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2025 Bristol Novices Hurdle Preview
Registered as the Bristol Novices Hurdle, the race is currently run as the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle on the Saturday of The Christmas Meeting at Cheltenham in December.
This Grade 2 is open to novice hurdlers who are aged four or older and is contested over a distance just shy of three miles during which a total of twelve hurdles will be faced.
Optimize your Bristol Novices Hurdle picks with our comprehensive analysis of previous race trends and trainer statistics, then explore the Cheltenham free bets for added value.
Bristol Novices Hurdle Information:
- Bristol Novices Hurdle Past Winners
- Bristol Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics
- Bristol Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics
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How competitive is the Bristol Novices Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2014 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2004 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 117%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Bristol Novices Hurdle, the over-round has been 113%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £113 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Bristol Novices 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 Bristol Novices Hurdle Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Bristol Novices Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:
- Black Jack Ketchum (5:56.30) in 2005
- Deireadh Re (5:57.17) in 2011
- Kings Palace (5:57.31) in 2013
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 Bristol Novices Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 7 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +6.75. Ahead of the 2025 Bristol Novices 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 5:56.30 was set by Black Jack Ketchum in 2005, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Jonjo O'Neill and ridden by A P McCoy. The slowest winning time was set in 2003 when Comply Or Die won in a time of 6:42.00, booked to ride was A P McCoy by the trainer M C Pipe.
Bristol Novices Hurdle Past Winners
Here are the Bristol Novices 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 Bristol Novices Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
Race Notes: Abandoned in 2022 due to frozen ground.
Year | Horse | Info |
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2024 5:58.57 | Jet Blue (FR) 5yo 11-5 9/2 | James Reveley D Cottin (FR) |
2023 6:01.20 | Shanagh Bob (IRE) 5yo 11-0 15/8F | Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson (GB) |
2021 6:02.94 | Blazing Khal (IRE) 5yo 11-3 1/1F | Donal McInerney C Byrnes (IRE) |
2020 6:13.06 | Make Good (IRE) 5yo 10-12 12/1 | Richard Johnson John C McConnell (IRE) |
2019 6:18.90 | Redford Road (GB) 5yo 10-12 14/1 | Jamie Bargary Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) |
2018 6:12.00 | Rockpoint (GB) 5yo 10-12 11/2 | Tom Scudamore Colin Tizzard (GB) |
2017 6:00.40 | Kilbricken Storm (IRE) 6yo 10-12 3/1 | Harry Cobden Colin Tizzard (GB) |
2016 6:05.60 | Wholestone (IRE) 5yo 11-5 13/8F | Daryl Jacob Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) |
2015 6:04.40 | Unowhatimeanharry (GB) 7yo 11-4 11/10F | Noel Fehily Harry Fry (GB) |
2014 6:02.20 | Blaklion (GB) 5yo 11-7 9/4 | Ryan Hatch Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Bristol Novices Hurdle have been based:
- GB: 17 winners with an additional 28 placings from 138 runners
- IRE: 2 winners with an additional 1 placing from 7 runners
- FR: 1 winner with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
Bristol Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Bristol Novices Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Nigel Twiston-Davies who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Blaklion (2014), Wholestone (2016) and Redford Road (2019). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Bristol Novices Hurdle is Nicky Henderson (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Bristol Novices 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):
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Nigel Twiston-Davies | 15-3-5 | +5.88 | +2.83 |
Nicky Henderson | 5-2-2 | +1.88 | -0.07 |
Paul Nicholls | 12-1-5 | -9.00 | -4.97 |
Alan King | 4-1-2 | +1.00 | +1.10 |
Jonjo O'Neill | 4-1-1 | -2.33 | -2.58 |
Tom George | 3-1-1 | -1.20 | -1.52 |
John C McConnell | 2-1-2 | +11.00 | +7.80 |
Harry Fry | 2-1-1 | +0.10 | -0.31 |
C Byrnes | 2-1-1 | +0.00 | -0.37 |
David Pipe | 2-1-1 | -0.09 | -0.43 |
Bristol Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Bristol Novices 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):
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Harry Cobden | 3-1-2 | +1.00 | -1.25 |
Daryl Jacob | 3-1-2 | -0.37 | +0.27 |
Jamie Bargary | 1-1-1 | +14.00 | +8.40 |
James Reveley | 1-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.81 |
Nico de Boinville | 1-1-1 | +1.88 | +1.13 |
Mattie Batchelor | 1-1-1 | +1.10 | +0.69 |
Donal McInerney | 1-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.63 |
Harry Skelton | 7-0-0 | -7.00 | -7.00 |
Sam Twiston-Davies | 6-0-1 | -6.00 | -4.30 |
Adam Wedge | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | +0.80 |
2025 Bristol Novices Hurdle Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, (1, 4, 7), (1, 2), 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 6, 2, 5, 1, 1, 5
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.
- 20 / 20 (65%) - Achieved an RPR of 121+ (Season)
- 20 / 20 (71%) - Break of 15 - 56 days (Last Place)
- 20 / 20 (76%) - Achieved an RPR of 114+ (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (76%) - Beaten no more -5l (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (77%) - No bigger than 16/1
- 20 / 20 (77%) - No bigger than 8/1 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Placed within last 1 start
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Off a break of 15 - 56 days
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (Season)
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Not BB/CH/GR in colour
- 20 / 20 (82%) - In a field of 6 - 17 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Furthest Placed 2m½f - 3m1½f
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Had 1 - 5 placings (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Won within last 2 starts
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Highest Placed is not Cl5-6
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Bristol Novices Hurdle. If you are looking to place a bet on this race well in advance of the actual running, then there may be an ante-post market available for you to place your bet. If you are unfamiliar with this type of betting then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read our Ante-Post Horse Racing article which explains how ante-post betting works.
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Bristol Novices Hurdle Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +10.46 is when runners had 2 wins in the past 90 days.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 places in the past 90 days, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-23.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Bristol Novices Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 9 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 20 winners from a total of 142 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 5 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Bristol Novices Hurdle:
- Old Vic (3 Wins)
- Oscar (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Bristol Novices Hurdle despite multiple attempts:
- Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Milan (0 Wins from 6 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Flight Leader in 2006, winning for Colin Tizzard at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Joe Tizzard. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 12 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Bristol Novices Hurdle Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. 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.