Mares Novices Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Mares Novices Hurdle Preview

In July 2015 it was announced that the Cheltenham Festival would be benefiting from a new novice hurdle race restricted to just mares and fillies with the introduction of the Dawn Run Mares Novice Hurdle.

This Grade 2 race is run over 2m1f on the new course and it is expected that Willie Mullins, who has dominated the Mares' Hurdle previously sponsored by OLBG, will be the trainer to follow, especially after winning the inaugural event with Limini and then the following four renewals with Let's Dance (2017), Laurina (2018), Eglantine Du Seuil (2019) and Concertista (2020).

Be sure to head over to the Best Bookie for Cheltenham before placing any of your bets to make sure you get the most out of your betting.

Mares Novices Hurdle Information:

• Mares Novices Hurdle Past Winners
• Mares Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Mares Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Cheltenham 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. We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

How competitive is the Mares Novices Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 9 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 135%, whilst on average over the last 9 renewals of the Mares Novices Hurdle, the over-round has been 126%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £126 which is bet.

Mares Novices Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Mares Novices Hurdle Trends
• Mares Novices Hurdle Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 9 if you had followed the winner of the Mares Novices Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 8 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -4.32. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Mares Novices Hurdle see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 9 renewals, it was the W P Mullins trained Limini ridden by R Walsh who set the fastest winning time in the Mares Novices Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 3:58.00 was set when winning the race in 2016. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Jeremy Scott and jockey Lorcan Williams with Golden Ace who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:20.60 in the 2024 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Mares Novices Hurdle over the last 9 renewals:

1. Limini (3:58.00) in 2016
2. Lets Dance (4:02.00) in 2017
3. Eglantine Du Seuil (4:02.74) in 2019

Mares Novices Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Mares Novices Hurdle past winners for the last 9 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 Mares Novices 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 Mares Novices Hurdle have been based:

• IRE: 6 winners with an additional 12 placings from 83 runners
• GB: 3 winners with an additional 6 placings from 67 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Mares Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Mares Novices Hurdle over the last 9 renewals is W P Mullins who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Limini (2016), Lets Dance (2017), Laurina (2018), Eglantine Du Seuil (2019) and Concertista (2020). Two trainers have not had the best of times over the last 9 renewals in the Mares Novices Hurdle, Nicky Henderson has sent a total of 14 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Gordon Elliott has sent out 11 without a winner.

Here are some of the top Mares Novices Hurdle trainer statistics over the last 9 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):

Mares Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Mares Novices Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 9 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):

2025 Mares Novices Hurdle Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 1, 1, 9, 18, 9, 9, 4, 2

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.

• 9 / 9 (46%) - Highest Placed is not LST/Cl2/Cl4-5
• 9 / 9 (49%) - Achieved a TS of 85+ (LTO)
• 9 / 9 (57%) - Not on SFT/GF/STD (Last Win)
• 9 / 9 (61%) - Highest Run is not LST/Cl3-5
• 9 / 9 (63%) - Achieved an RPR of 124+ (LTO)
• 9 / 9 (69%) - Made 2 - 6 starts (1 Year)
• 9 / 9 (69%) - Achieved an RPR of 124+ (Season)
• 9 / 9 (69%) - Not in a G1/LST/Cl2/Cl5-6 (Last Win)
• 9 / 9 (70%) - Not on GD/GF/STD (Debut)
• 9 / 9 (70%) - No bigger than 50/1
• 9 / 9 (74%) - Made 2 - 5 starts (Season)
• 9 / 9 (74%) - Beaten no more -6½l (Debut)
• 9 / 9 (74%) - Achieved a TS of 89+ (Last 3)
• 9 / 9 (75%) - Beaten no more -4¾l (LTO)
• 9 / 9 (76%) - No bigger than 41/10 (Last Win)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Mares Novices 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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Mares Novices Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 5+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +41.88 is when runners ran on Good ground when last winning. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran on Soft ground when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-59.

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

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Mares Novices Hurdle despite multiple attempts:

• Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Getaway (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Doctor Dino (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Martaline (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Yeats (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 9 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Eglantine Du Seuil in 2019, winning for W P Mullins at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Noel Fehily. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 9 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Mares Novices Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Schedule for Tuesday at the Cheltenham Festival

Prepare for the ROAR of the Cheltenham Festival on the opening day when the tape goes up for the Supreme Novices Hurdle, the feature on Tuesday is the Champion Hurdle.

Schedule for Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival

The dust has settled on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and now on to day two. The feature on the second day is the Queen Mother Champion Chase. We also have the cross country scheduled on Wednesday, a race like Marmite, some love it and some don't!

Schedule for Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival

Halfway through the festival and onto day three where the Stayers Hurdle is the feature race. A hurdle race to test the stamina and see how can last best up the Cheltenham hill.

Schedule for Friday at the Cheltenham Festival

The final day of the festival and feature race that we have all been waiting for, the Cheltenham Gold Cup in which the Irish have been fairly dominant in recent years.