Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Explore the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle at Ascot, a thrilling 1m7½f race. Discover key trends, top trainer and jockey performances, and insights into this prestigious Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle event for horses aged four and older.
Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Preview

The Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle is scheduled to take place in December of each year at the Ascot racecourse, the race is Grade 3 and open to runners aged four years old or older and is run over one mile, seven and a half furlongs.

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Ascot tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Ascot Racecourse section for links to these.

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How competitive is the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 114%. The race in 2018 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 142%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, the over-round has been 129%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £129 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Ladbrokes Handicap 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 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis.

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

  1. Brain Power (3:39.90) in 2016
  2. Jack The Giant (3:42.90) in 2007
  3. Fiercely Proud (3:44.10) in 2024

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 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -4.09. Ahead of the 2025 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2002 renewal when Chauvinist from Nicky Henderson under the guidance of Norman Williamson, won in a time of 4:24.40, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Brain Power, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by David Mullins set the quickest time of 3:39.90 in the 2016 renewal.

What the expert says...
The last three winners have all come from the Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham, Mohaayed (2018) and Cause Of Causes (2012) also both came here to win after running in that race.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Past Winners

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

Race Notes: Abandoned in 2022 due to a frozen track.

YearHorseInfo
2024
3:44.10
Fiercely Proud (IRE)
5yo 10-13 12/1
Kielan Woods
Ben Pauling (GB)
2023
3:44.60
Luccia (GB)
5yo 11-8 9/2
Paul O'Brien
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2021
3:46.25
Tritonic (GB)
4yo 11-0 8/1
A P Heskin
Alan King (GB)
2020
3:51.90
Not So Sleepy (GB)
8yo 11-6 20/1
Tom O'Brien
Hughie Morrison (GB)
2019
3:50.75
Not So Sleepy (GB)
7yo 10-3 9/2F
Jonathan Burke
Hughie Morrison (GB)
2018
3:47.90
Mohaayed (GB)
6yo 11-10 16/1
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton (GB)
2017
3:49.40
Hunters Call (IRE)
7yo 10-3 9/1
Jack Kennedy
Olly Murphy (GB)
2016
3:39.90
Brain Power (IRE)
5yo 11-11 12/1
David Mullins
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2015
3:47.00
Jollys Cracked It (FR)
6yo 11-3 7/1F
Noel Fehily
Harry Fry (GB)
2015
3:47.00
Sternrubin (GER)
4yo 10-10 9/1
Richard Johnson
Philip Hobbs (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

  • GB: 19 winners with an additional 50 placings from 311 runners
  • IRE: 2 winners with an additional 5 placings from 43 runners

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Nicky Henderson who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Chauvinist (2002), Jack The Giant (2007), Sentry Duty (2008), Brain Power (2016) and Luccia (2023). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle are Alan King (2 wins), Dan Skelton (2 wins), Gordon Elliott (2 wins) and Hughie Morrison (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, Paul Nicholls (0-25), Gary Moore (0-16) and W P Mullins (0-11) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Ladbrokes 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Nicky Henderson32-5-12+11.25+8.29
Alan King17-2-4+5.00+3.44
Dan Skelton12-2-4+16.00+8.32
Gordon Elliott5-2-3+36.00+23.88
Hughie Morrison4-2-2+22.50+13.31
David Pipe18-1-2-10.00-8.99
Philip Hobbs17-1-3-7.00-3.99
Venetia Williams9-1-2+25.00+15.13
Harry Fry9-1-4-1.00+1.87
Olly Murphy3-1-1+7.00+3.63

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Harry Skelton who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Willows Saviour (2013) and Mohaayed (2018).

Here are some of the top Ladbrokes 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Harry Skelton10-2-4+18.00+10.32
Jonathan Burke3-1-2+2.50+1.67
Kielan Woods2-1-1+11.00+6.50
Jack Kennedy2-1-1+8.00+4.63
Paul O'Brien1-1-1+4.50+2.70
Sam Twiston-Davies6-0-4-6.00+2.50
Harry Cobden6-0-1-6.00-4.44
Nico de Boinville5-0-3-5.00+1.07
Tom Cannon5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Tom Bellamy4-0-0-4.00-4.00

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +67.25 is when runners ran on Good ground last time out.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners' last win was 4 starts ago, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-43.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 8 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Newbury and Ascot, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 343 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 11 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, that stallion Beat Hollow has produced 2 winners (2020,2019).

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

  • Sadlers Wells (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Galileo (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Thesis in 2003, winning for Venetia Williams at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of B J Crowley. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Article Authors

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Betfair Exchange Trophy Preview, Tips, Runners and Trends are at hand, Darren 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.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster Competition Manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
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.

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