Key Points
- One horse for each of the four days of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival
- All four of my betting tips come at value prices ranging from 9/1 to 40/1
- Four places would bring a nice return but four winners would be life changing
Regular readers will already know that I post a Lucky 15 article every Saturday, and I've decided to put one together for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, with one horse from each of the four days. For those of you who aren't aware, a Lucky 15 consists of four selections comprising a total of 15 bets: four singles, six doubles, four trebles, and a fourfold. Each way Lucky 15s are popular because just one place will bring a return, but the more the merrier of course! When it comes to entertainment value you have four horses to cheer on, and the excitement builds with each subsequent race.
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My 2026 Cheltenham Festival Antepost coverage
I have been covering many of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival races in my antepost articles, especially so in the last week, and all five feature races for the week are taken into account, along with a few others, as youāll see in the list below.
Betting advice - An each way Lucky 15
- Day 1 - Tuesday 10 March 2026 - Ultima Handicap Chase (15:20 Cheltenham) -
Quebecois
@ 9/1 (6 places)
- Day 2 - Wednesday 11 March 2026 - BetMGM Cup -
Jingko Blue
@ 16/1 (4 places)
- Day 3 - Thursday 12 March 2026 - Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle -
Bold Endeavour @ 20/1 (4 places)
- Day 4 - Friday 13 March 2026 - Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeysā Handicap Hurdle -
Act Of Authority
@ 40/1 (4 places)
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These four horses can hit the places for us!
Everybody loves to pick a winner, especially at Cheltenham! I see no point in a Lucky 15 that features the odds on favourites at this yearās Cheltenham Festival. First of all, you could pick them out yourself, and secondly, where is the value? While itās not as sexy to have horses place rather than win, places at these prices have a bigger potential return than odds on winners! In the following sections, Iāll break down the logic behind each horse Iāve picked.
The McNeill family run Ultima Business Solutions who sponsor this Handicap, and they also own Quebecois who will run in it. Given that the owners link to the race through sponsorship, Iām sure running one of their own horses has been the plan all along.
Quebecois has achieved a lot in his short career. After selling for Ā£320,000 following a second place in an Irish PTP, he is a Bumper winner and two-time winner over Hurdles. He also placed twice in Grade 2 Hurdle races as well, so he has plenty of class. After winning his last start in Handicap company off a mark of 131, he was pushed up to a mark of 140.
Switched to fences, he was thrown into strong Novice Chases on his first two starts, with the second of those being a Grade 2. Dropped back to a Handicap on his third start over fences, he looked the winner over 2m 4.5f here at Cheltenham before being overtaken in the final yards, and beaten by a nose at the line. Considering that was a drop back in trip and on softer ground than heād prefer, that was a very strong performance. His latest race was clearly a run to qualify him for this (four runs required) as he was sent over 2m on unsuitable ground. Stepping back up in trip and returning to Cheltenham, I think he has a massive performance in him off a mark of 139!
Two of the three ahead of him in the market, Jagwar and Myretown, have questions to answer in relation to their jumping, and the former needs to prove his stamina too. The other horse ahead of him is Iroko, and his main target is the Grand National. Receiving weight from all three, and carrying just 10st 10lb, I think Quebecois has a great chance under Harry Cobden.
Jingko Blue @ 16/1 - Henderson farms this race and Jingko Blue looks well handicapped!
Nicky Henderson has a fantastic record in this race:
- 2025 - Second with Impose Toi
- 2024 - Fourth with Lucky Place
- 2023 - Fifth with Bold Endeavour
- 2021 - Second with Craigneiche, fifth with Janika and sixth with Birchdale
- 2020 - First with Dame De Compagnie
- 2019 - First with William Henry and sixth with Appleās Shakira
- 2018 - Fourth with William Henry and seventh with Burbank
- 2014 - First with Whisper
- 2010 - First Spirit River
As a result, Nicky Henderson is the leading trainer for this race with four wins. This year he has four horses confirmed to run: Iberico Lord, Jingko Blue, La Pinsonniere and Lucky Place. But I believe that Jingko Blue is the one to side with.
With form figures of 211 over Hurdles, he was ambitiously thrown into the Baring Bingham Novicesā Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival two years ago, where he pulled up. After that he went Chasing, where he won his first two starts, including the Grade 2 Hampton Novicesā Chase, before sadly unseating Nico De Boinville in the Reynoldstown when 8/13 favourite.
He suffered an injury that day and that was his season over. This season, he has reverted to Hurdles, where he is rated 6lb lower. He had a pleasing enough run on his seasonal reappearance, where he placed seventh in a valuable Handicap at Haydock over 3m 0.5f. Dropped back to 2m 4.5f for the Relkeel Hurdle on New Years Day, he split Kabral Du Mathan (154) and Lucky Place (151), which I think is fantastic form. I think his lower Hurdles mark of 144 underestimates him, and he can further Nicky Hendersonās excellent record in this race. When I attended Seven Barrows earlier in the season, Nicky felt there was plenty more to come from Jingko Blue and I think he could be a graded horse in a Handicap here.
Bold Endeavour @ 20/1 - Carrying just 9st 13lb, heāll think he is running loose!
The Pertemps is another race that Nicky has done well in over the last few years. He had Mill Green hit the frame in 2022 and 2023, plus he had Walking On Air in fifth on the latter occasion. In 2024, he had Bold Endeavour finish fourth, which weāll be discussing in more detail shortly. Then last year, he had the 1-2 with Doddiethegreat and Jeriko Du Reponet, and I had tipped the winner at 25/1.
As mentioned, Bold Endeavour was fourth in this race back in 2024. Given he raced wide, that performance could arguably be marked up as well. He was running off a mark of 143 and carried 11st 3lb that day. All three horses who finished ahead of him received weight from him, which varied from from 4lb to 12lb. That was also the year of the Nicky Henderson stable bug, so again, it can likely be marked up even further.
What I find incredibly interesting is that after his fourth in the Pertemps, he was sent to Aintree and Haydock where he failed to fire. He then moved yards from Nicky Henderson to L J Morgan, but failed to return to form, with figures of 7PP. Just over a year later, he went back to Nicky Henderson, rated 11lb lower than when he left.
He ācoincidentallyā found his form on his first start back for Seven Barrows, finishing third in a Pertermps Qualifier, and subsequently qualifying for this final. He is now 13lb below the mark he ran off when he was fourth in the race two years ago, so in my eyes, he must have an excellent chance. The only worry I have is that he hasnāt won since January 2023, but he is so well handicapped now that he must have every chance of placing at the very least.
Act Of Authority @ 40/1 - Crazy odds considering he was second to Wodooh last year!
My final selection for this Lucky 15 runs in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeysā Handicap Hurdle, and itās Act Of Authority for the Olly Murphy stable. At the end of last season I was told that Act Of Authority would be heading for the Pertemps, and I tipped him accordingly. His fourth at Newbury on reappearance was enough to qualify him for the race, and I had high hopes. But after four runs this season, connections decided that he doesnāt want 3m after all.
He ran in this race last year, where he was sent off at 28/1. He raced towards the back of the field, before making good headway, and staying on well for second place. Act Of Authority got the better of 23 rivals that day, but unfortunately he bumped into a graded horse in a Handicap, which was Wodooh for Gordon Elliott. For context, Wodhooh has subsequently run three times, finishing second to Lossiemouth in a Grade 1 at Aintree, winning a Grade 2 at Ascot, and winning a Grade 3 at Leopardstown. So itās pretty safe to say that the form has worked out well!
As a result of his second place last year, Act Of Authority was pushed up the handicap from 134 to 139. But after this seasonās campaign, he has dropped 4lb to a mark of 135, just 1lb higher than last year, and we know Act Of Authority can be competitive here off that mark. My main concern is that the Martin Pipe is typically won by horses that go on to win graded races, Galopin Des Champs, Banbridge, Iroko, and Wodhooh to name but a few. If there is another one of those lurking in the field, Act Of Authority will likely come up short. However, he has a fantastic chance of finishing in the frame, and at a huge price of 40/1, he is an excellent bet.
Will our Lucky 15 be a successful one?
At the prices quoted above, just four places would return Ā£957.10 from a Ā£15 total stake (50p each way per line). If all four manage to win, it would be Ā£92,432.60, I really like all four of these horses, and they are all more than capable of finishing in the frame in their respective races.
- Can Quebecois improve for stepping back up in trip and returning to Cheltenham ?
- Can Jingko Blue prove that he is well handicapped over Hurdles and land a big one for his connections?
- Can Bold Endeavour improve on last yearās fourth place with a much lower weight?
- Can Act Of Authority prove that he is underestimated at odds of 40/1!
Iām quietly confident that all four of my Lucky 15 selections can answer these questions, and if they do, weāll be in for one hell of a Cheltenham Festival!
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