Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

2025 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Preview

The Premier Handicap Hurdle which is currently known as the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle although currently sponsored by William Hill is scheduled to take place at the Grand National meeting each year at the Aintree racecourse.

The race is a premier handicap which is open to runners aged four or older and is run over a trip of around three miles and half a furlong in which the competitors will face a total of thirteen hurdles.

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Information:

• Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Past Winners
• Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

If you are looking at Aintree picks then you may be interested in the Grand National tips as this is the course showpiece race of the season, forty runners over the national fences is a favourite among racing fans. We cover every race at the Aintree Grand National Meeting and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

How competitive is the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2004 when the race had an over-round of 124%. The race in 2024 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 136%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle, the over-round has been 131%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £131 which is bet.

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trends
• Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -11.37. Ahead of the 2025 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the David Pipe trained Battle Group ridden by Barry Geraghty who set the fastest winning time in the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 6:00.40 was set when winning the race in 2011. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Jonjo O'Neill and jockey A P McCoy with Refinement who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 6:27.50 in the 2006 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

1. Battle Group (6:00.40) in 2011
2. Aux Ptits Soins (6:00.80) in 2019
3. Albertas Run (6:01.70) in 2007

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 19 winners with an additional 52 placings from 373 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 8 placings from 42 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics

There are multiple leading trainers in the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with Jonjo O'Neill, David Pipe and Dan Skelton having all won the race three times. Jonjo O'Neill's winners have been Refinement (2006), Albertas Run (2007) and Ringaroses (2010). David Pipe winners have been with Battle Group (2011), Doctor Harper (2014) and Mr Big Shot (2018). Dan Skelton winners have been with Aux Ptits Soins (2019), West Balboa (2023) and Gwennie May Boy (2024). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle, Nicky Henderson (0-25), Philip Hobbs (0-22), Nigel Twiston-Davies (0-17) and Donald McCain (0-12) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both Harry Skelton and Charlie Todd who have both won the race two times. Harry Skelton winners have been with Aux Ptits Soins (2019) and West Balboa (2023). Charlie Todd winners have been with Party Business (2022) and Gwennie May Boy (2024).

Here are some of the top Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +37.25 is when runners finished in 1st on debut. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Flat (Turf) race on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-95.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 10 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Sandown, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Sandown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 18 winners from a total of 394 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 24 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle:

• Accordion (2 Wins)
• Beat Hollow (2 Wins)
• Flemensfirth (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle despite multiple attempts:

• Milan (0 Wins from 12 runners)
• Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 11 runners)
• In The Wings (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Old Vic (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Kayf Tara (0 Wins from 8 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Time For Rupert in 2009, winning for Paul Webber at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of William Kennedy. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 7 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

Schedule for Thursday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The three-day Grand National meeting kicks off on Thursday with four Grade 1 events on the seven-race card which features both the Aintree Hurdle and the Bowl Chase.

Schedule for Friday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

Day 2 of the Grand National meeting is Ladies Day or Fabulous Friday, the highlights on the track being the Melling Chase plus there is the Topham Chase over the Grand National fences.

Schedule for Saturday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The Grand National is obviously the showpiece of the Aintree meeting and day 3 also includes three Grade 1 events, the feature of those being the Liverpool Hurdle.