Cheltenham Sunday Preview 2026: Greatwood Day Card

Cheltenham calls the day Carnival Sunday. Its own page for the day lists gates opening at 11am, a Shetland pony race at 12:15pm and then six races, with a note that times and races can change:

The times are the same on Sporting Life's and Racing Post's cards. The field sizes are from both cards, which agree for the first five races; the bumper is explained in its own section below.

The 2:35pm is registered as the Tom Olliver Handicap Chase and the 3:45pm as the William Kidd, so you may see those names in older form books.

The first three races are a maiden hurdle and two smaller handicap chases. The day's two Premier Handicaps follow back to back at 2:35pm and 3:10pm, and a Listed bumper for young horses closes the card.

The 2:35pm is the Oddschecker Handicap Chase, a Class 1 Premier Handicap over 3m3f71y. Nine are declared:

Sporting Life's and Racing Post's cards agree on every name, weight, rating and jockey. The weights run from 12st down to 10st 8lb, the same 20lb gap as the ratings, so all nine carry the weight their rating gives them.

Last year's race was won by Marble SandsAdd Marble Sands to the Horse Tracker, a nine-year-old carrying 10st 5lb, at 7/1 in a field of ten on soft ground. He is not in this year's field.

Havaila (Jamie and Josh Moore)

HavailaAdd Havaila to the Horse Tracker won the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown on 25 April at 5/1. It was his third win in a row, after a handicap chase at Newbury in March and the Sussex National at Plumpton in early April. The yard was licensed to Gary and Josh Moore then; it now runs under the names of Jamie Moore & Josh MooreAdd Jamie Moore & Josh Moore to the Horse Tracker. Caoilin QuinnAdd Caoilin Quinn to the Horse Tracker rode him at Sandown and rides him again. Sunday would be his first run since that day.

Resplendent Grey (Olly Murphy)

Resplendent GreyAdd Resplendent Grey to the Horse Tracker won the bet365 Gold Cup a year before Havaila, in April 2025, for Olly MurphyAdd Olly Murphy to the Horse Tracker and Sean BowenAdd Sean Bowen to the Horse Tracker. He came back in November 2025 to win the Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase at Carlisle. In this year's Sandown race he finished fifth at 8/1 behind Havaila, according to Sporting Life's card. He has top weight on a rating of 150 and carries 11lb more than Havaila, and he too has not run since April.

Ask Brewster (Cath Williams)

Ask BrewsterAdd Ask Brewster to the Horse Tracker won the Kim Muir, an amateur riders' handicap chase, at the Cheltenham Festival on 12 March at 22/1. It was the first Festival winner for Cath WilliamsAdd Cath Williams to the Horse Tracker. Monbeg GeniusAdd Monbeg Genius to the Horse Tracker, who is also in Sunday's race, was third that day at 18/1. Ask Brewster then ran in the bet365 Gold Cup and was ninth, according to Sporting Life's card. Adam WedgeAdd Adam Wedge to the Horse Tracker rides on Sunday.

King Of Answers (Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore)

King Of AnswersAdd King Of Answers to the Horse Tracker was second of 17 at 22/1 in the National Hunt Challenge Cup at the Festival on 10 March, five and a half lengths behind Holloway Queen, with Derek FoxAdd Derek Fox to the Horse Tracker riding as he does on Sunday. His one run this season was sixth of eight in a handicap chase at Perth on 23 September at 12/1. Lucinda Russell & Michael ScudamoreAdd Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore to the Horse Tracker have had 10 jumps winners in Britain and Ireland in the last 14 days, more than any yard in this race.

The other five

• Double PowerfulAdd Double Powerful to the Horse Tracker (Neil MulhollandAdd Neil Mulholland to the Horse Tracker) is the only one of the nine with a win since June in our results files. He won a novices' limited handicap chase over 2m5f at Fontwell on 15 October at 8/11, in a field of four. Before that he was third of 20 at 20/1 in a Listed handicap hurdle at the Galway Festival on 1 August.
• Guard The MoonAdd Guard The Moon to the Horse Tracker (Nigel & Willy Twiston-DaviesAdd Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies to the Horse Tracker) has the most recent run of the nine: third of eight in a handicap chase over 3m2f at Carlisle on 1 November at 13/2.
• Monbeg GeniusAdd Monbeg Genius to the Horse Tracker (Jonjo & A J O'NeillAdd Jonjo & A J O'Neill to the Horse Tracker) is the oldest in the race at ten. He was due to run at Aintree on 25 October, but that whole meeting was called off, so he has no completed run this season.
• HolokeaAdd Holokea to the Horse Tracker (Mickey BowenAdd Mickey Bowen to the Horse Tracker, ridden by Brian HughesAdd Brian Hughes to the Horse Tracker) and U Cant Be SeriousAdd U Cant Be Serious to the Horse Tracker (Joe TizzardAdd Joe Tizzard to the Horse Tracker) share bottom weight of 10st 8lb. Neither has a run in our results files, which start on 1 June.

Sunday's feature is the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle, a Premier Handicap over 2m ½f at 3:10pm. Two past winners are among the runners: Iberico LordAdd Iberico Lord to the Horse Tracker, who won it in 2023, has top weight, and Burdett RoadAdd Burdett Road to the Horse Tracker won it in 2024.

Our Greatwood Hurdle 2026 preview has the full field with weights and ratings, the recent winners and the trends, so we have not repeated them here. On Sunday morning, once the model's final card publishes at 5am, its fair price for every runner in the race shows on our Cheltenham racecards.

Every form line in this section comes from our results files, which start on 1 June 2026 and cover Britain and Ireland. The prices quoted are starting prices.

Maiden hurdle, 12:50pm

A Class 2 maiden hurdle over about two miles and half a furlong, with 14 declared. Three of the runners from big stables have not run since June: Nicky HendersonAdd Nicky Henderson to the Horse Tracker's LastbutnotleasedAdd Lastbutnotleased to the Horse Tracker, Dan SkeltonAdd Dan Skelton to the Horse Tracker's Made In ReugnyAdd Made In Reugny to the Horse Tracker and Thomas CooperAdd Thomas Cooper to the Horse Tracker's Super JuniorAdd Super Junior to the Horse Tracker, ridden by Harry CobdenAdd Harry Cobden to the Horse Tracker.

• En OrAdd En Or to the Horse Tracker (A J MartinAdd A J Martin to the Horse Tracker) has been second in two maiden hurdles in Ireland since September: at Galway on 7 September at 7/4, in a field of 20, and at Navan on 19 September at 9/2.
• Get Out Of My WayAdd Get Out Of My Way to the Horse Tracker (Fergal O'BrienAdd Fergal O'Brien to the Horse Tracker) and Old HabitsAdd Old Habits to the Horse Tracker (Olly MurphyAdd Olly Murphy to the Horse Tracker) met in a maiden hurdle at Perth on 15 October. Get Out Of My Way was second at 5/1 and Old Habits third at 11/8.
• Lion Rose SivolaAdd Lion Rose Sivola to the Horse Tracker (Jonjo & A J O'NeillAdd Jonjo & A J O'Neill to the Horse Tracker) was second at 5/4 in a novices' hurdle at Chepstow on 11 October. He was down to run in Friday's Grade 2 novices' hurdle here and was taken out.
• Mourne CrystalAdd Mourne Crystal to the Horse Tracker (Ben PaulingAdd Ben Pauling to the Horse Tracker) was third at 4/7 in a novices' hurdle at Ffos Las on 22 October.
• Airds MossAdd Airds Moss to the Horse Tracker (David Harry KellyAdd David Harry Kelly to the Horse Tracker) has run in three maiden hurdles in Ireland since August, finishing fourth, fourth and fifth.

WKD Novices' Limited Handicap Chase, 1:25pm

A Class 3 handicap chase for novices over about two and a half miles, with 13 declared.

• Captain CoolAdd Captain Cool to the Horse Tracker (Jennie CandlishAdd Jennie Candlish to the Horse Tracker) has top weight and the busiest record in the race: seven runs since June, three of them wins, twice at Stratford and once at Bangor. His last run was third of four at Wetherby on 14 October.
• The Gray GhostAdd The Gray Ghost to the Horse Tracker (Robbie LlewellynAdd Robbie Llewellyn to the Horse Tracker) won a novices' limited handicap chase at Ascot on 31 October at 7/2. Four SpringsAdd Four Springs to the Horse Tracker (Ben PaulingAdd Ben Pauling to the Horse Tracker) won a novices' handicap chase at Southwell on 13 October at 11/8.
• SpectacularsunriseAdd Spectacularsunrise to the Horse Tracker (Nigel & Willy Twiston-DaviesAdd Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies to the Horse Tracker) won at Perth in September, then fell in a novices' limited handicap chase over two and a half miles here on 24 October, when he started at 11/4. Sony BillAdd Sony Bill to the Horse Tracker was fifth at 33/1 in the same race.
• Bill JoyceAdd Bill Joyce to the Horse Tracker (Jonjo & A J O'NeillAdd Jonjo & A J O'Neill to the Horse Tracker) ran on Friday, third of five in the Listed novices' chase over 3m1f at 11/2.
• Pourquoi Pas PapaAdd Pourquoi Pas Papa to the Horse Tracker (Paul NichollsAdd Paul Nicholls to the Horse Tracker), the only four-year-old, was second at 2/1 at Ffos Las on 14 October.
• Henderson's Crystal IslandAdd Crystal Island to the Horse Tracker, Skelton's Blue CarpetAdd Blue Carpet to the Horse Tracker and Harry FryAdd Harry Fry to the Horse Tracker's Kap OuestAdd Kap Ouest to the Horse Tracker have no run in our files since June.

Weatherite Air Conditioning Handicap Chase, 2:00pm

A Class 3 handicap chase for horses rated up to 140, over about two miles, with 10 declared.

• PutapoundinthejarAdd Putapoundinthejar to the Horse Tracker (A J MartinAdd A J Martin to the Horse Tracker) has top weight. He won the Galway Hurdle on 30 July at 10/1, in a field of 20, and a beginners' chase at Sligo on 30 September at evens. His latest run was on the Flat, 11th of 17 in a handicap at Naas on 11 October. He is also declared for Saturday's Arkle Trial, so he can run in one of the two races at most.
• Femme MagnifiqueAdd Femme Magnifique to the Horse Tracker (David Harry KellyAdd David Harry Kelly to the Horse Tracker) has won two chases in Ireland since June, at Killarney and Wexford, and was second in a Grade 3 novice chase at Roscommon on 28 September.
• Tour OvalieAdd Tour Ovalie to the Horse Tracker (Cath WilliamsAdd Cath Williams to the Horse Tracker) won a novices' limited handicap chase at Chepstow on 4 November at 10/3. She met AuthocelticAdd Authoceltic to the Horse Tracker (Jane WilliamsAdd Jane Williams to the Horse Tracker) at Worcester on 12 October, when Authoceltic was second at 11/4 and Tour Ovalie third at 13/2.
• LarzacAdd Larzac to the Horse Tracker (Faye BramleyAdd Faye Bramley to the Horse Tracker) won a maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter on 4 October. ShakeyatailfeatherAdd Shakeyatailfeather to the Horse Tracker (Dan Skelton) was third of 11 at 16/1 at Ascot on 31 October.
• BoothillAdd Boothill to the Horse Tracker, at 11 the oldest in the race, Highlands LegacyAdd Highlands Legacy to the Horse Tracker, Classic MaestroAdd Classic Maestro to the Horse Tracker and Jony RAdd Jony R to the Horse Tracker have no run in our files since June.

Three Counties Christmas Open NH Flat Race, 3:45pm

A Listed bumper for four- and five-year-olds over about two miles and half a furlong. The two cards we read disagree on whether one horse is still running, so we have not given a field size. Check our racecard on the morning.

• BerkstarAdd Berkstar to the Horse Tracker is trained by Willie MullinsAdd Willie Mullins to the Horse Tracker and ridden by Patrick MullinsAdd Patrick Mullins to the Horse Tracker. He won a bumper at Listowel on 24 September at 8/11.
• New GrangeAdd New Grange to the Horse Tracker (Thomas CooperAdd Thomas Cooper to the Horse Tracker) won a bumper at the same Listowel meeting the day before, at 10/11. Harry Cobden rides him on Sunday.
• Four more won their only run in our files. Dundee LawAdd Dundee Law to the Horse Tracker (Dan Skelton) won at Worcester on 7 October at 13/8 and Junior MinisterAdd Junior Minister to the Horse Tracker (Sam EnglandAdd Sam England to the Horse Tracker) at Carlisle on 22 October at 10/1. Par AvionAdd Par Avion to the Horse Tracker (Harry Fry) won at Newton Abbot on 28 October at 11/8, and Parisian FairAdd Parisian Fair to the Horse Tracker (Jamie Moore & Josh MooreAdd Jamie Moore & Josh Moore to the Horse Tracker) at Market Rasen on 5 July at 3/1.
• Lord ChurchillAdd Lord Churchill to the Horse Tracker and Hoo's The JetAdd Hoo's The Jet to the Horse Tracker met in a bumper at Ascot on 31 October. Lord Churchill was second at 9/4 and Hoo's The Jet fourth at 16/1.

Friday at the meeting

Our results files have Friday's six races at Cheltenham. Two of the six favourites won: JonbonAdd Jonbon to the Horse Tracker at 1/2 in the Shloer Chase and Thunder RockAdd Thunder Rock to the Horse Tracker at 11/4 in the veterans' chase. The other four winners started at 7/2, 4/1, 7/2 and 12/1.

Olly MurphyAdd Olly Murphy to the Horse Tracker and Sean BowenAdd Sean Bowen to the Horse Tracker won two of the six together, with Thunder Rock and Lexington WoodAdd Lexington Wood to the Horse Tracker. On Sunday Bowen has a ride in every race on the card, Resplendent Grey in the 2:35pm among them, and Murphy trains three of those six.

The 2:35pm trainers in the last 14 days

Jumps runs in Britain and Ireland from 31 October to 13 November, in our results files:

Across every jumps run in Britain and Ireland in those 14 days, 305 races and 2,484 runs, about one runner in eight won. Murphy and the Russell and Scudamore yard are above that rate; Cath Williams, who trains Ask Brewster, is below it. Samples this small are background only.

Most of the 2:35pm field has not run since the spring

Five of the nine have no run in our results files, which start on 1 June: Resplendent Grey, Havaila, Ask Brewster, Holokea and U Cant Be Serious. Monbeg Genius has none that was completed. Of the three who have run this season, only Double Powerful has won. So for six of the nine, the form you are reading is from last season, mostly the bet365 Gold Cup and the Festival in the spring.

Favourites at the November Meeting

Our race database starts in October 2023. In it, the favourite won 36.8% of the 57 races at Cheltenham's November Meeting from 2023 to 2025, close to the 37.1% for all British jumps racing in the database. A favourite that wins about one race in three still loses money over time at starting price, because the price already allows for it.

The StableBet Rating, our pounds figure for each runner, sits beside every horse on the racecard.

When the model's view lands

Sunday's fields are declared, and our model rates them in two steps:

• Saturday 14 November, 2:10pm: the day-before provisional view. From the site's next update after that, the box on this page shows the model's chances for every runner in the 2:35pm.
• Sunday 15 November, 5am: the final ratings and fair prices for every British race on the AI Lab's daily card.

Neither view is a tip. We publish the model as an open test, and every result it has had, winners and losers, is on its track record page. Its top pick has won 24.6% of 11,994 races, and a level stake on each of them at starting price has returned −13.5%.

Your picks against it

The November Meeting has its own free prediction game, You v the AI. You pick one horse in every race at Cheltenham over the three days, and your picks are scored against our model, five AI chatbots and the market favourite, all at the official starting price. Sunday's card opens for picks on Saturday afternoon, and each pick stays open until its race is due off.

No money is staked and there are no prizes. You need to play two of the three days to be ranked on the meeting's leaderboard, so if you missed Friday or Saturday, Sunday is the day to make it up. We have set out how it works in You v the AI at Cheltenham.

The going

Racing Post's Sunday card showed the going as good when we read it on Friday evening. By early Saturday our own racecard feed and Sporting Life's cards both gave it as good, good to soft in places, the same description as for Saturday's card. On Friday, our results files record good, good to soft in places for the first two races and good for the last four. The course can change the description before Sunday, so Cheltenham's own going report on the morning is the one to trust, and trainers often decide whether to run once they have seen it.

Racecards and results

Every declared runner is on our Cheltenham racecards, with a StableBet Rating beside each one; on Saturday, Sunday's card is in our tomorrow's racecards. Sunday's results go on the November Meeting results page that evening. If you are going, our day out at Cheltenham covers getting there, and the November Meeting guide has the timings for all three days.

Where to bet

• Best odds guaranteed. A non-runner on the morning can move the prices in the smaller fields. A BOG bookmaker pays the starting price if it is bigger than the price you took.
• Cheltenham offers. Our Cheltenham betting offers page compares what our partners are running for racing at the course, from the November Meeting to the Festival.
• Each-way terms. On standard terms, fields of eight to 15 pay three places: at a quarter of the odds in handicaps of 12 or more, so the 1:25pm, and at a fifth in the other races of that size. The 3:10pm, with 16 or more runners, pays four places at a quarter. Our each-way guide has the full table, and the each-way calculator works out the returns.

Checked on 13 November 2026, and the fields again early on 14 November, against:

• The Jockey Club: Carnival Sunday, Sunday 15 November 2026 (race times, gates; its summary box gives the first race as 1:15pm, against 12:50pm in its own race list and on both cards, so we went with the race list)
• Sporting Life: Cheltenham racecards for 15 November 2026 (all six races: declared runners, ages, weights, official ratings, trainers, jockeys, distances, last year's winners, and last season's form for the 2:35pm runners)
• Racing Post's racecards for the same six races (declared runners, weights, official ratings, trainers, jockeys, the going shown on Friday evening, the non-runner in the bumper and Putapoundinthejar's Saturday engagement), cited here and not linked
• Our own racecard feed for Sunday, behind our Cheltenham racecards, read early on Saturday 14 November alongside Sporting Life's cards again: the same races, times, runners, weights and jockeys, no new non-runner, and the going given as good, good to soft in places
• Sporting Life: Havaila wins the 2026 bet365 Gold Cup and The Irish Field's report of the same race
• Sporting Life: Resplendent Grey wins the 2025 bet365 Gold Cup and The Irish Field's report
• At The Races: Cath Williams claims first Festival winner with Ask Brewster and RTÉ's report of the Kim Muir
• The Jockey Club: Holloway Queen wins the National Hunt Chase (King Of Answers second)
• Sporting Life: the 2025 result of the 2:35pm and Donn McClean's note on Marble Sands

Left out because the sources disagree or there is only one: the bumper's field size (Racing Post's card shows Rescheduled as a non-runner, while Sporting Life's and our own feed still listed him on Saturday morning), official ratings for Sinchi Roca and Airds Moss (the two cards give different figures), and prize money and TV coverage (one source each). The going is given as Racing Post's card and our feed showed it when we read them, not as a forecast for Sunday. Resplendent Grey's fifth and Ask Brewster's ninth in this year's bet365 Gold Cup are from Sporting Life's card alone, and the copy says so.

Every run since 1 June, Friday's results and the 14-day trainer figures come from our own results files. Putapoundinthejar's Saturday race is also in our own Saturday card. The November Meeting favourites figure is from our race database, which starts in October 2023. The Greatwood's grade and distance come from our research record for the race.