2026 Thyestes Chase Trends

January 23, 2026
Andy Newton

Staged at Gowran Park racecourse, in Ireland, the Thyestes Chase is run over a distance of 3m, and is often contested by horses that go onto run in the Grand National later in the season.

That said, we’ve not seen any winners of this race go onto win the Aintree race that same season, but Hedgehunter (2004) and Numbersixvalverde (2005) did go onto glory in the Aintree marathon later in their careers.

In recent years, the Willie Mullins yard have won the Thyestes Chase SEVEN times in the last 13 runnings, and TEN times in all – he looks to have another strong hand this year too.

Gordon Elliott has won the prize twice since 2018, while 12 months ago we saw another Willie Mullins winner when Nick Rockett won the race and later go onto land the Grand National at Aintree.

Here at GEEGEEZ we look back at recent winners and highlights the key stats to take into the 2026 running – this year staged on Thursday 22nd January.

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Recent Thyestes Chase Winners

2025 - NICK ROCKETT (9/2 jfav)
2024 - AIN'T THAT A SHAME (14/1)
2023 - CAREFULLY SELECTED (9/2 fav)
2022 – LONGHOUSE POET (9/1)
2021 – COKO BEACH (9/1)
2020 – TOTAL RECALL (16/1)
2019 – INVITATION ONLY (4/1 fav)
2018 - MONBEG NOTORIOUS (7/2 fav)
2017 – CHAMPAGNE WEST (7/1)
2016 – MY MURPHY (16/1)
2015 – DJAKADAM (9/2)
2014 – ON HIS OWN (12/1)
2013 – JADANLI (25/1)
2012 – ON HIS OWN (10/1)
2011 – SIEGEMASTER (16/1)
2010 – WHINSTONE BOY (5/1)
2009 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2008 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2007 – HOMER WELLS (16/1)
2006 – DUN DOIRE (9/4 fav)
2005 – NUMBERSIXVALVERDE (8/1)
2004 – HEDGEHUNTER (10/3 fav)
2003 – BE MY BELLE (4/1)

Thyestes Chase Betting Trends

23/23 – Won by an Irish-based stable
21/23 – Irish bred
21/23 – Had won between 1-3 times over fences (rules) before
20/23 – Had raced within the last 4 weeks
16/23 – Had won over at least 3m (fences) before
16/23 – Aged 9 or younger
15/23 – Placed favourites
13/23 – Carried 10-9 or less
13/23 – Finished unplaced last time out
12/23 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
11/23 – Aged 7 or 8 years-old
10/23 – Had run at Gowran Park over fences before
10/23 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
10/23 – Raced at Leopardstown last time out
9/23 – Trained by Willie Mullins (won the race 10 times in all)
8/23 – Went onto run in that season’s Grand National (1 winner, Nick Rockett, 2025)
6/23 – Winning favourites
3/23 – Won last time out
3/23 - Ridden by Paul Townend (3 of the last 12)
2/23 - Trained by Gordon Elliott (2 of the last 8)
2/23 - Trained by Henry De Bromhead (2 of the last 9)
2/23 – Won by a previous winner of the race
The average winning SP in the last 23 runnings is 10/1