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2025 Champion Novices Hunters Chase Preview
Scheduled to take place in either late May or early June of each year at Stratford is the Champion Novices Hunters Chase, a class 2 race that is open to novices who are aged five or older with the race being run over a trip of three miles and four furlongs.
Being a hunter chase, you will get runners entered who compete on the P2P scene, the trends below only include starts under rules.
Champion Novices Hunters Chase Information:
- Champion Novices Hunters Chase Past Winners
- Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trainer Statistics
- Champion Novices Hunters Chase Jockey Statistics
If you are interested in other predictions at Stratford then head over to the Stratford tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below.
How competitive is the Champion Novices Hunters Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2005 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 130%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase, the over-round has been 119%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £119 which is bet.
Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trends:
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 Champion Novices Hunters Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -8.90. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.
The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2006 renewal when Coomakista from Mrs E J Reed under the guidance of Mr R Morgan, won in a time of 7:33.90, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Quiet Account, trained by C A McBratney and ridden by Mr N McParlan set the quickest time of 6:52.20 in the 2016 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run Champion Novices Hunters Chase over the last 20 renewals:
- Quiet Account (6:52.20) in 2016
- Harbour Court (6:53.50) in 2013
- Forest Chimes (6:55.50) in 2024
Champion Novices Hunters Chase Past Winners
Here are the Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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 Champion Novices Hunters Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 6:55.50 | Forest Chimes (IRE) 10yo 12-0 9/2 | Mr Darren Andrews Philip Rowley (GB) |
| 2023 7:12.70 | Sine Nomine (GB) 7yo 11-7 1/1F | Mr John Dawson Fiona Needham (GB) |
| 2022 7:04.60 | Ask Dman (IRE) 8yo 11-12 15/2 | Mr B O'Neill D M Christie (IRE) |
| 2021 7:06.10 | Vaucelet (FR) 6yo 11-10 4/1 | Mr B W Harvey D M Christie (IRE) |
| 2019 7:02.30 | Law Of Gold (IRE) 6yo 11-10 9/1 | Mr Dale Peters David Kemp (GB) |
| 2018 7:17.50 | Garde Ville (FR) 8yo 11-10 11/1 | Mr Stephen Paul Davies Patricia Rigby (GB) |
| 2017 7:03.50 | Now Ben (IRE) 9yo 11-10 8/1 | Alex Edwards Philip Rowley (GB) |
| 2016 6:52.20 | Quiet Account (IRE) 8yo 11-10 9/1 | Mr N McParlan C A McBratney (IRE) |
| 2015 7:10.60 | Lord Fingal (IRE) 7yo 11-10 5/1 | Mr S Clements J T R Dreaper (IRE) |
| 2014 7:17.10 | Theatre Queen (IRE) 7yo 11-3 11/8F | Mr M Wall Mark Wall (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase have been based:
- GB: 16 winners with an additional 34 placings from 221 runners
- IRE: 4 winners with an additional 2 placings from 15 runners
- HOL: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trainer Statistics
There are multiple leading trainers in the Champion Novices Hunters Chase over the last 20 renewals with David Kemp, D M Christie and Philip Rowley having all won the race two times. David Kemp winners have been with Cantarinho (2004) and Law Of Gold (2019). D M Christie winners have been with Vaucelet (2021) and Ask Dman (2022). Philip Rowley winners have been with Now Ben (2017) and Forest Chimes (2024).
Here are some of the top Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Kemp | 5-2-2 | +12.00 | +6.00 |
| D M Christie | 4-2-3 | +9.50 | +6.49 |
| Philip Rowley | 3-2-2 | +11.50 | +6.61 |
| Alan Hill | 10-1-4 | -7.62 | -1.91 |
| Michael Scudamore | 1-1-1 | +28.00 | +16.80 |
| Grant Cann | 1-1-1 | +14.00 | +7.00 |
| C A McBratney | 1-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.40 |
| J T R Dreaper | 1-1-1 | +5.00 | +3.00 |
| Fiona Needham | 1-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.63 |
| T Ellis | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -3.31 |
Champion Novices Hunters Chase Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Darren Andrews | 3-1-1 | +2.50 | +0.81 |
| Mr Dale Peters | 2-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.40 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 2-1-1 | +6.50 | +3.69 |
| Mr N McParlan | 1-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.40 |
| Alex Edwards | 1-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.80 |
| Mr B W Harvey | 1-1-1 | +4.00 | +2.50 |
| Mr John Dawson | 1-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.63 |
| Mr William Biddick | 7-0-0 | -7.00 | -7.00 |
| Miss Gina Andrews | 6-0-1 | -6.00 | -4.70 |
| Mr Jack Andrews | 4-0-2 | -4.00 | -1.43 |
2025 Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 5, PU, F, PU, (1, 2), F, PU, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, PU, 1, 2
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 (71%) - No bigger than 28/1
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Within the first 10 of the market
- 19 / 20 (68%) - No bigger than 9/1 (LTO)
- 19 / 20 (78%) - No bigger than 25/1 (Career Place)
- 19 / 20 (80%) - Beaten no more -37l (Debut)
- 19 / 20 (80%) - Break of 9 - 371 days (Last Place)
- 19 / 20 (84%) - Furthest Placed 2m4f - 3m6½f
- 19 / 20 (85%) - Off a break of 9 - 80 days
- 19 / 20 (86%) - No older than a 9yo
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Highest Placed is not G3
- 18 / 20 (84%) - No more than +3yrs (Vs Min Age)
- 18 / 20 (86%) - No bigger than 33/1 (Debut)
- 17 / 20 (54%) - Achieved an RPR of 105+ (Last 5)
- 17 / 20 (74%) - Achieved a TS of 65+ (Career)
- 17 / 20 (86%) - Won within last 1 starts
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Stratford racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase. if you are unaware of what trends and statistics are, how they can be used etc then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read this Stats And Trends article which will make everything much clearer.
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Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trend Analysis
The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a best-in-three result of 3rd, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-32.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 4 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 16 winners from a total of 200 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 4 winners from a total of 37 runners.
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase despite multiple attempts:
- Dr Massini (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Milan (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Hemington in 2010, winning for Michael Scudamore at odds of 28/1 under the guidance of Mr T Weston. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2025 Champion Novices Hunters Chase. If you are interested in other races at the Stratford racecourse, then why not read our blog for the Champion Hunters Chase?
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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.
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