Hatton's Grace Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Winter Festival)

The Hatton's Grace Hurdle, held annually at Fairyhouse during the Winter Festival over a distance of 2m4f, is a race rich with history. In this preview, we uncover winning formulas by highlighting notable records and the key trends formed across past renewals.
Hatton's Grace Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Winter Festival)
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2025 Hatton's Grace Hurdle Preview

The Grade 1 Hatton's Grace Hurdle is the feature of the two-day Winter Festival at Fairyhouse, which takes place in either late November or early December each year and is run on Sunday.

The race is run over a distance of two miles and four furlongs, where the runners face a total of twelve hurdles. The race is named in honour of the Vincent O'Brien triple-winning champion hurdler, Hatton's Grace.

Hatton's Grace Hurdle Information:

We also have a dedicated Fairyhouse 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 Fairyhouse Racecourse section for links to these.

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How competitive is the Hatton's Grace Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2006 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Hatton's Grace Hurdle, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out ÂŁ100 for every ÂŁ115 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Hatton's Grace 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 Hatton's Grace Hurdle Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Hatton's Grace Hurdle races over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Apples Jade (4:49.50) in 2018
  2. Honeysuckle (4:50.10) in 2021
  3. Jezki (4:50.50) in 2013

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? Over the past 20 renewals, if you had followed the winner of the Hatton's Grace Hurdle next time out, then you would have backed a total of 13 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since their win at SP next time out would have returned an LSP of +6.67. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Hatton's Grace Hurdle, remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 4:49.50 was set by Apples Jade in 2018, trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Jack Kennedy, which is the quickest time over that period. The slowest winning time was set in 2020 when Honeysuckle won in a time of 5:24.60 for trainer Henry De Bromhead, who booked Rachael Blackmore in the saddle.

What the expert says...
Take note if the winner heads to the Irish Christmas Hurdle or the Irish Champion Hurdle next time out. Between 2007 & 2024, twelve headed to either of those races, and eight of those won the race.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Hatton's Grace Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Hatton's Grace 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 Hatton's Grace Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
5:02.40
Lossiemouth (FR)
5yo 11-3 4/7F
Paul Townend
W P Mullins (IRE)
2023
5:21.50
Teahupoo (FR)
6yo 11-12 85/40
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2022
5:10.90
Teahupoo (FR)
5yo 11-10 20/1
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2021
4:50.10
Honeysuckle (GB)
7yo 11-5 2/5F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2020
5:24.60
Honeysuckle (GB)
6yo 11-5 4/11F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2019
5:08.60
Honeysuckle (GB)
5yo 11-3 9/10F
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead (IRE)
2018
4:49.50
Apples Jade (FR)
6yo 11-3 4/6F
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2017
5:07.20
Apples Jade (FR)
5yo 11-3 1/1F
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2016
4:57.80
Apples Jade (FR)
4yo 10-13 4/1
B J Cooper
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2015
5:11.40
Arctic Fire (GER)
6yo 11-10 4/5F
R Walsh
W P Mullins (IRE)

2024 Hatton's Grace Hurdle Replay


Hatton's Grace Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Gordon Elliott, who has won the race five times, with those five winners coming from Apples Jade (2016, 2017 & 2018) and Teahupoo (2022 & 2023). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle are W P Mullins (4 wins), Henry De Bromhead (3 wins) and C A Murphy (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Hatton's Grace 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Gordon Elliott18-5-6+14.80+7.91
W P Mullins36-4-12-26.13-18.73
Henry De Bromhead4-3-4+0.66+0.57
C A Murphy6-2-4+1.08+1.08
Noel Meade12-1-3-9.00-7.05
Mrs John Harrington9-1-3-7.33-5.50
E J O'Grady5-1-1-2.25-1.95
Thomas Mullins3-1-1+3.50+1.44
Joseph Patrick O'Brien3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Matthew J Smith2-0-2-2.00+2.58

Hatton's Grace Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Jack Kennedy, who has won the race four times, with those four winners coming from Apples Jade (2017 & 2018) and Teahupoo (2022 & 2023). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle are Rachael Blackmore (3 wins) and Paul Townend (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Hatton's Grace 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Jack Kennedy7-4-4+20.80+11.36
Rachael Blackmore5-3-4-0.34-0.43
Paul Townend13-2-6-7.68-4.87
Danny Mullins5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Mr P W Mullins5-0-0-5.00-5.00
Keith Donoghue4-0-2-4.00+1.58
Sean Flanagan4-0-0-4.00-4.00
Mark Walsh3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Jordan Gainford2-0-0-2.00-1.00
Sam Ewing1-0-0-1.00+0.00

Hatton's Grace Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor, which has produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +11.36, is when runners ran in a Jumps (Hurdle) race on debut.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career starts with the jockey, when backing these, the trend shows a record of 0-26.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Hatton's Grace Hurdle is Navan; there have been a total of 7 winners of this race who ran at Navan last time out. The next best course, which has produced the second most winners, is Punchestown; there have been a total of 6 winners of this race who ran at Punchestown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes, with male runners having produced a total of 11 winners from a total of 104 runners, while female runners have produced 9 winners from a total of 26 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Hatton's Grace Hurdle:

  • Saddler Maker (3 Wins)
  • Sulamani (3 Wins)
  • Masked Marvel (2 Wins)

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle; that stallion is Beneficial, 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 Teahupoo in 2022, winning for Gordon Elliott at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Jack Kennedy. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals, there have been 11 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Hatton's Grace Hurdle.

Route to the Hatton's Grace Hurdle

Many trainers target races as preparation for the Hatton's Grace Hurdle. These are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2024 - Lossiemouth
Punchestown - 1st of 5 (59/50)
Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle
2023 - Teahupoo
Punchestown - 4th of 9 (3/1)
Champion Stayers Hurdle
2022 - Teahupoo
Punchestown - 6th of 6 (12/1)
Punchestown Champion Hurdle
2021 - Honeysuckle
Punchestown - 1st of 8 (4/7)
Punchestown Champion Hurdle
2020 - Honeysuckle
Cheltenham - 1st of 9 (9/4)
Close Brothers Mares Hurdle
2019 - Honeysuckle
Fairyhouse - 1st of 5 (3/10)
www.fairyhouse.ie Hurdle
2018 - Apples Jade
Navan - 1st of 6 (1/1)
Lismullen Hurdle
2017 - Apples Jade
Navan - 1st of 4 (8/15)
Lismullen Hurdle
2016 - Apples Jade
Newcastle - 2nd of 6 (15/8)
Fighting Fifth Hurdle
2015 - Arctic Fire
Navan - 1st of 5 (4/6)
Lismullen Hurdle

Article Contributor Information

We are fortunate to have an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to the creation and maintenance of this Hatton's Grace Hurdle Preview are Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips 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

Expert Guide

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

Expert Guide

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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