Quick snippets to find the winners of the Cheltenham Handicap Hurdles...

Published: Sun, 03/09/25

Updated: Sun, 03/09/25

...pay attention to the running styles...

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Today I'm providing you with some Race Trends to help you with your analysis of the four (non-Novice) Handicap Hurdles run at the Cheltenham Festival...

The Coral Cup, The Pertemps Final, The County Hurdle and The Martin Pipe Hurdle...

Arguably four of THE toughest races for punters to solve on the National Hunt calendar...

My Race Trends approach helped me nail the winner of THREE of these races last year... and I probably should have had the fourth one as well (The Martin Pipe Hurdle) as the winner was on the Trends Shortlist... but you can't win them all!! Although it never stops us trying!!

So here's some trends for you to tuck into...

CORAL CUP (2.40 Wed)

12/12 Won 1 of last 5 starts (0/70 those that didn't meet this angle)

12/12 21 or less career starts (0/54 those that didn't meet this angle)

Running style of previous 12 winners: FR-1 | CP-5 | HU-6

(FR = Front-Runner | CP = Close to Pace | HU = Held-up)

PERTEMPS FINAL (2.40 Thurs)

12/12 aged 5yo-8yo (0/74 aged 9yo+)

12/12 22 or less career starts (0/67 those that didn't fit this angle)

Running style of previous 12 winners: FR-0 | CP-3 | HU-9

COUNTY HURDLE (2.00 Fri)

12/12 0-1 previous Hcp Hurdle wins (0/62 2 or more Hcp Hurdle wins)

11/12 ran in a Hurdle race over 2m1f or less LTO (1/72 those that didn't fit this angle)

Running style of previous 12 winners: FR-0 | CP-1 | HU-11

MARTIN PIPE HURDLE (5.20 Fri)

12/12 aged 5yo-7yo (0/56 aged 8yo+)

12/12 Top-rated or no more than 9lbs below top-rated (0/60 those that didn't meet this stat)

Running style of previous 12 winners: FR-1 | CP-3 | HU-8

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Perhaps the most interesting thing to take from the above trends comes from the Running Styles of the last 12 winners of each race...

Of the last 48-winners of the four Handicap Hurdle races only TWO of them FRONT-RAN their way to victory

And

34 of the 48 won their race from a HOLD-UP running position

These ultra-competitive Handicap Hurdle contests at the Festival are extremely tricky races to win off the front end and pace/running style analysis is a VITAL part of the analysis puzzle...

That's why I include pace maps/running style analysis in ALL of my race guides...

Analysis you can get your hands on HERE>>>

Cheers and happy punting at Cheltenham 2025

Ben (NTF)

Cheers - Ben (NTF)

4 NT, Birstall, West Yorkshire WF17 9EU, United Kingdom

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