Champion Hurdle 2023 - Statistics and Trends

Champion Hurdle – Statistics and Trends

An analysis of data for the Champion Hurdle showing statistics and trends for the last 25 renewals since 1997. Analysis of the race is broken down by a number of factors including age, weight carried, days since last run, starting price and official rating.

What is the Champion Hurdle?

The Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. It is one of the most prestigious hurdle races in the National Hunt calendar, and is considered the premier two-mile hurdle event in the world. It is also the leading hurdle race of the National Hunt Season.

This years race will be held on Tuesday 14th March 2023

This race is open to is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong. During the race there are eight hurdles to be negotiated.

Champion Hurdle Winners since 1997

Date

Distance

Going

Runners

Winner

Stallion

Age

Jockey (Clm)

Trainer

Odds

Weight

Days

15.03.2022

2m½f

Good To Soft

Honeysuckle

Sulamani (IRE)

Blackmore, Rachael

Bromhead, Henry De

8/11

11-3

165

37d

16.03.2021

2m½f

Soft

Honeysuckle

Sulamani (IRE)

Blackmore, Rachael

Bromhead, Henry De

11/10

11-3

161

38d

10.03.2020

2m½f

Soft

Epatante (FR)

No Risk At All (FR)

Geraghty, B J

Henderson, N J

2/1

11-3

159

75d

12.03.2019

2m½f

Soft

Espoir Dallen (FR)

Voix Du Nord (FR)

Walsh, M P

Cromwell, Gavin Patrick

16/1

11-10

162

44d

13.03.2018

2m½f

Heavy

Buveur Dair (FR)

Crillon (FR)

Geraghty, B J

Henderson, N J

4/6

11-10

169

38d

14.03.2017

2m½f

Good To Soft

Buveur Dair (FR)

Crillon (FR)

Fehily, Noel

Henderson, N J

5/1

11-10

157

38d

15.03.2016

2m½f

Good To Soft

Annie Power (IRE)

Shirocco (GER)

Walsh, R

Mullins, W P

5/2

11-3

162

27d

10.03.2015

2m½f

Good To Soft

Faugheen (IRE)

Germany (USA)

Walsh, R

Mullins, W P

4/5

11-10

169

74d

11.03.2014

2m½f

Good To Soft

Jezki (IRE)

Milan

Geraghty, B J

Harrington,s John

9/1

11-10

165

44d

12.03.2013

2m½f

Soft

Hurricane Fly (IRE)

Montjeu (IRE)

Walsh, R

Mullins, W P

13/8

11-10

172

44d

13.03.2012

2m½f

Good

Rock On Ruby (IRE)

Oscar (IRE)

Fehily, Noel

Nicholls, P F

11/1

11-10

165

78d

15.03.2011

2m½f

Good

Hurricane Fly (IRE)

Montjeu (IRE)

Walsh, R

Mullins, W P

11/4

11-10

167

51d

16.03.2010

2m½f

Good To Soft

Binocular (FR)

Enrique

McCoy, A P

Henderson, N J

9/1

11-10

163

38d

10.03.2009

2m½f

Good To Soft

Punjabi

Komaite (USA)

Geraghty, B J

Henderson, N J

22/1

11-10

163

24d

11.03.2008

2m½f

Good To Soft

Katchit (IRE)

Kalanisi (IRE)

Thornton, Robert

King, A

10/1

11-10

159

24d

13.03.2007

2m½f

Soft

Sublimity (FR)

Selkirk (USA)

Carberry, P A

Carr, John G

16/1

11-10

45d

14.03.2006

2m½f

Good To Soft

Brave Inca (IRE)

Good Thyne (USA)

McCoy, A P

Murphy, C A

7/4

11-10

44d

15.03.2005

2m½f

Good

Hardy Eustace (IRE)

Archway (IRE)

ODwyer, C

Hughes, D T

7/2

11-10

31d

16.03.2004

2m½f

Good

Hardy Eustace (IRE)

Archway (IRE)

ODwyer, C

Hughes, D T

33/1

11-10

31d

11.03.2003

2m½f

Good

Rooster Booster

Riverwise (USA)

Johnson, Richard

Hobbs, P J

9/2

12-0

167

38d

12.03.2002

2m½f

Good To Soft

Hors La Loi Iii (FR)

Cyborg (FR)

Gallagher, D

Fanshawe, J R

10/1

12-0

153

19d

14.03.2000

2m½f

Good

Istabraq (IRE)

Sadlers Wells (USA)

Swan, C F

OBrien, A P

8/15

12-0

51d

16.03.1999

2m½f

Good To Soft

Istabraq (IRE)

Sadlers Wells (USA)

Swan, C F

OBrien, A P

4/9

12-0

51d

17.03.1998

2m½f

Good

Istabraq (IRE)

Sadlers Wells (USA)

Swan, C F

OBrien, A P

3/1

12-0

51d

11.03.1997

2m½f

Good

Make A Stand

Master Willie

McCoy, A P

Pipe, M C

7/1

12-0

31d

Horses Age – Champion Hurdle

The table below shows the ages of the 327 horses that have lined up in the Champion Hurdle since 1997.

204 of the runners have been aged between 6 and 8, this age range has been responsible for 21 of the 25 winners.

Horse Age	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
5	74	2	-46	3%	13	18%
6	77	7	-13	9%	21	27%
7	74	9	10.76	12%	20	27%
8	53	5	-38.99	9%	13	25%
9	25	2	-16.87	8%	5	20%
10	11	0	-11	0%	2	18%
11	7	0	-7	0%	1	14%
12	5	0	-5	0%	0	0%
13	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%

Weight Carried – Champion Hurdle

21 of the 25 winners of the Champion Hurdle since 1997 have carried at least 11st 10lb to victory. 68 of the 75 horses to make the first 3 were also in this range.

A statistic worth noting though is that only 12 mares have gone to post carrying 11st 3lb and 4 have won (33%) with 6 making the frame (50%).

Horse Weight	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
11-3	12	4	-1.67	33%	6	50%
11-9	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
11-10	222	15	-64.9	7%	51	23%
12-0	85	6	-53.53	7%	17	20%

Headgear Worn – Champion Hurdle

22 of the winners of the Champion Hurdle since 1997 have been without headgear.

Headgear	Bets	Wins	Win%	P/L(SP)	Places	Place%
Cheekpieces	11	0	0	-11	3	27.27
Blinkers	26	2	7.69	12.5	5	19.23
Visor	7	0	0	-7	1	14.29
Hood	8	1	12.5	2	5	62.5
None	275	22	8	-124.6	61	22.18

Starting Price (SP) – Champion Hurdle

The table shows the starting price range of all horses that have run in the Champion Hurdle since 1997.

The winners range from 4/9 (1.44) to 33/1 (34.00).

21 of the 25 winners of the Champion Hurdle have returned a SP of 12/1 (13.00) or less.

For those who like an each way play 44 of the 75 horses that have finished in the frame (first 3 places) have returned a SP of 13/2 or more.

Odds Bracket	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
Less than 1/2	1	1	0.44	100%	1	100%
Btw 1/2 & 10/11	5	4	1.73	80%	5	100%
Btw Evens & 6/4	4	1	-1.9	25%	3	75%
Btw 13/8 & 9/4	7	3	1.38	43%	3	43%
Btw 5/2 & 4/1	26	4	-10.25	15%	8	31%
Btw 9/2 & 6/1	17	2	-5.5	12%	11	65%
Btw 13/2 & 8/1	25	1	-17	4%	10	40%
Btw 17/2 & 12/1	37	5	17	14%	11	30%
Btw 14/1 & 20/1	58	2	-24	3%	13	22%
Btw 22/1 & 40/1	65	2	-8	3%	9	14%
50-1 or above	82	0	-82	0%	1	1%

Position in Betting Market – Champion Hurdle

13 favourites have won the Champion Hurdle since 1997. 21 of the 25 winners came from the first 3 in the betting market.

Position In Market	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
1	26	13	8.4	50%	17	65%
2	26	2	-14.5	8%	8	31%
3	26	0	-26	0%	15	58%
4	23	3	17	13%	7	30%
5	33	3	-4	9%	9	27%
6	22	1	-5	5%	6	27%
7	24	1	-14	4%	2	8%
8	32	0	-32	0%	6	19%
9	20	1	3	5%	2	10%
10	19	1	15	5%	2	11%
11	22	0	-22	0%	0	0%
12	12	0	-12	0%	1	8%
13	10	0	-10	0%	0	0%
14	8	0	-8	0%	0	0%
15	11	0	-11	0%	0	0%
16	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
17	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
18	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
19	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
21	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
22	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%

Official Rating (OR) – Champion Hurdle

The following table shows the official rating of every placed horse in the Champion Hurdle since 1997

18 of the 25 winners had been allocated an official rating.

None of the winners with an official rating were rated below 153 or above 172.

Official Rating	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
0	90	8	-16.78	9%	21	23%
108	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
123	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
130	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
132	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
135	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
137	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
138	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
140	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
143	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
144	3	0	-3	0%	1	33%
145	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
146	5	0	-5	0%	1	20%
147	5	0	-5	0%	0	0%
148	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
149	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
150	8	0	-8	0%	0	0%
151	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
152	5	0	-5	0%	0	0%
153	5	1	6	20%	2	40%
154	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
155	12	0	-12	0%	0	0%
156	12	0	-12	0%	3	25%
157	12	1	-6	8%	2	17%
158	11	0	-11	0%	3	27%
159	12	2	2	17%	2	17%
160	12	0	-12	0%	2	17%
161	9	1	-6.9	11%	4	44%
162	17	2	3.5	12%	4	24%
163	11	2	22	18%	5	45%
164	14	0	-14	0%	2	14%
165	11	3	12.73	27%	6	55%
166	6	0	-6	0%	1	17%
167	10	2	-0.75	20%	4	40%
168	4	0	-4	0%	1	25%
169	4	2	-0.53	50%	4	100%
170	3	0	-3	0%	2	67%
172	3	1	-0.37	33%	2	67%
173	2	0	-2	0%	1	50%
177	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%

Official ratings are produced by the British Horseracing Board.

Days Since Last Run (DSLR) – Champion Hurdle

All of the 25 Champion Hurdle winners since 1997 had their latest run between 16 and 90 days ago.

A whopping 18 of them last ran between 31 and 60 days ago.

Just one horse has made the frame returning to the track in less than 16 days and just 2 after being off the track more than 90 days.

Days Since Run	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
1-7 days	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
8-15 days	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
16-30 days	85	4	-36.5	5%	16	19%
31-60 days	161	18	-27.4	11%	44	27%
61-90 days	49	3	-32.2	6%	12	24%
91-120 days	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
121-365 days	8	0	-8	0%	0	0%
> 365 days	4	0	-4	0%	1	25%
First Run	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%

Last Run Placing (LR) – Champion Hurdle

The table shows the break down of the last run placing for the previous 25 runnings of the Champion Hurdle since 1997.

21 of the 25 winners had won on their previous outing and no winner had been placed worse than fourth.

Previous Place	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
No Run	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
First	128	21	-8.1	16%	42	33%
Second	70	2	-24	3%	17	24%
Third	38	1	-15	3%	8	21%
Fourth	27	1	-17	4%	3	11%
Fifth	16	0	-16	0%	1	6%
Sixth	8	0	-8	0%	1	13%
Seventh	6	0	-6	0%	2	33%
Eighth	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
Ninth	5	0	-5	0%	0	0%
Tenth	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
Eleventh	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Twelfth	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
Fourteenth	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
Fifteenth	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
Twenty Third	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Twenty Fourth	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Fell	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Pulled Up	7	0	-7	0%	1	14%
Unseated Rider	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%

Miscellaneous Statistics – Champion Hurdle

All of this data is for the last 25 renewals of the Champion Hurdle since 1997

Wins (Distance)	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
0	149	8	-59.35	5%	29	19%
1	80	8	-32.95	10%	15	19%
2	56	3	-45.47	5%	12	21%
3	24	3	3	13%	13	54%
4	10	2	13	20%	4	40%
5	6	1	-4.33	17%	1	17%
6	1	0	-1	0%	1	100%
7	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Wins (Less Dist)	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
0	45	1	-33	2%	4	9%
1	46	2	-32.5	4%	10	22%
2	59	3	-34	5%	15	25%
3	41	6	16.9	15%	11	27%
4	29	0	-29	0%	4	14%
5	33	4	-21.6	12%	9	27%
6	30	2	-11.56	7%	9	30%
7	16	2	4.75	13%	4	25%
8	8	2	4.75	25%	3	38%
9	10	1	13	10%	3	30%
10	5	1	-3.47	20%	1	20%
12	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
13	1	1	1.63	100%	1	100%
17	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
20	1	0	-1	0%	1	100%
Wins (Higher Dist)	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
0	131	6	-50	5%	26	20%
1	102	7	-57.95	7%	23	23%
2	42	3	-0.75	7%	7	17%
3	23	1	-17.5	4%	7	30%
4	9	2	6	22%	4	44%
5	6	2	-2.76	33%	3	50%
6	6	2	-0.97	33%	3	50%
7	2	1	0.1	50%	1	50%
8	3	1	-1.27	33%	1	33%
9	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
10	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Season Runs	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
0	13	0	-13	0%	1	8%
1	33	1	-16	3%	4	12%
2	73	5	-44.4	7%	19	26%
3	83	9	-15.42	11%	18	22%
4	60	7	16.94	12%	17	28%
5	45	3	-36.22	7%	14	31%
6	14	0	-14	0%	2	14%
7	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
8	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
9	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
12	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Max Distance Run	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
No Prev Run	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
7f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
2m	16	1	1	6%	3	19%
2m½f	32	3	3	9%	8	25%
2m1f	64	3	-32	5%	18	28%
2m1½f	14	1	-3	7%	2	14%
2m2f	19	0	-19	0%	3	16%
2m2½f	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
2m3f	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
2m3½f	5	0	-5	0%	1	20%
2m4f	62	8	-22.54	13%	18	29%
2m4½f	33	1	-31.33	3%	5	15%
2m5f	21	4	-2.03	19%	9	43%
2m5½f	8	0	-8	0%	0	0%
2m6f	6	0	-6	0%	1	17%
3m	20	2	-14.7	10%	4	20%
3m½f	8	2	30.5	25%	3	38%
3m1f	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
3m1½f	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
3m4½f	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
4m4f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
Max Distance WIN	Runs	Wins	P/L	Win%	Places	Place%
No Prev Win	19	0	-19	0%	0	0%
1m2½f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
1m6f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
2m	51	2	-17	4%	13	25%
2m½f	59	4	-12	7%	13	22%
2m1f	68	4	-36.5	6%	15	22%
2m1½f	10	1	1	10%	2	20%
2m2f	15	0	-15	0%	4	27%
2m2½f	3	0	-3	0%	0	0%
2m3f	8	0	-8	0%	0	0%
2m3½f	9	0	-9	0%	2	22%
2m4f	36	6	-13.04	17%	11	31%
2m4½f	14	2	-8.83	14%	4	29%
2m5f	21	5	24.47	24%	10	48%
2m5½f	4	0	-4	0%	0	0%
2m6f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%
3m	4	1	-2.2	25%	1	25%
3m½f	2	0	-2	0%	0	0%
3m1f	1	0	-1	0%	0	0%

One Stop Ratings – Champion Hurdle

9 Top Ranked Winners and 16 of the 20 winners of the Champion Hurdle since 2002 have been in the top 5 on our One Stop Rating (OSR).

Rank	Bets	Wins	Win%	Places	Places%	P/L
1	21	9	42.86%	13	61.90%	9.18
2	19	1	5.26%	8	42.11%	-15.25
3	20	1	5.00%	8	40.00%	-14.00
4	20	2	10.00%	6	30.00%	-4.50
5	22	3	13.64%	5	22.73%	15.50
6	18	2	11.11%	3	16.67%	11.00
7	22	1	4.55%	11	50.00%	-5.00
8	20	1	5.00%	1	5.00%	14.00
9	18	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-18.00
10	17	0	0.00%	2	11.76%	-17.00
11	11	0	0.00%	3	27.27%	-11.00
12	9	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-9.00
13	8	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-8.00
14	6	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-6.00
15	5	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-5.00
16	4	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-4.00
17	4	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-4.00
18	2	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-2.00
19	1	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1.00
20	1	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1.00
21	1	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1.00
22	1	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1.00
23	1	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1.00

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Champion Hurdle 2023 – Statistics and Trends

Champion Hurdle – Statistics and Trends

What is the Champion Hurdle?

Champion Hurdle Winners since 1997

Horses Age – Champion Hurdle

Weight Carried – Champion Hurdle

Headgear Worn – Champion Hurdle

Starting Price (SP) – Champion Hurdle

Position in Betting Market – Champion Hurdle

Official Rating (OR) – Champion Hurdle

Days Since Last Run (DSLR) – Champion Hurdle

Last Run Placing (LR) – Champion Hurdle

Miscellaneous Statistics – Champion Hurdle

One Stop Ratings – Champion Hurdle

Our Selection for the 2023 Champion Hurdle

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