2025 Greatwood Hurdle Trends

The Greatwood Hurdle is stage each year in November at the Cheltenham Open Meeting and is being sponsored by leading bookmaker Unibet.

Run over 2m ½ f on the Old Course the contest gives National Hunt racing fans some early season pointers ahead of the Champion Hurdle, run at Cheltenham at the Festival in March – Rooster Booster (2002) was the last horse to win this race and go onto land that same season’s Champion Hurdle.

Since 1988 the race has been won four times by the Pipe stable, three times by Philip Hobbs and three times, including in 2015, by ex-champion trainer Paul Nicholls.

In 2023 we saw the Nicky Henderson-trained Iberico Lord win the race for top owner JP McManus.

While last year in 2024, the James Owen-trained Burdett Road win for jockey Harry Cobden.

Here at GeeGeez, we look back at recent winners and gives you the key trends to look out for ahead of the 2025 renewal - this year run on Sunday 16th November.

Recent Greatwood Hurdle Winners

2024 - BURDETT ROAD (7/2)
2023 - IBERICO LORD (7/1)
2022 - I LIKE TO MOVE IT (17/2)
2021 - WEST CORK (11/1)
2020 - THE SHUNTER (13/2)
2019 – HARAMBE (16/1)
2018 – NIETZSCHE (20/1)
2017 – ELGIN (10/1)
2016 – NORTH HILL HARVEY (6/1)
2015 – OLD GUARD (12/1)
2014 – GARDE LA VICTOIRE (10/1)
2013 – DELL ‘ARCA (12/1)
2012 – OLOFI (8/1)
2011 – BRAMPOUR (12/1)
2010 – MENORAH (6/1)
2009 – KHYBER KIM (9/1)
2008 – NUMIDE (5/1)
2007 – SIZING EUROPE (5/1)
2006 – DETROIT CITY (6/5 fav)
2005 – LINGO (5/1)
2004 – ACCORDION ETOILE (100/30 fav)
2003 – RIGMAROLE (33/1)
2002 – ROOSTER BOOSTER (7/1)

Greatwood Hurdle Betting Trends and Stats

21/23 – Had won no more than 4 times before over hurdles
19/23 – Had won a 2m 1/2f (or further) hurdles race before
16/23 – Aged 4 or 5 years-old
16/23 – Returned 11/1 or shorter in the betting
15/23 – Had a recent run (within the last 6 weeks)
14/23 – Finished in the top two last time out
15/23 – Had run at Cheltenham before
13/23 – Officially rated 140 or higher
13/23 –  Winning distance – 2 lengths or further
13/23 – Had run 6 or less times over hurdles
11/23 – Placed favourites
10/23 – Carried 11-4 or more
9/23 – Came from the first three in the betting
7/23 – Won their previous race
7/23 – Won by an Irish-bred horse
4/23 – Winners that carried 11-12
4/23 – Trained by Philip Hobbs yard
3/23 – Trained by Paul Nicholls
2/23 – Winning favourites
2/23 - Trained by Dan Skelton (2 of the last 9)
2/23 – Trained by Alan King (2 of the last 8)
2/23 - Trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies (2 of the last 16)
2/23 – Won by an Irish-trained horse
The average winning SP in the last 23 years is 10/1
6 of the last 15 winners contested the previous season’s Supreme Novices’ or Triumph Hurdle

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