The Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup is the competition between the English and Irish to see who will have the most winners at the Cheltenham Festival.

It has seen a great rivalry between the home team of British-trained runners and those crossing the Irish Sea for many years and is a great backdrop to the four-day Festival at Cheltenham.

The Prestbury Cup cover includes all these 28 races over the four days. It is the battle of the British and Irish trainers on the hallowed Cheltenham turf.

In our Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup guide, you will learn everything you need to know from betting tips, odds and previous winners of the annual challenge.

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Contents

1 What is the Prestbury Cup?
2 Can You Bet On the Prestbury Cup?
3 Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup 2024 Odds
4 Prestbury Cup 2024 Tips – The Battle of the British and Irish Trainers
5 How Does the Prestbury Cup Work?
6 Betting on the Prestbury Cup
7 Popular Questions
- 7.1 Why was it named the Prestbury Cup?
8 Summary of the Prestbury Cup
9 Other Cheltenham Related Articles

What is the Prestbury Cup?

The Prestbury Cup is a competition between Great Britain and Ireland for the most winners at the Cheltenham Festival.

The rivalry of the British taking on the Irish runners crossing the Irish Sea is a great entertaining event. The Prestbury Cup starts from the first race on day one until the last race on day four.

At the Cheltenham Festival, there is a total of 28 races and the winner is achieved when either country has 14 winners or more.

Can You Bet On the Prestbury Cup?

You can bet on the Prestbury Cup and betting on the Prestbury Cup is a popular bet type for Cheltenham Racecourse racegoers.

The Irish vs Great Britain betting event is the choice of backing either Great Britain or Ireland to win the trophy.

With the Irish Racing being so competitive in March 2025 it is looking likely the Irish will retain their crown.

Here are some of the Best Cheltenham Betting Offers you can use to wager a bet on the Prestbury Cup betting event:

Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup 2024 Odds

The odds for the Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup in March 2024 have not yet been released.

Prestbury Cup 2024 Tips – The Battle of the British and Irish Trainers

Although short odds for Ireland to win the Prestbury Cup in March 2025 then they have to be the banker bet of the Cheltenham Festival.

Ireland is predicted to win by a landslide and retain the Prestbury Cup trophy.

All of the races at Cheltenham are considered as important as the next, so winning the Champion Hurdle or Queen Mother Chase only gets one point, the same as the less-prestigious handicap races.

So value could be found if you felt Great Britain had some great chances in the handicapped horse racing betting events.

How Does the Prestbury Cup Work?

The process of the Prestbury Cup is all the winners from the Cheltenham Festival (National hunt racing festival) are tallied up based upon the country in which they are trained. Whoever wins the most festival winners is the winner.

The Prestbury Cup works as a team-based event with horses trained in Great Britain competing against horses trained in Ireland.

The main Irish trainers consist of Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott, Henry de Bromhead, Joseph O’Brien and many other high profile horse racing trainers.

The highest-profile British horse racing trainers include the likes of Nicky Henderson, Colin Tizzard and Paul Nicholls, Venetia Williams, Nigel Twiston-Davies, Philip Hobbs and David Pipe.

Once the winning country bypass 14 wins over the 4 days of racing a representative of the winning team is presented with the Prestbury Cup.

The team-based annual challenge is a heads up contest of Great Britain racehorses Vs the Irish racehorses.

Betting on the Prestbury Cup

Check out more information on the specific races that make up the Prestbury Cup:

Will Irish-trained winners lead the way this year again?

Summary of the Prestbury Cup

The question all racegoers have on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival is “will British trained horses notch up more, or will that honour be taken by horses trained in Ireland?”. That is essentially what the Prestbury Cup! A yearly Anglo-English competition to have the most Cheltenham winners – who will have the most festival winners?

The Cheltenham Roar is a loud cheer made by the thousands of racing betting fans in the grandstands when the starter raises the tape for the first race of the day and also it heralds the start of the Prestbury Cup.

The atmosphere of horse racing fans on the racetrack at Prestbury Park (Cheltenham racecourse) is electric and an experience all horse racing fans look forward to. We hope you have an amazing Cheltenham – we can’t wait!

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Keywords and subjects covered – festival winners, find the most winning country at Cheltenham racecourse, national hunt racing, the annual challenge between Irish trained horse trainers and the British.

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