Will the Gowran mud have drawn the sting from Our Duke and Presenting Percy at Cheltenham? Photo Healy Racing / Racingfotos.com.

2025 Thyestes Chase Trends

Staged at Gowran Park racecourse, in Ireland, the Thyestes Chase is run over a distance of 3m, and is often contested by horses that go onto run in the Grand National later in the season.

That said, we’ve not seen any winners of this race go onto win the Aintree race that same season, but Hedgehunter (2004) and Numbersixvalverde (2005) did go onto glory in the Aintree marathon later in their careers.

Last year's winner Ain't That A Shame went onto run sixth in the Grand National.

In recent years, the Willie Mullins yard have won the Thyestes Chase six times in the last 12 runnings, and nine times in all – he looks to have another strong hand this year too. He also won it in 2023 with Carefully Selected.

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Gordon Elliott has won the prize twice since 2018, while the Henry De Bromhead team took the race in 2024 with Ain't That A Shame, with Rachael Blackmore riding.

Here at GEEGEEZ we look back at recent winners and highlights the key stats to take into the 2025 running – this year staged on Thursday 23rd January.

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Recent Thyestes Chase Winners

2024 - AIN'T THAT A SHAME (14/1)
2023 - CAREFULLY SELECTED (9/2 fav)
2022 – LONGHOUSE POET (9/1)
2021 – COKO BEACH (9/1)
2020 – TOTAL RECALL (16/1)
2019 – INVITATION ONLY (4/1 fav)
2018 - MONBEG NOTORIOUS (7/2 fav)
2017 – CHAMPAGNE WEST (7/1)
2016 – MY MURPHY (16/1)
2015 – DJAKADAM (9/2)
2014 – ON HIS OWN (12/1)
2013 – JADANLI (25/1)
2012 – ON HIS OWN (10/1)
2011 – SIEGEMASTER (16/1)
2010 – WHINSTONE BOY (5/1)
2009 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2008 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2007 – HOMER WELLS (16/1)
2006 – DUN DOIRE (9/4 fav)
2005 – NUMBERSIXVALVERDE (8/1)
2004 – HEDGEHUNTER (10/3 fav)
2003 – BE MY BELLE (4/1)

Thyestes Chase Betting Trends

22/22 – Won by an Irish-based stable
20/22 – Irish bred
20/22 – Had won between 1-3 times over fences (rules) before
19/22 – Had raced within the last 4 weeks
16/22 – Had won over at least 3m (fences) before
15/22 – Aged 9 or younger
14/22 – Placed favourites
13/22 – Carried 10-9 or less
13/22 – Finished unplaced last time out
11/22 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
10/22 – Aged 7 or 8 years-old
10/22 – Had run at Gowran Park over fences before
10/22 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
9/22 – Raced at Leopardstown last time out
8/22 – Trained by Willie Mullins (won the race 9 times in all)
7/22 – Went onto run in that season’s Grand National (all failed to finish)
5/22 – Winning favourites
3/22 – Won last time out
2/22 - Trained by Gordon Elliott (2 of the last 7)
2/22 - Trained by Henry De Bromhead (2 of the last 8)
2/22 - Ridden by Paul Townend (2 of the last 11)
2/22 – Won by a previous winner of the race
The average winning SP in the last 22 runnings is 10/1

 

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