Hexham Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2024 Hexham Handicap Hurdle Preview

Scheduled to take place in October of each year at the Hexham Racecourse is the Campbell and Rowley Handicap Hurdle, this is one of the highlights of the season at Hexham with this race holding Class 3 status it attracts some decent types. The race is open to runners who are aged four or older and is run over a trip that is just shy of three miles.

Hexham Handicap Hurdle Information:

• Hexham Handicap Hurdle Past Winners
• Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Hexham Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Hexham 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.

How competitive is the Hexham Handicap Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 10 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 113%. The race in 2020 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 122%, whilst on average over the last 10 renewals of the Hexham Handicap Hurdle, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.

Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trends:

• 2024 Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trends
• Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 10 if you had followed the winner of the Hexham Handicap Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 0 winners. Backing all 9 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -9.00. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2024 Hexham Handicap Hurdle.

The runner that holds the record over the past 10 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2017 renewal when Native Optimist from Sheena Walton under the guidance of Finian O'Toole, won in a time of 6:29.70, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Beneficial Joe, trained by Graeme McPherson and ridden by Kielan Woods set the quickest time of 6:00.60 in the 2016 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Hexham Handicap Hurdle over the last 10 renewals:

• 2016 - Beneficial Joe (6:00.60)
• 2015 - Five In A Row (6:02.50)
• 2019 - Ryedale Racer (6:07.90)

Hexham Handicap Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Hexham Handicap 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Hexham Handicap Hurdle 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 Hexham Handicap Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 9 winners with an additional 15 placings from 82 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 1 placing from 4 runners

Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Hexham Handicap Hurdle over the last 10 renewals is Brian Ellison who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Five In A Row (2015) and Tiger Jet (2022).

Here are some of the top Hexham Handicap Hurdle trainer statistics over the last 10 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):

Hexham Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Hexham Handicap Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 10 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):

2024 Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 8, 5, 3, (2, 4), (2, 5), 1, 1, 1, (1, 3)

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.

• 10 / 10 (58%) - Highest Placed is not G2-3/Cl3
• 10 / 10 (66%) - No bigger than 11/1
• 10 / 10 (66%) - Highest Run is not G1-2/LST/Cl3
• 10 / 10 (69%) - In a field of 7 - 12 (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (71%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (1 Year)
• 10 / 10 (73%) - No bigger than 25/1 (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (74%) - Off a break of 6 - 176 days
• 10 / 10 (77%) - Carried 140 - 158lbs (Debut)
• 10 / 10 (78%) - No bigger than 28/1 (Career Place)
• 10 / 10 (80%) - Made 4 - 12 starts (1 Year)
• 10 / 10 (81%) - Within the first 7 of the market
• 10 / 10 (81%) - Achieved an RPR of 82+ (LTO)
• 10 / 10 (83%) - Achieved an RPR of 97+ Going)
• 10 / 10 (84%) - Furthest Placed 2m4f - 3m2f
• 10 / 10 (87%) - Not BL/BR/GR in colour

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Hexham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Hexham Handicap Hurdle. Maybe you are looking to back something in this race on the tote, but you are not sure of the process or how the tote works, No problem! We have an article which is dedicated to The Tote for you to read which explains everything you need to know! Be sure to check out the other articles in the OLBG Betting School.

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Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +21.13 is when runners had 1 career start over the trip. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a highest class placed of Class 3, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-31.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Hexham Handicap Hurdle is Perth, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Perth last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 9 winners from a total of 70 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 16 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Hexham Handicap Hurdle, that stallion is Milan who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 10 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Bless The Wings in 2014, winning for Gordon Elliott at odds of 11/1 under the guidance of Wilson Renwick. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 10 renewals there has been a total of 4 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2024 Hexham Handicap Hurdle.