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2025 Hexham Handicap Hurdle Preview
Scheduled to take place in October of each year at the Hexham Racecourse is the First Class Catering From Falcons Events 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
To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Hexham tips on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners?
How competitive is the Hexham Handicap Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 11 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 11 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:
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 11 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 10 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -10.00. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Hexham Handicap Hurdle see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.
When looking over the past 11 renewals, a time of 6:00.60 was set by Beneficial Joe in 2016, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Graeme McPherson and ridden by Kielan Woods. The slowest winning time was set in 2017 when Native Optimist won in a time of 6:29.70, booked to ride was Finian O'Toole by the trainer Sheena Walton.
These are the top three quickest-run Hexham Handicap Hurdle over the last 11 renewals:
- Beneficial Joe (6:00.60) in 2016
- Five In A Row (6:02.50) in 2015
- Ryedale Racer (6:07.90) in 2019
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 horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Hexham Handicap Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 6:22.12 | Shoeshine Boy (IRE) 8yo 9-11 9/2 | Murray Dodd (7lbs) Donald Whillans (GB) |
| 2023 6:16.27 | Our Sam (GB) 7yo 11-3 5/2F | Charlotte Jones (3lbs) James Moffatt (GB) |
| 2022 6:12.21 | Tiger Jet (IRE) 6yo 10-12 85/40F | Henry Brooke Brian Ellison (GB) |
| 2021 6:17.10 | Justatenner (GB) 10yo 11-8 5/2F | Harry Reed Tristan Davidson (GB) |
| 2020 6:16.40 | Sultans Pride (GB) 8yo 10-8 2/1F | Sean Quinlan Gillian Boanas (GB) |
| 2019 6:07.90 | Ryedale Racer (GB) 8yo 11-3 10/1 | Grant Cockburn (3lbs) N W Alexander (GB) |
| 2018 6:25.40 | Rivabodiva (IRE) 8yo 10-7 100/30 | Thomas Willmott (7lbs) Lucinda Russell (GB) |
| 2017 6:29.70 | Native Optimist (IRE) 10yo 10-2 11/1 | Finian O'Toole (5lbs) Sheena Walton (GB) |
| 2016 6:00.60 | Beneficial Joe (IRE) 6yo 11-7 7/2 | Kielan Woods Graeme McPherson (GB) |
| 2015 6:02.50 | Five In A Row (IRE) 7yo 11-12 15/2 | William Kennedy Brian Ellison (GB) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Hexham Handicap Hurdle have been based:
- GB: 10 winners with an additional 17 placings from 90 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 11 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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Ellison | 3-2-3 | +8.63 | +6.32 |
| Lucinda Russell | 6-1-2 | -1.67 | -1.82 |
| Sheena Walton | 3-1-1 | +9.00 | +4.60 |
| N W Alexander | 3-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.00 |
| Donald Whillans | 2-1-2 | +3.50 | +2.57 |
| James Moffatt | 2-1-1 | +1.50 | +0.56 |
| Gillian Boanas | 2-1-1 | +1.00 | +0.25 |
| Gordon Elliott | 1-1-1 | +11.00 | +6.60 |
| Graeme McPherson | 1-1-1 | +3.50 | +2.10 |
| Tristan Davidson | 1-1-1 | +2.50 | +1.56 |
Hexham Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics
Here are some of the top Hexham Handicap Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Brooke | 4-1-1 | -0.87 | -1.67 |
| Sean Quinlan | 4-1-2 | -1.00 | -0.83 |
| Grant Cockburn | 2-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.00 |
| Kielan Woods | 2-1-2 | +2.50 | +2.16 |
| Thomas Willmott | 2-1-1 | +2.33 | +1.08 |
| Harry Reed | 2-1-1 | +1.50 | +0.56 |
| William Kennedy | 1-1-1 | +7.50 | +4.69 |
| Murray Dodd | 1-1-1 | +4.50 | +2.70 |
| Charlotte Jones | 1-1-1 | +2.50 | +1.56 |
| Brian Hughes | 6-0-2 | -6.00 | -3.64 |
2025 Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 8, 5, 3, (2, 4), (2, 5), 1, 1, 1, (1, 3), 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.
- 11 / 11 (66%) - Highest Run is not G1-2/LST/Cl3
- 11 / 11 (67%) - No bigger than 11/1
- 11 / 11 (69%) - Ran in 1 - 7 races (180 Days)
- 11 / 11 (70%) - Had 1 - 4 placings (1 Year)
- 11 / 11 (73%) - Off a break of 6 - 176 days
- 11 / 11 (74%) - Not in FRA/DEU/IRL/WAL (Debut)
- 11 / 11 (77%) - In a field of 7 - 16 (LTO)
- 11 / 11 (77%) - Carried 140 - 158lbs (Debut)
- 11 / 11 (78%) - No bigger than 28/1 (Debut)
- 11 / 11 (80%) - No bigger than 28/1 (Career Place)
- 11 / 11 (80%) - Ran in 4 - 12 races (1 Year)
- 11 / 11 (82%) - Within the first 7 of the market
- 11 / 11 (83%) - Ran over 1m7½f - 2m4f (Debut)
- 11 / 11 (83%) - Achieved an RPR of 82+ (LTO)
- 11 / 11 (88%) - 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. How well do you know your horse racing? Are there certain types of races that you are unsure of? Why not take a look at this Types Of Horse Race article to familiarise yourself with the different types of racing, that is just one of many helpful horse racing articles in the OLBG Betting School.
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Hexham Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis
The trend factor which had produced 6+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +20.13 is when runners had 0 career wins with the jockey. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 career win with the jockey, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-24.
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 10 winners from a total of 78 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 11 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 11 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Hexham Handicap 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 Hexham Handicap 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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