Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Dublin Racing Festival)

Explore the prestigious Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown, a thrilling Listed race over 2 miles. Uncover key trends, past winners, and insights into this competitive National Hunt event featuring top horses aged five and older, often serving as a springboard for future champions.
Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Dublin Racing Festival)
Andy Powell
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2026 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Preview

Ran during the Dublin Racing Festival at the Leopardstown racecourse is the Ladbroke Hurdle, a handicap hurdle run over two miles in which each runner faces a total of eight hurdles. The inaugural running was in 1969, a race in which Fred Rimell trained Normandy was successful.

Off You Go wins in 2018 & 2019 made him just the fourth runner to win back-to-back renewals, Comedy of Errors (1973-74), Fredcoteri (1983-84) and Redundant Pal (1989-90) being the others.

Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Leopardstown tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Races Covered during the Dublin Racing Festival section for links to these.

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How competitive is the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2023 when the race had an over-round of 133%. The race in 2008 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 161%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, the over-round has been 148%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £148 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2026 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap 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 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Ice Cold Soul (3:42.30) in 2017
  2. Gilgamboa (3:48.60) in 2014
  3. Off You Go (3:49.00) in 2019

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 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 4 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +8.17. Whilst we wait for the 2026 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was Ice Cold Soul, trained by Noel Meade and ridden by Sean Flanagan who set the fastest winning time in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 3:42.30 when winning the race in 2017. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Mrs John Harrington and jockey Tommy Treacy with Studmaster who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:14.80 in the 2006 renewal.

What the expert says...
The Listed Hurdle at the Fairyhouse Winter Festival has produced five winners of this race since 2011 including four of the last eleven. Four of those five runners finished 2nd, 3rd or 5th in that race whilst the winner is 0-9 in this.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Timeless Sash Windows 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 Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2025
4:02.60
McLaurey (IRE)
6yo 10-2 3/1F
Mark Walsh
Emmet Mullins (IRE)
2024
4:04.40
Lord Erskine (IRE)
11yo 10-1 40/1
Darragh O'Keeffe
H Rogers (IRE)
2023
3:54.60
Gaelic Warrior (GER)
5yo 11-12 10/11F
Paul Townend
W P Mullins (IRE)
2022
4:05.30
Call Me Lyreen (IRE)
6yo 11-4 20/1
Davy Russell
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2021
4:04.10
Drop The Anchor (IRE)
7yo 10-5 8/1
Simon Torrens (5lbs)
P A Fahy (IRE)
2020
3:53.00
Thosedaysaregone (IRE)
7yo 9-12 7/1
Kevin Brouder (3lbs)
C Byrnes (IRE)
2019
3:49.00
Off You Go (IRE)
6yo 11-5 8/1
Mark Walsh
C Byrnes (IRE)
2018
4:02.50
Off You Go (IRE)
5yo 9-10 6/1
Mark Enright
C Byrnes (IRE)
2017
3:42.30
Ice Cold Soul (IRE)
7yo 10-2 20/1
Sean Flanagan
Noel Meade (IRE)
2016
4:08.90
Henry Higgins (IRE)
6yo 10-10 16/1
Robbie Power
Charles O'Brien (IRE)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle have been based:

  • IRE: 20 winners with an additional 59 placings from 486 runners
  • GB: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 6 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 1 runner

Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both W P Mullins and C Byrnes who have both won the race three times. W P Mullins winners have been with Final Approach (2011), Abbey Lane (2013) and Gaelic Warrior (2023). C Byrnes winners have been with Off You Go (2018 & 2019) and Thosedaysaregone (2020). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle is Mrs John Harrington (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, A J Martin (0-26), Henry De Bromhead (0-17), E J O'Grady (0-14), Thomas Mullins (0-13) and A L T Moore (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Timeless Sash Windows Handicap 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
W P Mullins70-3-15-44.09-22.98
C Byrnes13-3-5+11.00+7.13
Mrs John Harrington19-2-5+5.00+6.25
Gordon Elliott34-1-8-13.00-5.04
Noel Meade29-1-1-8.00-15.50
Miss Elizabeth Doyle6-1-2+45.00+29.88
Robert Tyner5-1-1+12.00+6.00
P A Fahy5-1-1+4.00+1.00
H Rogers3-1-1+38.00+23.00
Emmet Mullins3-1-2+1.00+1.01

Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Mark Walsh who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Gilgamboa (2014), Off You Go (2019) and McLaurey (2025). Other jockeys who have recorded multiple wins in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle are Paul Townend (2 wins) and Sean Flanagan (2 wins). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, Danny Mullins has ridden 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Timeless Sash Windows Handicap 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
Mark Walsh13-3-3+11.00+3.13
Paul Townend13-2-4-4.09-3.87
Sean Flanagan9-2-3+63.00+41.38
Phillip Enright10-1-3+7.00+9.50
Darragh O'Keeffe7-1-3+34.00+24.00
Mark Enright6-1-1+1.00-1.25
Simon Torrens4-1-1+5.00+2.00
Kevin Brouder2-1-1+6.00+3.38
Brian Hughes1-1-1+12.00+7.50
Danny Mullins11-0-1-11.00-7.37

Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +71.91 is when runners ran in a Class 4 when last winning.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 4 career places over the trip, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-82.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle is Fairyhouse, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Fairyhouse last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Leopardstown last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 455 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 38 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, that stallion Presenting has produced 2 winners (2019,2018).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle despite multiple attempts:

  • Oscar (0 Wins from 16 runners)
  • Montjeu (0 Wins from 9 runners)
  • Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 8 runners)
  • Turtle Island (0 Wins from 7 runners)
  • Alhaarth (0 Wins from 6 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Pennys Bill in 2009, winning for Miss Elizabeth Doyle at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Sean Flanagan. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 2 winning favourites in the race. Remember to bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.

Route to the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle, these are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2025 - McLaurey
Limerick - 1st of 17 (7/4)
Keith Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle
2024 - Lord Erskine
Navan - 6th of 11 (13/2)
Navan Handicap Hurdle
2023 - Gaelic Warrior
Clonmel - 1st of 6 (1/14)
Munster Hurdle
2022 - Call Me Lyreen
Leopardstown - 12th of 18 (11/2)
Paddy Power "Ive Had More Vaccines Than Nights Out" Handicap Hurdle
2021 - Drop The Anchor
Fairyhouse - 3rd of 13 (4/1)
Fairyhouse Winter Festival Listed Handicap Hurdle
2020 - Thosedaysaregone
Punchestown - 6th of 11 (20/1)
Happy New Year From Tote Handicap Hurdle
2019 - Off You Go
Fairyhouse - 8th of 21 (9/2)
Fairyhouse Winter Festival Listed Handicap Hurdle
2018 - Off You Go
Limerick - 1st of 7 (10/11)
Shavings.ie Handicap Hurdle
2017 - Ice Cold Soul
Leopardstown - 12th of 20 (12/1)
Paddy Power "You Beauty" Handicap Hurdle
2016 - Henry Higgins
Fairyhouse - 5th of 15 (20/1)
Fairyhouse Winter Festival Listed Handicap Hurdle

Races Covered during the Dublin Racing Festival

Remember to head over to the Leopardstown predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle and don't forget we also cover the following races at the Dublin Racing Festival.

Races - Day 1 (Saturday)Last WinnerInfo
Golden Cygnet Novice HurdleFinal Demand (IRE)
6yo - 11/8
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
Irish Arkle Novice ChaseMajborough (FR)
5yo - 8/11
W P Mullins
Mark Walsh
Irish Gold CupGalopin Des Champs (FR)
9yo - 1/2
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
Spring Juvenile HurdleHello Neighbour (IRE)
4yo - 85/40
Gavin Cromwell
Keith Donoghue
Races - Day 2 (Sunday)Last WinnerInfo
Dublin ChaseSolness (FR)
7yo - 6/1
Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Danny Mullins
Irish Champion HurdleState Man (FR)
8yo - 5/4
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
Ladbrokes Novice ChaseBallyburn (IRE)
7yo - 8/13
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
Leopardstown Handicap ChaseBacktonormal (IRE)
7yo - 11/4
Gavin Cromwell
Conor Stone-Walsh
Tattersalls Ireland Novice HurdleKopek Des Bordes (FR)
5yo - 4/5
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
Timeless Sash Windows Handicap HurdleMcLaurey (IRE)
6yo - 3/1
Emmet Mullins
Mark Walsh

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. 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 International racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster Competition Manager

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

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing analyst with over 15 years of experience, delves into the intricacies of international horse racing, meticulously analyzing complex statistical data to uncover hidden trends. He spearheads the creation and management of OLBG's international horse racing trend blogs, providing valuable insights for bettors worldwide.

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