2025 Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Tips
Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Preview
Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday is known as “Ladies’ Day” with the featured event being the Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase.
The big race may make the headlines but the big betting event of Cheltenham day 2 races is the Coral Cup, a very competitive handicap hurdle. As with the opening day, our tipsters will provide their Cheltenham Festival day 2 tips through the card as the ‘greatest show on turf’ continues.
Cheltenham Day 2 Races 2025
Cheltenham day 2 races promises to be another top-class afternoon of exciting racing action, kicking off at 1.20pm with the Turners Novices’ Hurdle and drawing to a close with the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at 5.20pm.
All eyes will be on the day’s feature race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the third of four Grade One contests on the second day and the tapes go up at 4.00pm as the fourth race of the day.
TIME | RACE | DISTANCE |
13:20 | Turners Novices’ Hurdle | 2m 5f |
14:00 | Brown Advisory Novice Chase | 3m 1/2f |
14:40 | Coral Cup | 2m 5f |
15:20 | Cross Country Chase | 3m 7f |
16:00 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | 2m |
16:40 | Grand Annual Chase | 2m 1/2f |
17:20 | Champion Bumper | 2m 1/2f |
The first of seven Cheltenham Festival day 2 races is the Turners Novices’ Hurdle over an extended two and a half miles. Famous names on the roll of honour for this event include subsequent Champion Hurdle winners Istabraq, Hardy Eustace and Faugheen, while the hugely promising Ballyburn won in splendid isolation a year ago.
We remain in novice company for the second race but switch to the larger obstacles for the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (formerly known as the RSA Chase). This race has been won by future Gold Cup winners including Denman and Bobs Worth.
The valuable Coral Cup always attracts a maximum field on Cheltenham races day 2 with extra places on offer for each-way betting.
Good luck to all trying to find the winner with their Cheltenham Wednesday tips in what is usually a tricky puzzle for punters to solve! Only one winning favourite in the past twelve seasons tells its own story.
Next up of the Cheltenham day 2 races is the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase which was abandoned in 2024 due to weather interruptions. It will be run as a handicap for the first time in a decade this season too.
Race five is the feature race of the day, the Queen Mother Champion Chase over two miles. Former winners Energumene and Captain Guinness look set to be involved, but Champion Chase debutants Jonbon and Gaelic Warrior may well prove the star attractions.
Race 6 is the Grand Annual Chase in which punters have a similar record to that of the Coral Cup. Winners at 66-1 and 28-1 in recent seasons suggests this will be another race to seek out the best each-way value for your Cheltenham Festival day 2 tips.
The Champion Bumper brings the curtain down on another top-class day of racing, a race which has become something of a Willie Mullins benefit. He won for an astonishing 13th time in 2024 and for the third season in a row.
Cheltenham Wednesday Feature Race
Spearheading the Cheltenham day 2 races is the Queen Mother Champion Chase at 3.30pm. The Cheltenham Wednesday feature race brings together the best two mile chasers from across the UK and Ireland in what is sure to be another mouth-watering contest.
5 key trends to consider
- 12/12 winners had run at least twice that season.
- 11/12 winners had at least 7 runs over fences.
- 11/12 winners had raced at Cheltenham before.
- Just 3/11 winners were Irish trained.
- 16/18 winners had run at 2-3 times that season.
Other Races On Day Two
13:20 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle – (Grade 1) Cl1 (4yo+) 2m5f
A superb race to start Day 2 of Cheltenham Festival. Trainer Willie Mullins will probably keep punters guessing on his chosen runners right up until the off.
5 key trends to consider
- 8/9 winners aged 6.
- 8/9 winners were Irish trained.
- 12/12 winners no bigger than 20/1.
- 11/14 winners had won in a Graded hurdle.
- 12/13 winners finished in the top 2 in their last race.
14:00 Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase – (Grade 1) Cl1 (5yo+) 3m1/2f
It pays to look at the market in this race with five winning favourites in the past 8 renewals and all of them in the first three in the Cheltenham betting odds.
5 key trends to consider
- 8/8 winners from top three in the betting.
- 9/11 winners rated at least 143 over hurdles.
- 14/16 winners aged 6-7.
- 14/16 winners had raced at Cheltenham Festival previously.
- 12/12 winners had run between 6-13 runs in total over fences and hurdles.
14:40 Coral Cup Hurdle – (Grade 3) Cl1 (4yo+) 2m5f
This race can often spring a surprise, with ten of the last twelve winners returning at double-figure odds – including the 2022 50/1 winner Commander Of Fleet.
5 key trends to consider
- 12/12 winners had won at least twice over hurdles.
- 11/13 winners previously run at Cheltenham.
- 20/21 winners had won in their previous five starts.
- 11/13 winners aged between 5-7.
- 13/15 winners no more than four runs that season.
15:20 Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase – Cl2 (5yo+) 3m6f
After its abandonment last season, the Cross Country fences will be in use again for a handicap chase in 2025.
5 key trends to consider
- 10/12 winners aged 10 or younger – just 1 winner aged younger than 8 ever.
- 18/18 winners had an official rating of 126+.
- 15/18 winners had raced at Cheltenham previously.
- 9/13 winners had run in no more than five cross country races.
- 18/18 winners were from the top nine in the betting.
16:40 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase – (Grade 3) Cl1 (5yo+) 2m1/2f
Another race that it could pay to back an outsider with recent winners including Croco Bay (2019) at 66/1 and Global Citizen (2022) at 28-1! Could we see another big-odds winner this year?
5 key trends to consider
- 11/12 winners rated between 138-152.
- 11/13 winners aged between 6-9.
- 9/10 winners had no more than 4 chase runs that season.
- 15/18 winners had run at Cheltenham Festival before.
- 7/8 winners hadn’t raced in the last 50 days before the race.
17:20 Weatherbys Champion Bumper – (Grade 1) Cl1 (4-6yo) 2m1/2f
Willie Mullins has won four of the last five renewals – including last year’s winner Jasmin De Vaux.
5 key trends to consider
- 12/12 winners were rated 118 or higher.
- 12/12 winners had at least one run and one win in the season.
- 12/13 winners aged 5 or 6.
- 6/7 winners had raced within 40 days of the race.
- 9/11 winners were Irish trained.
Cheltenham Free Bets For Wednesday
As is usually the case at the Cheltenham Festival there’s sure to be plenty of Cheltenham free bets for Wednesday for punters to make use of, offering opportunities to turn a profit for little outlay. Open a new account during the Festival with William Hill Bet £10 get £30 in free bets.
Most leading bookmakers will have a number of free bets and offers running throughout the biggest week of the National Hunt season. The RacingTips.com team will be busy throughout all four days of the Festival providing readers and punters with their Cheltenham Festival day 2 tips as well as highlighting the best Cheltenham free bet offers and concessions available.
Other days at Cheltenham Festival
It’s not all about Day 2 at Cheltenham Festival – You can check out our tips for the other days here: