Cheltenham Festival 2026 Day 2 Tips from our Expert Tipsters

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Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival is here, and the Oddschecker tipsters are looking to make it a second consecutive profitable day of tipping! 

In this article, we pick out an expert's tip for each race on the second day of the festival. 

Oddschecker Tipster's Day One Tipping Results

Andy Holding: -7.5pts
Racing Lee: +2pts
Ginger Joe: -1.1pts
Liam Firkin: -6.15pts (25/1 place accumulator landed)
Aidan O'Hara: +3.2pts
Jake Price: +18.35pts
Road to Cheltenham: +2.35pts
Steve Ryder: +4.3pts

Cheltenham Festival 2026 Day Two Schedule

1.20pm The Turners Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
2.00pm The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)
2.40pm The BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle Race)
3.20pm The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Steeple Chase
4.00pm The BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)
4.40pm The Debenhams Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap
5.20pm The Weatherbys Champion Bumper

Turners' Novices' Hurdle Tips

Jake Price
We begin Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival with a fiercely competitive maximum field renewal of the Turners Novices’ Hurdle probably owing to the majority of the stand out Novices’ running in the Supreme. I think that Gordon Elliott’s BALLYFAD has very strong claims here however, and I was buzzing to learn that Jack Kennedy picked him over stablemate Skylight Hustle on Monday morning.

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Steve Ryder
Although Talk The Talk somewhat let the Irish novice hurdle form down yesterday in the Supreme, punters are being compensated with bigger prices for both Ballyfad (best priced at 12/1) and Skylight Hustle (best priced at 16/1) as a result. Both are trained by Gordon Elliott who has a good record in this race with Samcro winning in 2018, the 1-2 with Envoi Allen and Easywork in 2020 and both Three Stripe Life and The Yellow Clay finishing 2nd since.

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Road to Cheltenham
WESTERN FOLD proved that he doesn’t need quick ground when finishing second to the reopposing Kaid D’Authie at the Dublin Racing Festival but there’s no doubt that he acts better than most on nicer ground and he’ll get those conditions here.

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Brown Advisory Novices' Chase Tips

Road to Cheltenham
WESTERN FOLD proved that he doesn’t need quick ground when finishing second to the reopposing Kaid D’Authie at the Dublin Racing Festival but there’s no doubt that he acts better than most on nicer ground and he’ll get those conditions here.

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BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle Tips

Jake Price
The first of those is THE YELLOW CLAY, who is best known for running an absolute stormer in the Grade 1 Turners Novices’ Hurdle on this card 12 months ago. He seemed to relish the Spring ground that day when narrowly denied by Champion Hurdle contender The New Lion (159), and the pair pulled nicely clear of Final Demand too, who is another seriously talented rival.

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Steve Ryder
The New Lion did no harm for last year’s Turners Novices’ Hurdle form by finishing 3rd in the Champion Hurdle yesterday and as a result The Yellow Clay (best priced at 8/1) looks overpriced for this contest off a mark of 155. The seven-year-old has been below par on his two starts this season but is now fitted with first-time cheekpieces and gets the assistance of talented 5lb claimer Michael Kenneally.

Find all his Day Two tips here.

Cross Country Chase Tips

Steve Ryder
Last year’s winner STUMPTOWN (best priced at 7/2) faces three well fancied eleven-year-old but he looks the one to beat despite returning from 150 days off the track. The Gavin Cromwell trained nine-year-old should be unbeaten in Cross Country chases in his career and was an impressive seven length winner last season off a mark of 157. He won the Velka Pardubicka in the Czech Republic when last seen and connections now re-fit him with blinkers.

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Jake Price
It was very hard not to be impressed with FAVORI DE CHAMPDOU in the Cross County race on Trials Day, and this horse is clearly in the form of his life this season – so I would be very keen to strike with him whilst the iron is hot. The market clearly agrees with my opinion too, as he has now usurped last year’s winner Stumptown as the favourite.

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Champion Chase Tips

Road to Cheltenham
I won’t ramble on too much about this Champion Chase as I think it’s a foregone conclusion that MAJBOROUGH will win if he gets around. With no Marine Nationale in the race, he is the class act in the line-up and only Il Etait Temps (172) is rated within 10lbs of him.

His fellow Closutton inmate is 0-3 at Cheltenham and many have suggested that he fails to act at Prestbury Park. If he fires another blank, it looks like Majborough’s race to lose and this will be a watching brief for me with that in mind.

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Grand Annual Chase Tips

Jake Price
A horse who I have been on the wrong side off all season is VANDERPOEL, but this time I won’t be making the same mistake. Going into the season Ben Pauling had described him as his best Novice Chaser, but that really didn’t transpire on the track at Uttoxeter and Lingfield in the early part of the Autumn. When running at Ascot in December everything seemed to click when he easily beat Stencil (139) by 7 lengths however, and he effortlessly recorded another win at Sandown in early January off an 8lbs higher mark.

Steve Ryder
Harry and Dan Skelton combined to win the Plate Handicap Chase yesterday with Madara and I am hoping that BE AWARE (best priced at 9/2) can put in a similar performance in this. The seven-year-old was sent off 3/1 favourite for the Coral Cup last season off a mark of 137 but has bettered his form since novice chasing this season.

Road to Cheltenham
I’ve been looking forward to seeing RELIEVED OF DUTIES back on good ground and he runs off a BHA mark of 133, which looks strong enough when you look at Addragoole and his form with the likes of Release The Beast and Jacob’s Ladder.

Champion Bumper Tips

Road to Cheltenham
THE MOURNE RAMBLER was much the best in what looked like a hot enough bumper at Leopardstown over Christmas and I am very sweet on his chances in Wednesday’s Champion Bumper. Colin Keane takes the ride and I’m fascinated to see how he gets on.

Jake Price
I couldn’t put anyone off having a bet on Love Sign D’Aunou if they fancied him for this, and I will confess to having put him up to my followers Ante-Post – but you would have to say that he will not be getting his ideal ground conditions on Wednesday, as he seemed to relish the bottomless conditions at Naas in January. I am sure he will keep grinding away, but the horse with more obvious claims to me now we know the ground is QUIRYN.

Find More Cheltenham Day 2 Tips

Andy Holding's Cheltenham Festival Day Two Tips

Liam Firkin's Cheltenham Festival Day Two Tips

Jake Price's Free Cheltenham Festival Day Two Tips

Ginger Joe's Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Premium Tips

Racing Lee's Day Two Cheltenham Festival Tips

Steve Ryder's Free Tips for Cheltenham Festival Day 2