The Trustatrader Plate Handicap Chase

The Festival Plate is the premier open age group 2 mile 5 furlong handicap hurdle run at the Cheltenham Festival.

13.03.2025 Good to Soft 21 2m 4f 127y

Result

POS Dist Runners
1 st

Jagwar

J : Jonjo O’Neill Jr. T : O Greenall & J Guerriero SP : 3/1 WGT : 68
2 nd 2.75

Thecompanysergeant

J : C Stone-Walsh T : G P Cromwell SP : 4/1 WGT : 66
3 rd 2.75

Masaccio

J : Tom Cannon T : A King SP : 11/1 WGT : 70
4 th hd

Mars Harper

J : Tiernan Power Roche T : G Elliott SP : 100/1 WGT : 64
5 th 1

Jordans

J : J J Slevin T : J P O’Brien SP : 9/1 WGT : 72
6 th 2.75

Riaan

J : D J Gilligan T : G Elliott SP : 66/1 WGT : 66
7 th 4.75

Ginny’s Destiny

J : H Cobden T : P F Nicholls SP : 8/1 WGT : 72
8 th 0.75

Conflated

J : Mr R James T : G Elliott SP : 40/1 WGT : 73
9 th 0.75

Demnat

J : Ned Fox T : Miss V Williams SP : 20/1 WGT : 63
10 th 4.25

Seddon

J : A Harvey T : J C McConnell SP : 28/1 WGT : 66
11 th nk

Path D’oroux

J : K M Donoghue T : G P Cromwell SP : 12/1 WGT : 70
12 th 2

Il Ridoto

J : Freddie Gingell T : P F Nicholls SP : 25/1 WGT : 69
13 th 2.75

La Malmason

J : S W Flanagan T : G P Cromwell SP : 28/1 WGT : 70
14 th 0.75

Shakem Up’arry

J : Callum Pritchard T : B Pauling SP : 20/1 WGT : 68
15 th 9

Fugitif

J : S Bowen T : R Hobson SP : 20/1 WGT : 72
16 th 22

An Peann Dearg

J : S F O’Keeffe T : P Nolan SP : 18/1 WGT : 65
17 th 16

Gemirande

J : Charlie Deutsch T : Miss V Williams SP : 28/1 WGT : 69
PU

Individualiste

J : P M O’Brien T : G P Cromwell SP : 100/1 WGT : 61
PU

Tahmuras

J : J J Burke T : P F Nicholls SP : 80/1 WGT : 68
PU

Personal Ambition

J : Ben Jones T : B Pauling SP : 9/1 WGT : 67

The Trustatrader Plate Handicap Chase

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About the Trustatrader Plate Handicap Chase

The Festival Plate is a handicap chase covering a distance of 2 miles 5 furlongs and 17 fences on the way to the finishing post.

While the Festival Plate offers one of the more generous purses for a Cheltenham Festival handicap, it’s field comprises horses good enough to compete at Grade 3 handicap level, but unlikely to ever have an impact on higher rated races. Unusually, the race has produced a multiple title winner, with The Tsarevich winning the race twice in succession in the 1980s.

As with any handicap you’re going to have to do the hard yards for picking a winner yourself, screening the field for horses whose weight and staying power match race and course conditions on the day. That said, the Festival Plate does favour horses who have shown form prior to competing, so horses with places or wins prior to the race are worth considering, particularly if there are wins over a similar distance.

Wins by rank outsiders are also the exception rather than the norm, which means you’re likely to find the winner lurking in the band of horses priced 16/1 or lower, although you’d be well advised to stay away from the underpriced favourites that are likely to emerge as a consequence of this race following on the day’s feature race.

Recent Winners

YearWinnerAgeWeightJockeyTrainer
2024Shakem Up’arry1011-5Ben JonesBen Pauling
2023Seddon1011-0B HarveyJ McConnell
2022Coole Cody1111-2A WedgeEmmet Mullins
2021The Shunter810-12Jordan Colin GainfordEmmet Mullins
2020Simply The Betts711-4Gavin SheehanHarry Whittington
2019Siruh Du Lac610-08Lizzie KellyNick Williams