2024 Cheltenham Ryanair Chase Odds & Betting Favourites

In this post, we take a look at the 2024 Cheltenham Ryanair Chase odds and give you a rundown of the chances of each of the betting favourites.

The Ryanair Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older.

The race takes place on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres). Horses have to navigate 17 fences over the trip.

The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

2024 Ryanair Chase Odds

2024 Ryanair Chase Betting Favourites

El Fabiolo

Odds

The favourite to win the 2024 Ryanair Chase is El Fabiolo at odds of 6/4 according to the latest Cheltenham odds at BoyleSports. Those odds imply that El Fabiolo has a 40% chance of winning the 2024 Ryanair Chase.

Pedigree

Sire: Spanish Moon (USA)

Dam: Sainte Mante (FR) 

Career Record

Form

The WP Mullins-trained seven-year-old gelding has an excellent career record of seven victories, one runner-up finish and one third-place finish from ten outings on the track, a level of consistency and class to justify favourite for any race.

The horse’s most recent outing on track was at Leopardstown this month beating four other horses including runner-up Dinoblue by eight and a half lengths over the 2 mile 1 furlong trip to continue it’s brilliant career record.

Cheltenham Form

El Fabiolo has raced at Cheltenham on one occasion coming at the festival last March, winning the Arkle Novices Chase coming five and a half lengths ahead of runner-up Jonbon.

Verdict

El Fabiolo seems to be in a league of her own and so is a very worthy favourite to win the Ryanair Chase.

Banbridge

Odds

The second favourite to win the 2024 Ryanair Chase is Banbridge at odds of 5/2  Those odds suggest that Banbridge has a 28.6% chance of winning this race.

Pedigree

Sire: Doyen (IRE)

Dam: Old Carton Lass (IRE)

Career Record

Form

The eight-year-old Banbridge is another with an impressive career record heading into this event, the horse has nine successes, coming runner-up once and third once meaning from fifteen races the horse has only been outside the top three four times.

Banbridge’s most recent outing on track was at Kempton earlier this month where they won the five-horse-field coming one and three-quarter lengths ahead of runner-up Pic D’Ory, which was the horse’s first race in 275 days, which was a victory in Aintree back in April.

Cheltenham Form

The horse has run at Cheltenham on two occasions, the first coming in the Supreme Noivices Hurdle at the festival in 2022 when the horse won a handicap hurdle coming one and a half lengths ahead of Cobblers Dream.

The horse returned to Cheltenham in November of the same year, with the horse winning again coming six lengths ahead of Tommy’s Oscar. The horse was a non-runner in the Turner’s Novices Chase last year due to unsuitable ground.

Verdict

Right now 5/2  looks attractive value for the horse to land the 2024 Ryanair Chase.

Fastorslow

Odds

The 3rd favourite to win the 2024 Ryanair Chase is Fastorslow at 3/1 per the latest Cheltenham odds at BoyleSports. Those odds suggest that Fastorslow has a 25% chance of winning this race.

Pedigree

Sire: Saint Des Saints (FR)

Dam: Popova (FR)

Career Record

Form

The eight-year-old Fastorslow is another with an impressive career record with 4 victories and 5 runner-up finishes. The horse has been trained by Martin Brassil since switching from the A Chaille-Chaille stable early in the horse’s racing career.

The horse most recently ran at Leopardstown on the 3rd of February finishing runner-to Galopin Des Champs losing out by 4.5 lengths.

Cheltenham Form

The horse has run at Cheltenham on two occasions, the first coming in the Coral Handicap Cup at the festival in 2022 where the horse was second and narrowly beaten by a short head by Commander Of Fleet. 

The horse was again narrowly beaten at Cheltenham Festival 2023 when the horse came runner-up in the Ultima Handicap Chase to Corach Rambler by a narrow neck meaning connections of the horse again had a narrow defeat at the festival.

Verdict

Fastorslow is certainly one to watch in the market in the coming weeks.

Envoi Allen

Odds

The fourth favourite for the 2024 Ryanair Chase is Envoi Allen at 4/1. Those odds imply that Envoi Allen has a 20% chance of being crowned the next Ryanair Chase winner.

Pedigree

Sire: Muhtathir (GB) (9.2f)

Dam: Reaction (FR)

Career Record

Form

The ten-year-old veteran trained by Willie Mullins has a career record of fifteen victories one runner-up finish and three third finishes from twenty-four races. However, it should be noted the horse is without a victory in three races and is last coming at the Cheltenham Festival in 2023.

The horse most recently ran in Down Royal last November where the horse showed great promise that it can return to form again only beaten a neck by winner Gerri Colombe.

Cheltenham Form

The horse is something of a Cheltenham veteran first running at the festival in 2019 winning the Champion Bumper race. The horse continued its winning streak at the festival in 2020 winning the Ballymore Novices Hurdle.

Unfortunately, the streak failed to continue at the 2021 festival with the horse falling at the fourth fence. The horse finished third in the Queen Mother Champion Chase the following year thirteen lengths back of winner Energumne.

However, the horse returned to winning ways at the event last year winning this race coming two and three quarter lengths ahead of Shishkin.

Verdict

The horse and team behind it love this festival, but I think age is very much not on their side for this race.

Stage Star

Odds

Next up in the betting is Stage Star who is also a 4/1 chance to win the Ryanair Chase at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival. Those odds suggest that Stage Star has a.20% chance of 2024 Ryanair Chase glory.

Pedigree

Sire: Fame And Glory (GB) (14.7f)

Dam: Sparky May (GB)

Career Record

Form

The eight-year-old trained by Paul Nicholls is a relatively lightly raced sort with sixteen races to date, the horse has passed the winning line on nine occasions, was the bridesmaid in second place twice and finished third once.

The horse most recently ran at Cheltenham on the first of this month where the horse was disappointingly pulled up two out with the jockey reporting the horse was never travelling and the trainer describing the horse as stiff.

Cheltenham Form

The horse first appeared at Cheltenham at the festival in 2022 in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle where the horse was pulled up. However, the horse returned to Cheltenham the following January showing its class by beating ten other horses to land a Handicap Chase coming three and three-quarter lengths clear of the runner-up.

That victory was followed up by a victory at the festival in 2023 in the Turners Novices Chase beating runner-up Notlongtillmay by three and a quarter lengths and another victory last November again beating the same horse this time by four lengths.

However, the horse most recently ran on the course in January and was again pulled up with the jockey saying the horse was never travelling well post-race.

Verdict

Stage Star is a horse with supreme ability when it gets things right, but I wouldn’t be backing it at 4/1.

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