placing from 7 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Cotswold Chase Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Cotswold Chase over the last 20 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Taranis (2010), Neptune Collonges (2011) and Frodon (2019). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Cotswold Chase is Nicky Henderson (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Cotswold Chase trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Nicholls | 20-3-8 | +6.75 | +2.29 |
| Nicky Henderson | 8-2-2 | -3.54 | -4.46 |
| Nigel Twiston-Davies | 13-1-5 | +4.00 | +0.68 |
| Alan King | 5-1-4 | +0.50 | +1.14 |
| Venetia Williams | 5-1-1 | -3.20 | -3.50 |
| David Bridgwater | 3-1-1 | +4.00 | +1.75 |
| Seamus Mullins | 2-1-1 | +17.00 | +10.25 |
| Lucinda Russell | 2-1-1 | +5.50 | +3.06 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 2-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.60 |
| Neil Mulholland | 2-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.30 |
Cotswold Chase Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Cotswold Chase over the last 20 renewals is Nico de Boinville who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Santini (2020) and Chantry House (2022).
Here are some of the top Cotswold Chase jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nico de Boinville | 3-2-2 | +1.46 | +0.54 |
| Nick Scholfield | 3-1-3 | +14.00 | +11.35 |
| Bryony Frost | 3-1-1 | +0.25 | -0.59 |
| Danny Cook | 2-1-1 | +6.00 | +3.20 |
| Dougie Costello | 2-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.30 |
| Charlie Deutsch | 2-1-1 | -0.20 | -0.50 |
| Derek Fox | 1-1-1 | +6.50 | +4.06 |
| Paul Townend | 1-1-1 | +3.50 | +2.19 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 7-0-1 | -7.00 | -6.06 |
| Harry Cobden | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -2.69 |
2026 Cotswold Chase Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): (2, UR), 2, (2, 3), 2, 2, 3, (4, 5), PU, 2, 3, F, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 1
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.
- 20 / 20 (73%) - Ran in 2 - 11 races (Higher Class)
- 20 / 20 (80%) - No bigger than 18/1
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Had 7 - 19 placings (Career)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Ran in 4 - 21 races (Chase)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Ran in 8 - 33 races (Career)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Highest Won is not LST/Cl2-3
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Ran in 7 - 25 races (Non-Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - No bigger than 8/1 (Last Win)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Carried 156 - 166lbs (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Held an OR of 145+ (Non-Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Highest Run is G1
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Achieved a TS of 88+ (Last Win)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Beaten no more -17l (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in IRL/WAL (Debut)
- 19 / 20 (72%) - Within the first 5 of the market
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Cotswold Chase. Did you know that we have an OLBG Betting School section on OLBG? It is a place to help you improve your betting experience with articles covering numerous topics.
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Cotswold Chase Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +44.71 is when runners ran in a race restricted to 4yo+ when last winning.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a furthest trip placed of 3m1½f, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-21.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Cotswold Chase is Kempton, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Kempton last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 137 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 1 runner.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Cotswold Chase, that stallion Cloudings has produced 2 winners (2017,2015).
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was See You Sometime in 2006, winning for Seamus Mullins at odds of 18/1 under the guidance of Andrew Thornton. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2026 Cotswold Chase why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?
Schedule for the Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham
Here is the schedule for the Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.
| Race | Last Winner | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Trophy Handicap Chase | Moon DOrange (FR) 7yo - 7/2 | John C McConnell Sean Bowen |
| Classic Novices Hurdle | Sixmilebridge (IRE) 6yo - 9/1 | Fergal O'Brien Kielan Woods |
| Cleeve Hurdle | Gowel Road (IRE) 9yo - 5/2 | Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies |
| Cotswold Chase | LHomme Presse (FR) 10yo - 4/5 | Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch |
| International Hurdle | Constitution Hill (GB) 8yo - 1/12 | Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville |
| JCB Triumph Juvenile Hurdle Trial | East India Dock (GB) 4yo - 1/2 | James Owen Sam Twiston-Davies |
| Timeform Novices Handicap Chase | Jagwar (FR) 6yo - 4/1 | Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero Jonjo O'Neill Jr |
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Cotswold Chase Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.
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