When is the Plate Handicap Chase? Cheltenham date, start time, runners and betting

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change

It simply wouldn’t be a Cheltenham meeting without a quality big-field handicap over the intermediate trip.

The Plate Handicap Chase is just the ticket at the Cheltenham Festival 2023 and a whole host of usual suspects hold entries for this year’s renewal including recent track-and-trip winners Il Ridoto, Midnight River and Stolen Silver as well as last season’s victor and course specialist Coole Cody.

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A total of 17 fences over the 2m4½f trip on the New Course awaits the field and the Plate is one of the richest handicaps of the four-day fiesta as the first past the post will bag a tidy £67,524 for connections.

You can run the rule over our Plate Handicap Chase odds on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise all the key details about this year’s renewal can be found below.

Plate Handicap Chase 2023 date and start time

The Plate Handicap Chase is set to take place at Cheltenham on Thursday, March 16. The post time is set for 16:10 GMT. You can watch the race live on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app or on ITV.

Plate Handicap Chase 2023 runners and riders

Haut En Couleurs (Michael O’Sullivan)
Two For Gold (David Bass)
Stolen Silver (Sam Twiston-Davies)
Midnight River (Harry Skelton)
Escaria Ten (A P Heskin)
Fugitif (Sean Bowen)
Il Ridoto (Harry Cobden)
Datsalrightgino (Gavin Sheehan)
Embittered (B J Cooper)
War Lord (Brendan Powell)
Coole Cody (Adam Wedge)
So Scottish (Mark Walsh)
Seddon (Ben Harvey)
Marvel De Cerisy (Rachael Blackmore)
Champagne Gold (Aidan Coleman)
Shakem Up’Arry (Luca Morgan)
Mars Harper (Jordan Gainford)
Gevrey (Sam Ewing)
Hereditary Rule (Jack Hogan)
Celebre D’Allen (Micheal Nolan)
Frero Banbou (Charlie Deutsch)
Born By The Sea (Danny Gilligan)
Captain Tom Cat (Charlie Hammond)
Bowtogreatness (Kevin Brogan)
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Gemirande (Reserve)
Il Courra (Reserve)

Plate Handicap Chase 2023 betting

Plate Handicap Chase odds are on paddypower.com and prices for the leading contender can be seen on our snazzy widgets below.

So Scottish is the favourite with Paddy Power for the Plate Handicap Chase after racking up the wins this season and being purchased by JP McManus.

Haut En Couleurs, Il Ridoto and Midnight River are also prominent in our non runner money back market.

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change

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