Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

Updated: 1907 Horse Racing

We look at the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase ahead of the next renewal, a race contested over 2m4½f at Cheltenham during the Cheltenham Festival to see which runners, trainers and jockeys have previously won the race and which trends can you use to find the winner of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase.

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)
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Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Preview

The newest addition to the Cheltenham Festival is the Grade 3 Mares Chase which is sponsored by Paddy Power with the official title of 'Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase' and is registered as the 'Liberthine Mares' Chase'.

The race was added in 2021 replacing the Listed Novices' Handicap Chase which is now run at Sandown before the festival, there has been some rejigging and this race will feature on the final day of the festival.

The race as the title suggests will be open to mares only who are five or older and they will face a total of seventeen fences over the two-mile, four-and-a-half furlong trip.

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Cheltenham tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

How competitive is the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 4 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 116%. The race in 2021 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 119%, whilst on average over the last 4 renewals of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase, the over-round has been 117%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £117 which is bet.

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Trends:

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 4 if you had followed the winner of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 3 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +6.73. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.

The runner that holds the record over the past 4 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2024 renewal when Limerick Lace from Gavin Cromwell under the guidance of Keith Donoghue, won in a time of 5:34.77, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Elimay, trained by W P Mullins and ridden by Mark Walsh set the quickest time of 5:14.62 in the 2022 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase over the last 4 renewals:

  1. Elimay (5:14.62) in 2022
  2. Colreevy (5:16.25) in 2021
  3. Impervious (5:18.67) in 2023
What the expert says...
Only four renewals of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase so far, all four winners came into the race having won last time out, they were all in the top three of the betting and no bigger than 3/1. With the race being such a new race it's hard to take trends seriously here but it seems to pay to go with one of the fancied runners.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Mares Chase 17 Apr @ 15:19 - AntePost
Brighterdaysahead 6.00
Limerick Lace 6.00
Dinoblue 8.00
Impervious 9.00
Allegorie De Vassy 15.00

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Past Winners

Here are the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase past winners for the last 4 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
5:34.77
Limerick Lace (IRE)
7yo 11-2 3/1
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell (IRE)
2023
5:18.67
Impervious (IRE)
7yo 11-5 15/8
Brian Hayes
C A Murphy (IRE)
2022
5:14.62
Elimay (FR)
8yo 11-2 9/4
Mark Walsh
W P Mullins (IRE)
2021
5:16.25
Colreevy (IRE)
8yo 11-7 9/4
Paul Townend
W P Mullins (IRE)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase have been based:

  • IRE: 4 winners with an additional 5 placings from 24 runners
  • GB: 0 winners with an additional 3 placings from 13 runners

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase over the last 4 renewals is W P Mullins who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Colreevy (2021) and Elimay (2022).

Here are some of the top Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase trainer statistics over the last 4 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
W P Mullins12-2-5-5.50-5.33
Gavin Cromwell2-1-1+2.00+0.80
C A Murphy1-1-1+1.88+1.13
Nigel Twiston-Davies5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Gordon Elliott4-0-0-4.00-4.00
Venetia Williams3-0-2-3.00+4.60
Stuart Edmunds1-0-1-1.00+2.30
Joseph Patrick O'Brien1-0-1-1.00+2.30
Mrs Denise Foster1-0-1-1.00+0.10
Henry De Bromhead1-0-0-1.00-1.00

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase jockey statistics over the last 4 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Paul Townend4-1-2-0.75-0.99
Mark Walsh3-1-3+0.25+0.66
Keith Donoghue2-1-1+2.00+0.80
Brian Hayes2-1-1+0.88+0.13
Charlie Deutsch3-0-2-3.00+4.60
Daryl Jacob3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Jack Kennedy2-0-1-2.00-0.90
Sam Twiston-Davies2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Danny Mullins2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Jordan Gainford2-0-0-2.00-2.00

Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 2+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +5.38 is when runners were 2nd in the betting market. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career wins in the class, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-19.

The courses that have produced the most winners of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase are Doncaster, Thurles, Naas and Punchestown, there has been a total number of 1 winner from each of those courses.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 4 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Limerick Lace in 2024, winning for Gavin Cromwell at odds of 3/1 under the guidance of Keith Donoghue. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 4 renewals there have been 0 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Schedule for Tuesday at the Cheltenham Festival

Prepare for the ROAR of the Cheltenham Festival on the opening day when the tape goes up for the Supreme Novices Hurdle, the feature on Tuesday is the Champion Hurdle.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:30 Cheltenham
Supreme Novices Hurdle
Slade Steel (IRE)
6yo - 7/2
Henry De Bromhead
Rachael Blackmore
14:10 Cheltenham
Arkle Challenge Trophy
Gaelic Warrior (GER)
6yo - 2/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
14:50 Cheltenham
Ultima Handicap Chase
Chianti Classico (IRE)
7yo - 6/1
Kim Bailey
David Bass
15:30 Cheltenham
Champion Hurdle
State Man (FR)
7yo - 2/5
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
16:10 Cheltenham
Close Brothers Mares Hurdle
Lossiemouth (FR)
5yo - 8/13
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
16:50 Cheltenham
Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
Lark In The Mornin (GER)
4yo - 9/1
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
J J Slevin
17:30 Cheltenham
National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup
Corbetts Cross (IRE)
7yo - 15/8
Emmet Mullins
Mr Derek O'Connor

Schedule for Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival

The dust has settled on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and now on to day two. The feature on the second day is the Queen Mother Champion Chase. We also have the cross country scheduled on Wednesday, a race like Marmite, some love it and some don't!

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:30 Cheltenham
Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle
Ballyburn (IRE)
6yo - 1/2
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
14:10 Cheltenham
Brown Advisory Novices Chase
Fact To File (FR)
7yo - 8/13
W P Mullins
Mark Walsh
14:50 Cheltenham
Coral Cup
Langer Dan (IRE)
8yo - 13/2
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
15:30 Cheltenham
Queen Mother Champion Chase
Captain Guinness (IRE)
9yo - 17/2
Henry De Bromhead
Rachael Blackmore
16:10 Cheltenham
Cross Country Chase
Delta Work (FR)
10yo - 11/10
Gordon Elliott
Keith Donoghue
16:50 Cheltenham
Johnny Henderson Grand Annual
Unexpected Party (FR)
9yo - 12/1
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
17:30 Cheltenham
Champion Bumper
Jasmin De Vaux (FR)
5yo - 9/2
W P Mullins
Mr P W Mullins

Schedule for Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival

Halfway through the festival and onto day three where the Stayers Hurdle is the feature race. A hurdle race to test the stamina and see how can last best up the Cheltenham hill.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:30 Cheltenham
Turners Novices Chase
Grey Dawning (IRE)
7yo - 5/2
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
14:10 Cheltenham
Pertemps Network Final
Monmiral (FR)
7yo - 25/1
Paul Nicholls
Harry Cobden
14:50 Cheltenham
Ryanair Chase
Protektorat (FR)
9yo - 17/2
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
15:30 Cheltenham
Stayers Hurdle
Teahupoo (FR)
7yo - 5/4
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
16:10 Cheltenham
Festival Plate
Shakem UpArry (IRE)
10yo - 8/1
Ben Pauling
Ben Jones
16:50 Cheltenham
Mares Novices Hurdle
Golden Ace (GB)
6yo - 10/1
Jeremy Scott
Lorcan Williams
17:30 Cheltenham
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
Inothewayurthinkin (IRE)
6yo - 13/8
Gavin Cromwell
Mr Derek O'Connor

Schedule for Friday at the Cheltenham Festival

The final day of the festival and feature race that we have all been waiting for, the Cheltenham Gold Cup in which the Irish have been fairly dominant in recent years.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:30 Cheltenham
Triumph Hurdle
Majborough (FR)
4yo - 6/1
W P Mullins
Mark Walsh
14:10 Cheltenham
County Handicap Hurdle
Absurde (FR)
6yo - 12/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
14:50 Cheltenham
Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle
Stellar Story (IRE)
7yo - 33/1
Gordon Elliott
Sam Ewing
15:30 Cheltenham
Cheltenham Gold Cup
Galopin Des Champs (FR)
8yo - 10/11
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
16:10 Cheltenham
Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup
Sine Nomine (GB)
8yo - 8/1
Fiona Needham
Mr John Dawson
16:50 Cheltenham
Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase
Limerick Lace (IRE)
7yo - 3/1
Gavin Cromwell
Keith Donoghue
17:30 Cheltenham
Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
Better Days Ahead (IRE)
6yo - 5/1
Gordon Elliott
Danny Gilligan

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for jump racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful national hunt racing blogs for OLBG.

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