Champion Hurdle Trends: Lossiemouth ticks all the boxes

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Our in-house Horse Racing tipster Owen McMahon has gone through the card for Tuesday's Races and made a selection for every race. Read who he's backing and why with our Cheltenham Day 1 Tips. Add to that former Jockey Katie Walsh has passed on her Cheltenham Tuesday Tips to us here at Betfred.

Check out all the latest Champion Hurdle Odds over at Betfred

Champion Hurdle Key Historical Trends

Age

• Only one five-year-old winner in the last 10 years (Espoir d'Allen in 2019)
• Five of the last six winners have been aged 6 or 7 - the only exception was the eight-year-old back-to-back champ Honeysuckle in 2022.
• 31 of the past 43 winners were also 6 or 7

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth, The New Lion, Brighterdaysahead, Alexei, Anzadam, Tutti Quanti

Sex

• Mares have a strong recent record here, with five from 12 runners winning in the last decade.

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth, Brighterdaysahead, Golden Ace

Official Rating (OR)

• Only one horse in the last 10 years had an official rating lower than 155 (Golden Ace at 144 last year)
• In three of the last four years the winner had a rating of over 165, with Constitution Hill the highest at 173!
• Highest ranked in the field this year is Brighterdaysahead at 160

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth, The New Lion, Brighterdaysahead, Anzadam

Last time out

• Every single winner in the last 10 years had won their previous race coming into the Festival
• 31 of the past 36 winners also fit this trend

Runners that match this trend: The New Lion, Brighterdaysahead, Alexei, Tutti Quanti

Unbeaten Season

• 9/10 of the last winners had come into the Festival undefeated that season. The only exception was last year with Golden Ace

Runners that match this trend: None

Trainer Trends

• 11 of the last 16 winners were trained by Willie Mullins or Nicky Henderson

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth, Anzadam, Poniros (all Mullins)

Past Festival winners

• 17 of the past 27 have won at the Festival previously

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth, The New Lion, Golden Ace, Poniros,

Market Trends

• 10 of the last 15 winners were the betting favourite
• Five of the last six favourites went on to win. Only exception Golden Ace (25/1, 2025)

Runners that match this trend: Lossiemouth

Final Shortlist

1. Lossiemouth
2. The New Lion
3. Brighterdaysahead