At the last six Cheltenham Festivals there have been 24 Non-Novice Handicap Hurdles and 581 runners...
24/24 (winners) ran in a Hurdle race LTO (Those that didn’t run in a Hurdle race LTO are 0/51, 6p)
24/24 had 21 or less career starts (Those with 22+ career starts are 0/100, 13p)
23/24 had 0-1 previous Handicap Hurdle wins (Those with 2+ Handicap Hurdle wins are 1/139, 18p || 3+ Handicap Hurdle wins are 0/64, 6p)
23/24 were aged 5yo-8yo (those aged 9yo+ are 1/75 | 1% S/R)
23/24 were 2lbs+ higher than their last winning mark (those that were not are 1/57 | 1.75% S/R)
23/24 recorded a placed effort on one of their last three starts (those that hadn't are 1/96 | 1% S/R)
23/24 started their career under National Hunt rules (1/86 | 1% S/R for those that had their first career start on the Flat/AW)
22/24 were ridden by a jockey WITHOUT a claim (Claiming jockeys are 2/101 | 2% S/R)
21/24 recorded a top 6 finish on their last start (3/139 | 2% S/R for those outwith the first 6 last time out)
Only 3/24 started as an outright FAVOURITE last time out (only 4/24 started as fav or joint/co fav)
