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2024 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Preview
Scheduled to take place during the November Meeting each year at the Cheltenham racecourse is the Cross Country Chase, in both 2016 & 2022 it was run in the following January instead due to the weather in November, a class two handicap that is run over the unique cross country course at Cheltenham. Runners compete over the three miles and six furlongs trip and those runners must be five or older to enter the race.
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Information:
- Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Past Winners
- Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trainer Statistics
- Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Jockey Statistics
If you are interested in other predictions at Cheltenham then head over to the Cheltenham 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. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Cheltenham Racecourse section for links to these.
How competitive is the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2018 when the race had an over-round of 111%. The race in 2015 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 131%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trends:
- 2024 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trends
- Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trend Analysis
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 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 5 winners. Backing all 17 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +7.00. Whilst we wait for the 2024 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.
The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2008 renewal when Dix Villez from Paul Nolan under the guidance of Davy Russell, won in a time of 8:50.47, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Uncle Junior, trained by W P Mullins and ridden by Mr P W Mullins set the quickest time of 8:03.10 in the 2011 renewal.
These are the top three quickest-run Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals:
- 2011 - Uncle Junior (8:03.10)
- 2023 - Foxy Jacks (8:08.99)
- 2016 - Urgent De Gregaine (8:09.70)
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Past Winners
Here are the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap 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 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.
Race Notes: Abandoned in both 2016 and 2022 and rescheduled for the following January.
Year | Horse | Info |
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2023 8:08.99 | Foxy Jacks (IRE) 9yo 10-12 9/1 | Gavin Brouder (5lbs) M F Morris (IRE) |
2022 8:28.66 | Back On The Lash (GB) 9yo 10-5 6/1 | Sean Bowen Martin Keighley (GB) |
2021 8:20.67 | Back On The Lash (GB) 7yo 10-3 4/1F | Sean Bowen Martin Keighley (GB) |
2020 8:34.27 | Kingswell Theatre (GB) 11yo 10-0 22/1 | Tom Scudamore Michael Scudamore (GB) |
2019 8:44.77 | Diesel DAllier (FR) 6yo 10-4 13/2 | Charlie Deutsch Emmanuel Clayeux (FR) |
2018 8:09.70 | Josies Orders (IRE) 10yo 10-11 2/1F | Mark Walsh E Bolger (IRE) |
2017 8:14.60 | Kingswell Theatre (GB) 8yo 10-7 14/1 | Tom Scudamore Michael Scudamore (GB) |
2016 8:09.70 | Urgent De Gregaine (FR) 9yo 10-3 50/1 | Felix De Giles Emmanuel Clayeux (FR) |
2015 8:09.80 | Josies Orders (IRE) 7yo 10-2 11/4F | Ms N Carberry E Bolger (IRE) |
2014 8:21.70 | Balthazar King (IRE) 10yo 11-8 4/7F | Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase have been based:
- IRE: 11 winners with an additional 18 placings from 90 runners
- GB: 7 winners with an additional 17 placings from 127 runners
- FR: 2 winners with an additional 4 placings from 17 runners
- CZE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 6 runners
- SWE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals is E Bolger who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Spot Thedifference (2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007), Garde Champetre (2009) and Josies Orders (2015 & 2018). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase are Philip Hobbs (3 wins), Martin Keighley (2 wins), W P Mullins (2 wins), Emmanuel Clayeux (2 wins) and Michael Scudamore (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase, Gordon Elliott (0-12), Paul Nicholls (0-11) and Henry De Bromhead (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.
Here are some of the top Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap 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 |
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E Bolger | 22-7-13 | +5.80 | +3.05 |
Philip Hobbs | 9-3-6 | +0.32 | +3.51 |
Martin Keighley | 11-2-5 | +1.00 | +4.08 |
W P Mullins | 8-2-4 | +3.00 | +1.75 |
Emmanuel Clayeux | 5-2-5 | +53.50 | +34.45 |
Michael Scudamore | 3-2-2 | +35.00 | +20.60 |
M F Morris | 2-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.63 |
Paul Nolan | 1-1-1 | +28.00 | +14.00 |
Gordon Elliott | 12-0-2 | -12.00 | -9.19 |
Paul Nicholls | 11-0-0 | -11.00 | -11.00 |
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Jockey Statistics
There are two leading jockeys in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals with both Mr P W Mullins and Sean Bowen who have both won the race two times. Mr P W Mullins's winners have been with Uncle Junior (2011 & 2012). Sean Bowen winners have been with Back On The Lash (2021 & 2022).
Here are some of the top Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap 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 |
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Mr P W Mullins | 6-2-4 | +5.00 | +3.75 |
Sean Bowen | 3-2-2 | +9.00 | +5.25 |
Charlie Deutsch | 6-1-3 | +1.50 | +3.85 |
Felix De Giles | 3-1-3 | +48.00 | +29.85 |
Mark Walsh | 2-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.25 |
Gavin Brouder | 1-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.63 |
Sam Twiston-Davies | 6-0-0 | -6.00 | -6.00 |
Aidan Coleman | 5-0-2 | -5.00 | -2.87 |
Harry Bannister | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -2.44 |
David England | 4-0-0 | -4.00 | -4.00 |
2024 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): RO, 1, 5, UR, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, F, 1, 5, 4, 1, 3, 8
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 (63%) - Carried 150 - 163lbs (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (71%) - Made 3 - 17 starts (Class)
- 20 / 20 (74%) - Within the first 9 of the market
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Highest Placed is not Cl3-4/Cl6
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Made 17 - 50 starts (Career)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Not BB/BR/CH in colour
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Furthest Won 2m5½f - 4m2f
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Furthest ran 3m2f - 4m4½f
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Not in a G2/Cl4-5/Cl7 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Ran over 1m3f - 2m6½f (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Fewer than 3 starts (90 Days)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Beaten no more -31l (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Highest Won is not Cl4-6
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Made 2 - 9 starts (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - No more than +14lbs (Vs Min Weight)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase. If you are looking to place on a bet 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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Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +70.62 is when runners had the same jockey as when last winning. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins in Jumps (Chase) races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-43.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Galway, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Galway 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 232 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 9 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase:
- Kings Theatre (4 Wins)
- Lafontaine I (4 Wins)
- Malinas (2 Wins)
- Milan (2 Wins)
- Saddlers Hall (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase despite multiple attempts:
- Be My Native (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Kayf Tara (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Network (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Urgent De Gregaine in 2016, winning for Emmanuel Clayeux at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Felix De Giles. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 7 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.
Other Principal races at Cheltenham racecourse
Here are some other notable races at the Cheltenham racecourse throughout the racing season that you may be interested in.
Races in January (Festival Trials Day)
- Cheltenham Trophy Handicap Chase
- Classic Novices Hurdle
- Cleeve Hurdle
- Cotswold Chase
- Finesse Juvenile Novices Hurdle
Races in January
Races in March (Cheltenham Festival)
- Arkle Challenge Trophy
- Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
- Champion Hurdle
- Close Brothers Mares Hurdle
- National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup
- Supreme Novices Hurdle
- Ultima Handicap Chase
- Ballymore Novices Hurdle
- Brown Advisory Novices Chase
- Champion Bumper
- Coral Cup
- Cross Country Chase
- Johnny Henderson Grand Annual
- Queen Mother Champion Chase
- Festival Plate
- Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
- Mares Novices Hurdle
- Pertemps Network Final
- Ryanair Chase
- Stayers Hurdle
- Turners Novices Chase
- Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle
- Cheltenham Gold Cup
- County Handicap Hurdle
- Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup
- Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle
- Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase
- Triumph Hurdle
Races in April
Races in October
Races in November (November Meeting)
- Hyde Novices Hurdle
- Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial Novices Chase
- JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle
- Paddy Power Gold Cup
- Greatwood Hurdle
- Jewson Premier Handicap Chase
- Shloer Chase