Cheltenham Festival Day Two

Day Two

The Cheltenham Festival takes place in the middle of March and is undoubtedly the biggest race meeting of the National Hunt season.

Betting on the festival races can often been made a whole lot easier and more successful, by using cheltenham festival trends to narrow down the selection process.

I have tried to compile of record of the most profitable ones here and hope you find them useful come March when you are preparing your Cheltenham Festival Tips.

Race by race Trends

National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup

This is an amateur riders race and the longest race at the Festival. Jonjo O’Neill has won 4 of the last 8 renewals.

5 and 6 year olds have very poor records. Only one winning 6 year old since 1989 and no 5 year old for over 30 years.

Only one winning favourite since 1992.

24 of the last 26 winners finished in the first four on their most recent start.

Neptune Investment Management Novices Hurdle

This race was formerly known as the Royal & Sun Alliance Novices Hurdle and the Ballymore Properties Novices Hurdle.

6 year olds have a great record in the race having won 7 of the last 10 renewals.

Horses finishing 1st or 2nd on their previous start have won 25 of the last 26 renewals.

Only one winner older than 6 years since 1974.

Nine out of the last ten winners had already won over at least 2m 4f over hurdles.

Royal and SunAlliance Chase

There is often a shock thrown up in the Royal & SunAlliance Chase with winners priced at 33/1, 25/1, 16/1 and 14/1 in the last ten years but the last 3 favourites have all won.

7 and 8 year olds have a great record having won 13 of the last 15 renewals.

32 of the last 35 winners finished 1st or 2nd in their previous race.

Queen Mother Champion Chase

This is normally one of the smaller fields of the meeting. Favourites and Arkle winners have a strong record.

There has only been one winner older than 10 years old since 1997.

8 of the last 10 winners had previously competed at the Cheltenham Festival.

All of the last 10 winners had won at least once in that season.

Outsiders are uncommon, with 26 of the last 28 winners being single figure odds.

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Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle

The first big handicap hurdle of the meeting and is always a lively betting heat. Only one favourite has won in the last ten years but there are often some big gambles.

8 of the last 10 winners carried 11st or less to victory.

6 of the last 7 winners won last time out.

8 of the last 10 winners were aged between 6 and 8 years old.

Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle

This is a relatively new race on the Cheltenham Festival card having started in 2005. Nina Carberry won the 2005 running becoming the first woman since 1987 to ride a Festival winner.

4 of the last 5 winners won their previous race.

All five winners were by a Group 1 winning flat sire.

All five winners did not win until their third start over hurdles or later.

Champion Bumper

This is the only flat race at the festival and often attracts some of the top flat jockeys. Willie Mullins holds a superb record in the race, with 6 winners in the last 13 years.

An Irish trained horse has been successful in 14 of the last 17 renewals.

A 5 year old has won 10 of the last 13 renewals.

15 of the last 17 winners won their previous outing.

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Cheltenham Festival Trends - Day Three