2025 Long Distance Hurdle Trends

Staged at Newbury racecourse the Long Distance hurdle is often a fair guide ahead of the Stayers' Hurdle, run at the Cheltenham Festival later that season.

Run over 3m the race often attracts the best staying hurdlers around – The last horse to win both the Lond Distance and Stayers' Hurdle in the same season was Thistlecrack in 2016/17.

12 months ago, the race was won by Strong Leader who is back for more in 2025.

We take a look back at past runnings of the Long Distance hurdle and also give you the main trends to apply to the race – use these stats to find the best recent winning profiles of winners.

This year run on Friday 28th November 2025

Long Distance Hurdle Trends (ITV4)

18/23 – Grade One winner over hurdles
18/23 – Had won over at least 3m (hurdles) before
16/23 – Won on their seasonal reappearance
16/23 – Placed favourites
15/23 – Had won a hurdles race at Newbury before
15/23 – Ran at either Aintree (8) or Cheltenham (6) last time out
15/23 – Aged between 7-9 years-old
13/23 – Returned 2/1 or shorter in the betting
13/23 – Winning favourites
13/23 – Winning distance – 3 lengths or more
10/23 – Won last time out
9/23 – Returned odds-on in the betting
8/23 – French bred
7/23 – Went onto win that season’s Stayers’ Hurdle
7/23 – Won by a previous winner of the race
5/23 – Won by Paul Nicholls (inc 5 of last 16 renewals)
8 of the last 11 winners returned 7/2 or shorter
The average winning SP in the last 10 runnings is 13/2

Recent Long Distance Hurdle Winners

2024 - STRONG LEADER (4/7 fav)
2023 – DASHEL DRASHER (2/1)
2022 – CHAMP (11/8 fav)
2021 – THOMAS DARBY (7/1)
2020 – THYME HILL (7/2)
2019 – PAISLEY PARK (8/15 fav)
2018 - UNOWWHATIMEANHARRY (11/4 fav)
2017 – BEER GOOGLES (40/1)
2016 – UNOWWHATIMEANHARRY (7/2)
2015 – THISTLECRACK (7/2)
2014 – MEDINAS (8/1)
2013 – CELESTIAL HALO (7/2)
2012 – BIG BUCK’S (1/12 fav)
2011 – BIG BUCK’S (1/8 fav)
2010 – BIG BUCK’S (2/7 fav)
2009 – BIG BUCK’S (2/5 fav)
2008 – DUC DE REGNIERE (9/1)
2007 – INGLIS DREVER (15/8 fav)
2006 – INGLIS DREVER (15/8 fav)

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