Paul Nicholls: Cheltenham Festival record
Paul Nicholls has 19 Festival winners on file, 4 of them between 2022 and 2026.
Recent winners, 2022 to 2026
| Year | Race | Winner | SP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase | Caldwell Potter | 7/1 |
| 2024 | Pertemps Final | Monmiral | 25/1 |
| 2023 | Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle | Stay Away Fay | 18/1 |
| 2023 | Golden Miller Novices' Chase | Stage Star | 15/2 |
Championship race wins
Paul Nicholls has 15 further wins in the Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase or Stayers' Hurdle, going back to 1999.
| Year | Race | Winner | SP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Politologue | — |
| 2015 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Dodging Bullets | — |
| 2012 | Champion Hurdle | Rock On Ruby | 11/1 |
| 2012 | Stayers' Hurdle | Big Buck's | 5/6 |
| 2011 | Stayers' Hurdle | Big Buck's | 10/11 |
| 2010 | Stayers' Hurdle | Big Buck's | 5/6 |
| 2009 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Kauto Star | 7/4 |
| 2009 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Master Minded | — |
| 2009 | Stayers' Hurdle | Big Buck's | 6/1 |
| 2008 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Denman | 9/4 |
| 2008 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Master Minded | — |
| 2007 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | Kauto Star | 5/4 |
| 2004 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Azertyuiop | — |
| 1999 | Cheltenham Gold Cup | See More Business | 16/1 |
| 1999 | Queen Mother Champion Chase | Call Equiname | — |
Nicholls has won the Gold Cup four times, including the Kauto Star and Denman years when his own two horses dominated the race between 2007 and 2009. He shares the Champion Chase trainers' record on six, and Big Buck's gave him four straight Stayers' Hurdles from 2009.
Those wins came between 1999 and 2025, in the Queen Mother Champion Chase 6 times, the Cheltenham Gold Cup 4 times, the Stayers' Hurdle 4 times, the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, the Champion Hurdle, the Golden Miller Novices' Chase, the Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase and the Pertemps Final.
Winner counts only. Because the archive holds the first four home rather than full fields, these are not strike rates.
See the full card for each meeting on the results by year pages, or browse all trainers.
Compiled and checked by <your name>. Last updated 28 October 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.