2025 Challow Hurdle Trends

The Challow Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade One event that is run over a trip of 2m4f at Newbury racecourse.

Sponsored by Coral, the contest has been won by some promising sorts over the years, including Wichita Lineman, Diamond Harry, Reve De Sivola, Fingal Bay, Taquin du Seuil, while in more recent years the 2022 King George Chase winner Bravemansgame (2020) & Stage Star (2021) have won the race.

While in 2022 we saw the exciting Paul Nicholls-trained Hermes Allen romp to victory and Captain Teague take to pot in 2023 - meaning Paul Nicholl has won four of the last six runnings. He tries to add to that with the exciting No Drama This End, who is flying the Ditcheat flag this year.

We've also seen 9 of the last 15 market leaders win the race while trainers Paul Nicholls, Nick Williams and Jonjo O’Neill have won the race 9 times between them since 2006.

Here at Geegeez, we give you all the key stats ahead of the 2025 renewal - this year run on Monday 29th December 2025.

Recent Challow Hurdle Winners

2024 - THE NEW LION (9/4)
2023 - CAPTAIN TEAGUE (2/1 fav)
2022 - HERMES ALLEN (11/10 fav)
2021 – STAGE STAR (5/4 fav)
2020 - BRAVEMANSGAME (5/2 jfav)
2019 – THYME HILL (4/6 fav)
2018 – CHAMP (Evs fav)
2017 – POETIC RHYTHM (15/8 fav)
2016 – MESSIRE DES OBEAUX (11/4)
2015 – BARTERS HILL (4/11 fav)
2014 – PARLOUR GAMES (6/1)
2013 – CAPTAIN CUTTER (8/1)
2012 – TAQUIN DU SEUIL (13/8 fav)
2011 – FINGAL BAY (1/4 fav)
2010 – BACKSPIN (5/1)
2009 – REVE DE SIVOLA (15/8)
2008 – DIAMOND HARRY (4/6 fav)
2007 – SOUFFLUER (7/1)
2006 – WICHITA LINEMAN (11/4)

Key Challow Hurdle Trends

19/19 – Returned 8/1 or shorter in the betting
19/19 – Had raced in the last 8 weeks
19/19 – Placed in the top 3 last time out
19/19 – Had won no more than 3 times over hurdles before
17/19 – Had raced in the last 6 weeks
15/19 – Favourites that finished in the top 3
15/19 – Had won over 2m4f or further (hurdles) before
14/19 – Won last time out
13/19 – Won between 2-3 times over hurdles before
11/19 – Had won a Grade 2 Hurdle race before
11/19 – Winning favourites (7 of the last 9)
11/19 – Aged 5 years-old
9/19 – Irish bred
6/19 – Trained by Paul Nicholls (4 of the last 5 winners)
3/19 – Trained by Jonjo O’Neill
The average winning SP in the last 18 runnings is 5/2

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