BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle Trends: Jingko ticks the boxes here

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Our in-house Horse Racing tipster Owen McMahon has gone through the card for Wednesday's Races and made a selection for every race. Read who he's backing and why with our Cheltenham Day 2 Tips. Add to that former Jockey Katie Walsh has passed on her Cheltenham Wednesday Tips to us here at Betfred.

Check out all the latest BetMGM Cup Odds over at Betfred

BetMGM Cup Key Historical Trends

Age 

• Only one winner older than eight since 2007
• The last five-year-old to win was in 2015. 0-34 since
• Nine of the last 10 winners have been aged between six and eight

Runners who match this trend: Bunting, Kopeck Dee Mee, Storm Heart, Beckett Rock, Chart Topper, Forty Coats, Jingko Blue, Lucky Place, The Yellow Clay, HMS Seahorse, Iberico Lord, Minella Rescue.

Official Rating (OR)

• Sixteen of the last 17 winners were rated 138 and above
• Four of the last five winners rated 141 or higher

Runners who match this trend: The Yellow Clay, Ballyadam, Lucky Place, Storm Heart, Buddy One, Colonel Mustard, Farren Glory, Puturhandstogether, Kopeck De Mee, Iberico Lord, Jingko Blue, Guard Duty, Chart Topper, Kateira, Sony Bill.

Cheltenham experience

• Thirteen of the last 16 winners has previously run at Cheltenham

Runners who match this trend: Storm Heart, Kopeck De Mee, The Yellow Clay, Iberico Lord, Jingko Blue, Puturhandstogether, Forty Coats, Bunting, Ballyadam, Chart Topper, Lucky Place, Beckett Rock, Colonel Mustard, Sony Bill, Buddy One, Give It To Me Oj, HMS Seahorse, Franciscan Rock, Rambo T, Minella Rescue.

Trainer Trends

• Six of the last 10 won by Irish trained, N Henderson or D Skelton.
  Henderson, Skelton, W Mullins, G Elliott have won two apiece in that time, with P Hennessy and J Harrington one each.

Runners who match this trend: Farren Glory, The Yellow Clay, Iberico Lord, Jingko Blue, Lucky Place, Bunting, Chart Topper, Kopeck De Mee, Sony Bill, Storm Heart, Kateira

Prep Trends

• Fourteen of the last 16 had run no more than four times that season
• Six of the last seven winners had won at at least Listed level

Runners who match this trend: Ballyadam, Beckett Rock, Forty Coats, The Yellow Clay, Colonel Mustard, Iberico Lord, Jingko Blue, Lucky Place, Chart Topper, Kopeck De Mee, Sony Bill, Storm Heart, HMS Seahorse

Final Shortlist

1. Jingko Blue
2. Kopeck De Mee
3. Storm Heart