Cheltenham Festival Trends

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 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.

Race by race Trends

Novices Hurdle

Four year olds have a poor record in this race but there has been just one winner from 100 runners aged older than 6.

Royal and SunAlliance Chase

There is often a shock thrown up in the R&SA Chase with only two favourites winning in the last thirteen years. The race is usually won by horses aged seven or eight.

Queen Mother Champion Chase

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

There is a strong negative for young horses, with the only five year old winner coming in 1973.

Six of the last ten Champion Chase winners had previously won at the festival over fences.

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.

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

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 6 renewals.

5 and 6 year olds have very poor records.

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 five winners in the last thirteen years.

An Irish trained horse has been successful in 12 of the last 15 renewals.

Cheltenham Festival Trends - Day Three