Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

Discover the exciting world of juvenile hurdling at Aintree. Learn about past winners, successful trainers, and jockeys in this race for four-year-olds. Analyze trends that could predict future champions.
Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)
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2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview

As the name would suggest (Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle) this race is a hurdle that is open to four-year-olds! It is run during the Grand National meeting at the Aintree racecourse.

This is a Grade 1 race that is run over a trip of two miles and one furlong in which there are nine hurdles to jump, the race more often than not features runners who competed in the Triumph Hurdle, in 2019 Pentland Hills went on to win both races.

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Information:

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.

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How competitive is the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 133%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Al Eile (3:59.20) in 2004
  2. Katchit (4:00.00) in 2007
  3. Detroit City (4:01.40) in 2006

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 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 7 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -1.32. Ahead of the 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 3:59.20 was set by Al Eile in 2004, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by John Queally and ridden by Timmy Murphy. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Sir Gino won in a time of 4:23.99, booked to ride was Nico de Boinville by the trainer Nicky Henderson.

What the expert says...
The Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival has supplied thirteen of the last twenty winners of this race with the double being completed five times, the last to do so being Pentland Hills in 2019. If the winner of the Triumph Juvenile Hurdle Trial comes here within their next three starts then all five who have done so have won this race including the 2024 winner Sir Gino.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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 horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
4:23.99
Sir Gino (FR)
4yo 11-2 11/10F
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2023
4:14.28
Zenta (FR)
4yo 10-9 5/4F
Mark Walsh
W P Mullins (IRE)
2022
4:17.85
Knight Salute (GB)
4yo 11-0 14/1
Paddy Brennan
Milton Harris (GB)
2021
4:12.60
Monmiral (FR)
4yo 11-0 10/11F
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2019
4:13.60
Pentland Hills (IRE)
4yo 11-0 11/4
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2018
4:15.80
We Have A Dream (FR)
4yo 11-0 2/1
Daryl Jacob
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2017
4:10.10
Defi Du Seuil (FR)
4yo 11-0 4/11F
Barry Geraghty
Philip Hobbs (GB)
2016
4:16.60
Apples Jade (FR)
4yo 10-7 3/1
B J Cooper
W P Mullins (IRE)
2015
4:05.80
All Yours (FR)
4yo 11-0 16/1
Sam Twiston-Davies
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2014
4:09.80
Guitar Pete (IRE)
4yo 11-0 13/2
Paul Carberry
D T Hughes (IRE)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle have been based:

  • GB: 16 winners with an additional 28 placings from 177 runners
  • IRE: 4 winners with an additional 10 placings from 31 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both Nicky Henderson and Alan King who have both won the race four times. Nicky Henderson winners have been with Binocular (2008), We Have A Dream (2018), Pentland Hills (2019) and Sir Gino (2024). Alan King winners have been with Katchit (2007), Walkon (2009), Grumeti (2012) and LUnique (2013). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle are Paul Nicholls (3 wins), Philip Hobbs (2 wins) and W P Mullins (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, Gary Moore has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Nicky Henderson19-4-8-7.77-7.17
Alan King8-4-5+11.75+7.05
Paul Nicholls22-3-9-1.42-3.45
Philip Hobbs8-2-5-2.64-0.03
W P Mullins4-2-3+2.25+1.27
Milton Harris3-1-1+12.00+6.40
Nicky Richards2-1-2+1.75+3.15
John Queally1-1-1+25.00+12.50
Gary Moore10-0-1-10.00-8.90
Venetia Williams9-0-1-9.00-5.70

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Nico de Boinville who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Pentland Hills (2019) and Sir Gino (2024).

Here are some of the top Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Nico de Boinville4-2-2+1.85+0.34
Sam Twiston-Davies4-1-2+13.00+7.45
Harry Cobden4-1-2-2.09-0.93
Mark Walsh3-1-3-0.75+0.25
Harry Skelton5-0-2-5.00+0.50
Brian Hughes5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Nick Scholfield2-0-0-2.00-2.00
J J Slevin2-0-0-2.00-2.00
James Reveley2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Dougie Costello1-0-1-1.00-0.10

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +43.78 is when runners carried 154lbs last time out.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a furthest trip placed of 2m, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-46.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 17 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 17 winners from a total of 193 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 18 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, that stallion is Galileo who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Orsippus in 2010, winning for Michael Smith at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Davy Condon. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 11 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

Route to the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, these are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2024 - Sir Gino
Cheltenham - 1st of 7 (5/4)
JCB Triumph Juvenile Hurdle Trial
2023 - Zenta
Cheltenham - 3rd of 15 (12/1)
Triumph Hurdle
2022 - Knight Salute
Cheltenham - 9th of 12 (16/1)
Triumph Hurdle
2021 - Monmiral
Haydock - 1st of 4 (1/1)
William Hill Extra Places Every Day Juvenile Hurdle
2019 - Pentland Hills
Cheltenham - 1st of 14 (20/1)
Triumph Hurdle
2018 - We Have A Dream
Musselburgh - 1st of 5 (1/5)
Scottish Triumph Hurdle
2017 - Defi Du Seuil
Cheltenham - 1st of 15 (5/2)
Triumph Hurdle
2016 - Apples Jade
Cheltenham - 2nd of 15 (12/1)
Triumph Hurdle
2015 - All Yours
Cheltenham - 5th of 22 (11/1)
Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
2014 - Guitar Pete
Cheltenham - 3rd of 15 (7/1)
Triumph Hurdle

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:45 Aintree
Manifesto Novices Chase
Il Etait Temps (FR)
6yo - 3/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
14:20 Aintree
Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle
Sir Gino (FR)
4yo - 11/10
Nicky Henderson
Nico de Boinville
14:55 Aintree
Bowl Chase
Gerri Colombe (FR)
8yo - 9/4
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
15:30 Aintree
Aintree Hurdle
Impaire Et Passe (FR)
6yo - 1/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
16:05 Aintree
Foxhunters Chase
Its On The Line (IRE)
7yo - 3/1
Emmet Mullins
Mr Derek O'Connor
16:40 Aintree
Red Rum Handicap Chase
Sans Bruit (FR)
6yo - 5/1
Paul Nicholls
Bryony Frost
17:15 Aintree
Nickel Coin Mares Bumper
Diva Luna (IRE)
5yo - 13/2
Ben Pauling
Kielan Woods

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:45 Aintree
Mildmay Novices Chase
Inothewayurthinkin (IRE)
6yo - 6/4
Gavin Cromwell
Mark Walsh
14:20 Aintree
William Hill National Festival Handicap Hurdle
Kateira (GB)
7yo - 5/1
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
14:55 Aintree
Top Novices Hurdle
Mystical Power (IRE)
5yo - 11/10
W P Mullins
Mark Walsh
15:30 Aintree
Melling Chase
Jonbon (FR)
8yo - 11/10
Nicky Henderson
Nico de Boinville
16:05 Aintree
Topham Chase
Arizona Cardinal (GB)
8yo - 20/1
Stuart Edmunds
Ciaran Gethings
16:40 Aintree
Sefton Novices Hurdle
Dancing City (FR)
7yo - 4/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
17:15 Aintree
Hallgarten and Novum Wines Handicap Hurdle
El Jefe (IRE)
7yo - 40/1
Andrew Hamilton
Ben Smith

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.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20 Aintree
Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle
Gwennie May Boy (IRE)
6yo - 9/2
Dan Skelton
Charlie Todd
13:55 Aintree
Mersey Novices Hurdle
Brighterdaysahead (FR)
5yo - 6/5
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
14:30 Aintree
William Hill National Festival Handicap Chase
Cruz Control (FR)
7yo - 9/1
Tom Lacey
Stan Sheppard
15:05 Aintree
Liverpool Hurdle
Strong Leader (GB)
7yo - 8/1
Olly Murphy
Sean Bowen
16:00 Aintree
Grand National
I Am Maximus (FR)
8yo - 7/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
17:00 Aintree
Maghull Novices Chase
Found A Fifty (IRE)
7yo - 11/8
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
17:35 Aintree
Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race
Horaces Pearl (FR)
6yo - 14/1
Fergal O'Brien
Connor Brace

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview are at hand, Andy and James. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.

James Banting

James Banting

Tipster Competition Assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for jump racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful national hunt racing blogs for OLBG.

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