The above table shows the fate of the Festival favourites since we went to 28 races in 2016. The only year without 28 races was 2024 when the Cross Country was cancelled due to waterlogging. People get really upset about the number of Festival odds on favourites. 'Makes it uncompetitive' is...

Tom Segal - Racing Post 2020 - The Secrets Of Pricewise '...a factor I have been banging the drum on for about 30 years now - and still I'm amazed to hear punters say they don't consider it an important factor - is jockeys. It's as if many punters think horse racing is like motor racing in that...

Last season 243 of the total 457 Festival runners came from across the Irish Sea or 53%. In 2024 this was exactly 200 of 367 were trained in Ireland, 54%. In 2022, 217 of 404, again, 54%. 2022 was the first time over half of the total fields had travelled. WPM saddled 76 runners last year, 78...

Willie Mullins has trained 113 Festival winners. 23rd February 2022 on Sporting Life.com - “I dread it because of the expectation from everyone that we’re going to have half-a-dozen winners and really going over there we’re looking for just one winner to get us off the mark. One year we didn’t...

HANDICAP CHASES - NOVICES (This might be different now since you need the four runs to qualify.) - Last year Myretown was the only novice winner of an open handicap chase. In 2024 three of the four went to novices, Chianti Classico, Unexpected Party (a second season) and Inothewayyurthinkin 2023...

WHERE DO THE WINNERS COME FROM? DUBLIN RACING FESTIVAL - Cheltenham winners from those that ran at the DRF that season. 2018 - 63 runners - 8 winners. Footpad, Samcro and Relegate doubling up. The other to win in March were Bleu Berry, Farclas, Delta Work, The Storyteller and Rathvinden. Of...

RACING POST 2024 FESTIVAL TIPPING REVIEW. Tom Segal and Paul Kealy remain amongst the most influential tipsters in the UK and Ireland because their views change prices. Even at Cheltenham. Their influence has been maintained with the introduction of the RP Youtube tipping programme 'In The Know...

AGE IN CHAMPIONSHIP RACES. RUNS THAT SEASON BEFORE Grade 1 attempt. R,F,U,P or B last time out? WHICH SIRES? 1st or 2nd last time out? AGE IN CHAMPIONSHIP RACES - Real class will usually bury stats. Constitution Hill/Bula? This century 205 horses have contested the four championship races this...