This is the 'Festival Trophy' and made its debut at the 2005 Cheltenham Festival. The race is a grade one chase and is run over 2 miles and 5 furlongs.
Four out of the five winners of the race were rated 152-157
All five previous winners of this race have had previous winning form at the Cheltenham Festival
All previous winners of the Ryanair Chase came from the first three in the betting market
All previous winners of this race have placed in either the Paddy Power Gold Cup or the Boylesports Gold Cup
All five winners of the race had no more than four runs since the October
The key to ante-post bets in this race is to find a horse where this race is definitely the target for them.