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2025 Gerry Feilden Hurdle Preview
Currently being run as the Coral Bet Bundles Intermediate Handicap Hurdle for sponsorship purposes, it is registered as the Gerry Feilden Hurdle. This Premier Handicap is run at Newbury in November of each year.
The race is named in honour of General Sir Randle (Gerry) Feilden, a post-war racing administrator and is contested over a distance of two miles and half a furlong, the runners face a total of eight hurdles during the race.
Gerry Feilden Hurdle Information:
- Gerry Feilden Hurdle Past Winners
- Gerry Feilden Hurdle Trainer Statistics
- Gerry Feilden Hurdle Jockey Statistics
Our dedicated Newbury tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Gerry Feilden Hurdle but will also have predictions for each meeting at Newbury throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Newbury Racecourse section for links to these.
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How competitive is the Gerry Feilden Hurdle 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 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 128%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Gerry Feilden Hurdle, the over-round has been 117%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £117 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Gerry Feilden 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 Gerry Feilden Hurdle Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Gerry Feilden Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:
- Floressa (3:48.75) in 2020
- First Street (3:49.30) in 2022
- Who Dares Wins (3:51.30) in 2016
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 Gerry Feilden Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -3.00. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Gerry Feilden Hurdle see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.
Over the last 20 renewals, it was Floressa, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Jeremiah McGrath who set the fastest winning time in the Gerry Feilden Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 3:48.75 when winning the race in 2020. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Gary Moore and jockey Jamie Moore with Mon Michel who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:14.70 in the 2007 renewal.
Gerry Feilden Hurdle Past Winners
Here are the Gerry Feilden 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 Gerry Feilden Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 3:54.50 | Navajo Indy (GB) 5yo 10-5 15/2 | Gavin Sheehan Tom Symonds (GB) |
| 2023 3:51.79 | Hansard (IRE) 5yo 11-11 15/2 | Niall Houlihan (3lbs) Gary Moore (GB) |
| 2022 3:49.30 | First Street (GB) 5yo 12-0 3/1F | James Bowen Nicky Henderson (GB) |
| 2021 4:02.84 | Onemorefortheroad (GB) 6yo 10-8 8/1 | Jack Quinlan Neil King (GB) |
| 2020 3:48.75 | Floressa (FR) 5yo 11-5 10/1 | Jeremiah McGrath Nicky Henderson (GB) |
| 2019 3:53.90 | Epatante (FR) 5yo 11-6 3/1F | Aidan Coleman Nicky Henderson (GB) |
| 2018 3:56.80 | Global Citizen (IRE) 6yo 11-10 5/1 | David Bass Ben Pauling (GB) |
| 2017 3:58.70 | High Bridge (GB) 6yo 11-3 9/4F | Mr Alex Ferguson (7lbs) Ben Pauling (GB) |
| 2016 3:51.30 | Who Dares Wins (IRE) 4yo 11-10 4/1 | Wayne Hutchinson Alan King (GB) |
| 2015 4:13.20 | Sternrubin (GER) 4yo 11-1 4/1 | Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Gerry Feilden Hurdle have been based:
- GB: 20 winners with an additional 34 placings from 182 runners
- IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 5 runners
Gerry Feilden Hurdle Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Gerry Feilden Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Nicky Henderson who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Afsoun (2006), Fairyland (2009), Lyvius (2012), LAmi Serge (2014), Epatante (2019), Floressa (2020) and First Street (2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Gerry Feilden Hurdle are Gary Moore (2 wins) and Ben Pauling (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Gerry Feilden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicky Henderson | 22-7-11 | +13.75 | +7.63 |
| Gary Moore | 12-2-4 | +13.50 | +7.15 |
| Ben Pauling | 3-2-3 | +6.25 | +4.56 |
| Paul Nicholls | 19-1-6 | -14.50 | -11.17 |
| Philip Hobbs | 11-1-3 | -6.00 | -3.25 |
| Alan King | 10-1-3 | -5.00 | -3.60 |
| Tim Vaughan | 4-1-3 | +8.00 | +9.03 |
| David O'Meara | 1-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.80 |
| Neil King | 1-1-1 | +8.00 | +0.00 |
| Tom Symonds | 1-1-1 | +7.50 | +4.69 |
Gerry Feilden Hurdle Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Gerry Feilden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowen | 3-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.88 |
| Jeremiah McGrath | 2-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 2-1-1 | +6.50 | +3.69 |
| Niall Houlihan | 2-1-1 | +6.50 | +3.50 |
| David Bass | 2-1-1 | +4.00 | +2.00 |
| Jack Quinlan | 1-1-1 | +8.00 | +0.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 6-0-2 | -6.00 | -3.74 |
| Nico de Boinville | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -2.70 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 4-0-0 | -4.00 | -3.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | -0.50 |
2025 Gerry Feilden Hurdle Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 4, 1, 9, 2, 6, (1, 3), 2, 6, (2, 5), 1, 5, (7, PU), 1, 4, 1, 7, 4, (1, 3), (3, 7), 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 (77%) - Ran in 6 - 23 races (Career)
- 20 / 20 (80%) - No bigger than 16/1
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Not in a Cl2-3 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Break of 18 - 336 days (Last Place)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Within the first 8 of the market
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Off a break of 11 - 261 days
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Ran in 3 - 10 races (Hurdle)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Ran in 2 - 9 races (1 Year)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Furthest ran 2m½f - 2m5f
- 19 / 20 (81%) - Ran over 1m4½f - 2m1½f (Last Win)
- 19 / 20 (83%) - No bigger than 6/1 (Last Win)
- 19 / 20 (85%) - Break of 18 - 364 days (Last Win)
- 19 / 20 (87%) - Beaten no more -23l (LTO)
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Not on HY/STD (Last Win)
- 19 / 20 (88%) - Won within last 5 starts
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Newbury racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Gerry Feilden Hurdle. 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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Gerry Feilden Hurdle Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +22.25 is when runners had a highest class run of Class 1 (G1).
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-32.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Gerry Feilden Hurdle 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 Aintree, there has been a total number of 4 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 16 winners from a total of 168 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 4 winners from a total of 19 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Gerry Feilden Hurdle, that stallion is Milan who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Mon Michel in 2007, winning for Gary Moore at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Jamie Moore. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Gerry Feilden Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Gerry Feilden Hurdle Preview are at hand, Andy and James. 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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