Mersey Novices’ Hurdle – 10 Year Trends

The Mersey Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle which is run at Aintree during the Grand National Festival. The current sponsor is Betway.

This year’s race will be held on Saturday 9th April 2022

The Mersey Novices’ Hurdle often features horses which ran previously in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle.

This race is open to is open to horses aged four years old and over. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs. During the race there are eleven hurdles to be negotiated.

Previous Winners of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle

Horses

Due to the conditions of the race horses can only run in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle once.

Course Form

The table shows the number of times the 103 horses, who have run in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle during the last 10 years, had previously run at Aintree.

9 of the last 10 winners had previously never run at Aintree.

Winning Distance Form

The table shows the number of times the 103 horses, who have run in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle during the last 10 years, had previously won over a similar distance.

9 of the last 10 winners had previously never won at the distance.

Winning Going Form

The table shows the number of times the 103 horses, who have run in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle during the last 10 years, have previously won a race with a similar going description.

Only 4 winners had ever won on similar going.

Trainers

Winners

7 trainers have saddled a winner of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle in the last 10 years.

No trainer has dominated but Willie Mullins has a record of 2 wins from 4 runners.

Places (includes wins)

15 different trainers have been responsible for the 30 horses to make the frame in the last 10 years.

Dan Skelton’s record is noteworthy with a winner and 3 more in the frame from 4 runners.

Age

All of the last 10 winners of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle have been aged between 5 and 7 years old.

Sex

All of the winners of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle in the previous 10 years have been geldings.

Just 4 mares have run and 3 were placed.

Headgear

All of the winners of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle and 29 of the 30 horses to make the frame in the last 10 years have been without headgear.

Official Rating (OR)

The following table shows the official rating of every placed horse in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle over the last 10 years.

8 of the last 10 winners had a rating of between 148 and 157.

7 of the last 10 winners were within 3lb of the top rated.

Official ratings are produced by the British Horseracing Board.

Starting Price (SP)

The table shows the starting price odds of all placed horses in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle for the last 10 years.

The winners range from 30/100 (1.3) to 22/1 (23.00).

8 of the 10 winners were 9/2 or lower.

27 of the 30 horses to make the frame returned a SP 14/1 (15.00) or lower.

Position in Betting Market

6 favourites have won the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle in the last 10 years. 8 of the last 10 winners and 15 of the 30 to make the frame came from the first 3 in the betting market.

Days Since Last Run (DSLR)

9 of the previous 10 Mersey Novices’ Hurdle winners had their latest run between 21 and 45 days ago.

Last Run Placing (LR)

The table shows the break down of the last run placing for the previous 10 runnings of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle.

9 of the last 10 winners had finished in the first 3 on their previous outing.

One Stop Ratings

6 of the last 10 winners of the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle have been top 2 ranked on One Stop Rating (OSR).

One Stop Racings unique One Stop Ratings will be available for the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle on Thursday 6th April.