Festival Hunters' Chase winners and results
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Run in 2027 as the Princess Royal Challenge Cup Hunters' Chase, a hunters race over 3m 2½f.
The 2027 Festival Hunters' Chase is due off at 4.40pm, Friday 19 March 2027. Below is every result in the archive, from 2022 to 2026.
| Year | Winner | SP | Jockey | Trainer | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Barton Snow | 9/2 | — | — | Its On The Line | Music Drive |
| 2025 | Wonderwall | 28/1 | Robert James | Sam Curling | Its On The Line | Willitgoahead |
| 2024 | Sine Nomine | 66/1 | John Dawson | Fiona Needham | Its On The Line | Time Leader |
| 2023 | Premier Magic | 66/1 | Bradley Gibbs | Bradley Gibbs | Its On The Line | Shantou Flyer |
| 2022 | Billaway | 13/8 FAV | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | Winged Leader | Mighty Stowaway |
Festival Hunters' Chase trends
The amateurs' Gold Cup, run over the same course and distance the day the professionals take it on, and the wildest betting heat of the week. Two 66/1 winners in three years, with Premier Magic in 2023 and Sine Nomine in 2024, and Wonderwall at 28/1 in 2025.
The field is made up of point-to-pointers whose form lines rarely cross, which is why the market struggles. Billaway's 13/8 win in 2022 for Willie Mullins and Patrick Mullins is the one recent case of a short price holding up.
Festival Hunters' Chase winners on file: Barton Snow, Wonderwall, Sine Nomine, Premier Magic, Billaway. The market has been a poor guide here, with only 1 of the last 5 winners going off favourite. The biggest-priced winner in that time was Sine Nomine at 66/1 in 2024.
See the full card for each Festival on the results by year pages, or the Gold Cup Day page for how the rest of the day went.
Compiled and checked by <your name>. Last updated 28 October 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.