Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Preview

Better known as simply the Kim Muir! This race is a handicap chase for amateur jockeys only and is run over 3m2f on the new course at Cheltenham. The Kim Muir has been a stepping stone to the Grand National in the past with 2010 winner Ballabriggs going on to Aintree glory and the 2012 winner Sunnyhillboy losing out in the National by a whisker.

Additionally, Cause of Causes took this in 2016 and went on to finish runner-up in the 2017 Grand National. Ireland had not won this race since 1983 until 2014 but they have now won six of the last ten renewals so perhaps the tide is changing.

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Information:

• Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Past Winners
• Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trainer Statistics
• Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Cheltenham 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. We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

How competitive is the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 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 127%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 139%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, the over-round has been 133%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £133 which is bet.

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trends:

• 2025 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trends
• Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 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 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -12.57. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Ferdy Murphy trained Youre Special ridden by Mr R O Harding who set the fastest winning time in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, the runner won the race in a time of 6:10.30 was set when winning the race in 2006. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Gavin Cromwell and jockey Mr Derek O'Connor with Inothewayurthinkin who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 7:13.43 in the 2024 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup over the last 20 renewals:

1. Youre Special (6:10.30) in 2006
2. Cloudy Lane (6:16.51) in 2007
3. Juveigneur (6:16.70) in 2005

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Past Winners

Here are the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 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 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup have been based:

• GB: 12 winners with an additional 37 placings from 351 runners
• IRE: 7 winners with an additional 21 placings from 97 runners
• FR: 1 winner with an additional 2 placings from 9 runners

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trainer Statistics

There are multiple leading trainers in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup over the last 20 renewals with David Pipe, Gordon Elliott and Donald McCain having all won the race two times. David Pipe winners have been with Junior (2011) and The Package (2015). Gordon Elliott's winners have been with Cause Of Causes (2016) and Milan Native (2020). Donald McCain winners have been with Cloudy Lane (2007) and Ballabriggs (2010). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, Paul Nicholls (0-17), Philip Hobbs (0-15), Charlie Longsdon (0-12) and Tom George (0-11) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 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):

Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup over the last 20 renewals is Mr J J Codd who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Character Building (2009), Junior (2011), The Package (2015) and Cause Of Causes (2016). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup is Mr Derek O'Connor (2 wins). Multiple jockeys have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, Mr William Biddick (0-15), Mr P W Mullins (0-11) and Mr B O'Neill (0-11) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple rides to the race.

Here are some of the top Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup 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):

2025 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 8, (8, 9), 1, UR, 7, 3, 1, 1, 2, 7, 7, UR, UR, 2, 8, (7, 11), 1, (2, PU), 2, 1

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%) - Fewer than 5 starts (Class)
• 20 / 20 (79%) - No bigger than 17/2 (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Achieved an RPR of 134+ (Last 5)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Made 3 - 8 starts (1 Year)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Achieved a TS of 84+ (Last 3)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - No bigger than 40/1
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Not in a G1/LST/Cl4-6 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Within the first 18 of the market
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Won by at least ½l (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Made 3 - 19 starts (Chase)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Made 2 - 7 starts (Season)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - No bigger than 20/1 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Fewer than 21 starts (Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Fewer than 2 wins (Class)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Off a break of 11 - 96 days

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. If you are a newcomer to horse racing betting, then the number of types of bets can be scary! Don't let that put you off though, head over to this Types Of Horse Racing Bet article and have a read, you will then have a better knowledge of betting on racing in the future and there are plenty of other articles in the OLBG Betting School too.

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Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +15.13 is when runners ran in a Class 4 on debut. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had recorded 2 career falls, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-69.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup is Haydock, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Haydock last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 18 winners from a total of 437 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 20 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup:

• Old Vic (2 Wins)
• Yeats (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup despite multiple attempts:

• Beneficial (0 Wins from 19 runners)
• Mahler (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Winged Love (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Midnight Legend (0 Wins from 7 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Chambard in 2022, winning for Venetia Williams at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Miss Lucy Turner. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Schedule for Tuesday at the Cheltenham Festival

Prepare for the ROAR of the Cheltenham Festival on the opening day when the tape goes up for the Supreme Novices Hurdle, the feature on Tuesday is the Champion Hurdle.

Schedule for Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival

The dust has settled on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and now on to day two. The feature on the second day is the Queen Mother Champion Chase. We also have the cross country scheduled on Wednesday, a race like Marmite, some love it and some don't!

Schedule for Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival

Halfway through the festival and onto day three where the Stayers Hurdle is the feature race. A hurdle race to test the stamina and see how can last best up the Cheltenham hill.

Schedule for Friday at the Cheltenham Festival

The final day of the festival and feature race that we have all been waiting for, the Cheltenham Gold Cup in which the Irish have been fairly dominant in recent years.