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.

In recent years, the Willie Mullins yard have won the Thyestes Chase six times in the last 11 runnings, and nine times in all – he looks to have another strong hand this year too. He also won it last year with Carefully Selected.

Gordon Elliott has won the prize twice since 2018, while the Martin Brassil yard won the race in 2022 with Longhouse Poet.

Here at GEEGEEZ we look back at recent winners and highlights the key stats to take into the 2024 running – this year staged on Thursday 25th January.

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Recent Thyestes Chase Winners

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

21/21 – Won by an Irish-based stable
19/21 – Irish bred
19/21 – Had won between 1-3 times over fences (rules) before
19/21 – Had raced within the last 4 weeks
16/21 – Had won over at least 3m (fences) before
15/21 – Aged 9 or younger
14/21 – Placed favourites
13/21 – Carried 10-9 or less
12/21 – Finished unplaced last time out
11/21 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
10/21 – Aged 7 or 8 years-old
9/21 – Had run at Gowran Park over fences before
9/21 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
8/21 – Raced at Leopardstown last time out
8/21 – Trained by Willie Mullins (won the race 9 times in all)
6/21 – Went onto run in that season’s Grand National (all failed to finish)
5/21 – Winning favourites
3/21 – Won last time out
2/21 - Trained by Gordon Elliott (2 of the last 6)
2/21 – Ridden by Phillip Enright
2/21 – Ridden by David Casey
2/21 – Ridden by Danny Mullins
2/21 - Ridden by Paul Townend (2 of the last 10)
2/21 – Won by a previous winner of the race
The average winning SP in the last 21 runnings is 10/1

 

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