February 23, 2026
Cheltenham Festival 2026: How Professionals Handle Losing Runs
February 25, 2026
Every punter hits a losing run in sports betting. Even the best ones in the world.
The difference between a professional and an amateur is not the losing run itself.
It is what they do next.
Cheltenham is the biggest week in jump racing. The excitement is real. The pressure is real. And the temptation to do something stupid during a bad run? That is very real too.
In this post, I am going to show you how professionals think. And how that thinking protects their bankroll when things go wrong.
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This might surprise you. But every tipster, every professional punter, every system has losing runs.
>It does not mean the system is broken. It does not mean you should stop.
>It means betting is a long game.
Even a system that wins 40% of bets will have runs of 6, 7, even 10 losers in a row. That is just maths. That is probability.The punter who panics and changes strategy during a losing run? They never find out if it would have turned around.
At Cheltenham, emotions run high. You have backed horses all week. You are watching the best racing in the world. Every race feels huge.
When a losing run hits during Cheltenham week, most punters do one of these three things:
• They double their stakes to chase losses
• They add more horses to their bets to try to win it back faster
• They give up entirely and walk away from a system that actually works
All three are mistakes. All three are driven by emotion. Not logic.
A professional separates their emotions from their decisions. Here is how they do it.
They trust the data. A pro looks at long-term records. Not this week. Not this month. They ask: has this system made money over two years, three years, four years? If yes, a bad week means nothing.
They stick to their staking plan. No matter what. If the plan says stake one point, they stake one point. Not two. Not three. One. Every single time.
They stop checking results obsessively. Refreshing your phone after every race is a fast track to emotional decisions. Check results once a day. Move on.
They write everything down. A betting log keeps you honest. You can see patterns. You can see that last March you had eight losers in a row and then had your best ever month.
They zoom out. One bad week at Cheltenham is nothing. The professionals think in terms of years.
The festival is designed to pull you in. Big fields. Big markets. Non-stop action for four days.
Bookmakers spend millions on Cheltenham advertising. They want you to bet more. To chase. To react.
The professional knows this. So they go into the festival with a plan. And they stick to it.
No plan = bookmaker wins.
A solid plan = you stay in control.
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This is the question everyone wants answered. And the honest truth is — nobody knows.
But here is what we do know. At Premium Racing Tips, we have been profitable in 40 out of 48 months.
That means we had 8 losing months in 4 years. But across all 48 months, we banked over 1,400 points profit.
The members who stayed the course through those 8 tough months? They got the rewards.
The ones who quit? They missed out.
• Rule 1: Do not change your stake. Ever. Stick to the plan.
• Rule 2: Do not add more bets. More bets during a losing run = more losses.
• Rule 3: Review after 100 bets — not after 5.
That last one is important. You cannot judge a betting system on five bets. Or ten. You need a proper sample size.
A car mechanic does not decide an engine is broken after hearing one strange noise. They run diagnostics. They look at the data.
You should do the same with your betting.
Losing runs are part of betting. Even at Cheltenham. Even with the best systems.
The punters who win long term are not the luckiest. They are the most disciplined.
They protect their bankroll during the bad times. And they are still standing when the good times come back.
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