Charlie Hall Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

Discover top trainers, jockeys, and winning trends for the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby in this detailed blog. Explore key insights from past winners and predictions for this year's 3m race, a must-read for horse racing enthusiasts.
Charlie Hall Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

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 Charlie Hall Chase Preview

First run in 1969, the Charlie Hall Chase is scheduled to take place in either late October or early November of each year at the Wetherby Racecourse.

This Grade 2 steeplechase is open to runners who are aged five or older with the race being run over around three miles and forty-five yards in which the runners will face a total of eighteen fences.

Charlie Hall Chase Information:

We also have a dedicated Wetherby tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Wetherby Racecourse section for links to these.

How competitive is the Charlie Hall Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2006 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 118%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Charlie Hall Chase, the over-round has been 112%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £112 which is bet.

Charlie Hall 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 Charlie Hall Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +6.85. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Charlie Hall Chase remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Menorah, trained by Philip Hobbs and ridden by Richard Johnson who set the fastest winning time in the Charlie Hall Chase, the runner won the race in a time of 5:46.10 when winning the race in 2014. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer David Pipe and jockey Timmy Murphy with Our Vic who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 6:38.90 in the 2006 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Charlie Hall Chase over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Menorah (5:46.10) in 2014
  2. Nacarat (5:52.10) in 2010
  3. Definitly Red (5:58.00) in 2018

Charlie Hall Chase Past Winners

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

YearHorseInfo
2024
6:01.00
The Real Whacker (IRE)
8yo 11-4 5/1
Brian Hughes
Patrick Neville (IRE)
2023
6:28.83
Gentlemansgame (GB)
7yo 11-2 7/2
Darragh O'Keeffe
M F Morris (IRE)
2022
6:01.70
Bravemansgame (FR)
7yo 11-5 2/1
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2021
6:16.92
Fusil Raffles (FR)
6yo 11-0 100/30
Daryl Jacob
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2020
6:26.47
Cyrname (FR)
8yo 11-6 3/1
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2019
6:31.55
Ballyoptic (IRE)
9yo 11-0 11/4
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB)
2018
5:58.00
Definitly Red (IRE)
9yo 11-6 3/1
Danny Cook
Brian Ellison (GB)
2017
6:28.20
Bristol De Mai (FR)
6yo 11-6 6/1
Daryl Jacob
Nigel Twiston-Davies (GB)
2016
5:59.70
Irish Cavalier (IRE)
7yo 11-6 16/1
Jonathan Moore
Rebecca Curtis (GB)
2015
6:21.40
Cue Card (GB)
9yo 11-0 11/4F
Paddy Brennan
Colin Tizzard (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Charlie Hall Chase have been based:

  • GB: 18 winners with an additional 23 placings from 126 runners
  • IRE: 2 winners with an additional 0 placings from 8 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Charlie Hall Chase Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Charlie Hall Chase over the last 20 renewals is Nigel Twiston-Davies who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Ollie Magern (2005 & 2007), Bristol De Mai (2017) and Ballyoptic (2019). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Charlie Hall Chase are Paul Nicholls (3 wins) and Evan Williams (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Charlie Hall 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Nigel Twiston-Davies11-4-6+7.25+3.94
Paul Nicholls17-3-6-7.90-6.20
Evan Williams4-2-4+5.00+4.35
Philip Hobbs7-1-2+2.00+1.00
David Pipe7-1-3+0.00-0.78
Tom George4-1-1+3.00+1.60
Nicky Henderson4-1-1+0.33-0.92
Brian Ellison4-1-2+0.00-1.70
Kim Bailey2-1-2+4.00+2.83
M F Morris2-1-1+2.50-1.00

Charlie Hall Chase Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Charlie Hall Chase over the last 20 renewals with both Harry Cobden and Daryl Jacob who have both won the race two times. Harry Cobden winners have been with Cyrname (2020) and Bravemansgame (2022). Daryl Jacob winners have been with Bristol De Mai (2017) and Fusil Raffles (2021).

Here are some of the top Charlie Hall 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Harry Cobden5-2-3+2.00+1.69
Daryl Jacob2-2-2+9.33+5.68
Danny Cook4-1-2+0.00-1.70
Sam Twiston-Davies3-1-1+0.75-0.28
Jonathan Moore1-1-1+16.00+10.00
Brian Hughes1-1-1+5.00+3.13
Darragh O'Keeffe1-1-1+3.50+0.00
Harry Skelton3-0-0-3.00-2.00
Derek Fox3-0-0-3.00-2.00
Dougie Costello3-0-0-3.00-3.00

Charlie Hall Chase Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +32.18 is when runners had 0 career places over further.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career win over further, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-33.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Charlie Hall Chase is Aintree, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Aintree 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 133 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Charlie Hall Chase:

  • Alderbrook (2 Wins)
  • Kings Theatre (2 Wins)
  • Old Vic (2 Wins)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Irish Cavalier in 2016, winning for Rebecca Curtis at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Jonathan Moore. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Charlie Hall Chase why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Charlie Hall 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.

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.
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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