JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (November Meeting)

Preview of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham's November Meeting. Explore past winners, leading trainers and jockeys, and key trends. Gain insights into this important stepping stone for potential Triumph Hurdle contenders at the Cheltenham Festival.
JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (November Meeting)
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.

2025 JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Preview

Scheduled to take place during the November Meeting at the Cheltenham Racecourse each year is the Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle, a Grade 2 hurdle that is run on the old course over a trip of two miles and half a furlongs. The race is open to novices who are aged three years old, it is currently sponsored by JCB and runs as the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle.

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Information:

If you are interested in other predictions at Cheltenham then head over to the Cheltenham tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Schedule for the November Meeting at Cheltenham section for links to these.

How competitive is the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2013 when the race had an over-round of 110%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 122%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Trends:

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 JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 10 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +11.81. Ahead of the 2025 JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2009 renewal when Pistolet Noir from Nick Williams under the guidance of Daryl Jacob, won in a time of 4:17.90, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, East India Dock, trained by James Owen and ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies set the quickest time of 3:53.82 in the 2024 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

  1. East India Dock (3:53.82) in 2024
  2. Quel Destin (3:55.90) in 2018
  3. Wolf Of Windlesham (3:59.30) in 2015
What the expert says...
In terms of last time out winners, those are almost a must for this race, the last winner of it who didn't win last time out was Sam Winner in 2010 who finished runner-up in France before coming here.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile 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 JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
3:53.82
East India Dock (GB)
3yo 11-0 4/5F
Sam Twiston-Davies
James Owen (GB)
2023
4:14.47
Burdett Road (GB)
3yo 11-0 9/4
Harry Cobden
James Owen (GB)
2022
4:04.09
Scriptwriter (IRE)
3yo 11-0 4/1
Paddy Brennan
Milton Harris (GB)
2021
3:59.46
Knight Salute (GB)
3yo 10-12 9/2
Paddy Brennan
Milton Harris (GB)
2020
4:06.65
Duffle Coat (IRE)
3yo 11-3 2/1
Robbie Power
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2019
4:07.58
Allmankind (GB)
3yo 10-12 11/4
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton (GB)
2018
3:55.90
Quel Destin (FR)
3yo 11-3 100/30
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2017
4:09.10
Apples Shakira (FR)
3yo 10-5 1/1F
Barry Geraghty
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2016
4:06.70
Defi Du Seuil (FR)
3yo 10-12 5/4F
Barry Geraghty
Philip Hobbs (GB)
2015
3:59.30
Wolf Of Windlesham (IRE)
3yo 11-2 12/1
Joshua Moore
Stuart Edmunds (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle have been based:

  • GB: 19 winners with an additional 31 placings from 167 runners
  • IRE: 1 winner with an additional 3 placings from 14 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 4 runners

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Sam Winner (2010), Hinterland (2011), Far West (2012) and Quel Destin (2018). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle are Philip Hobbs (3 wins), Alan King (2 wins), Nicky Henderson (2 wins), Milton Harris (2 wins) and James Owen (2 wins).

Here are some of the top JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile 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
Paul Nicholls12-4-5+2.71-0.49
Philip Hobbs5-3-4+6.38+3.69
Alan King13-2-4-8.05-7.16
Nicky Henderson10-2-6-6.09-3.36
Milton Harris4-2-2+6.50+3.10
James Owen2-2-2+3.05+1.83
Nick Williams7-1-4-2.50+5.53
Dan Skelton4-1-1-0.25-1.35
Evan Williams3-1-2+8.00+4.62
Stuart Edmunds2-1-1+11.00+6.50

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Harry Cobden who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Quel Destin (2018) and Burdett Road (2023).

Here are some of the top JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile 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
Harry Cobden6-2-2+1.58-0.57
Daryl Jacob8-1-3-3.50+0.47
Sam Twiston-Davies8-1-3-6.20+0.03
Harry Skelton4-1-1-0.25-1.35
David Noonan4-0-2-4.00+3.60
Sean Bowen3-0-1-3.00-1.70
Jonjo O'Neill Jr3-0-1-3.00-2.35
Felix De Giles3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Tom Cannon3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Ciaran Gethings2-0-1-2.00+0.30

JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +3.42 is when runners had 1 win in the past 30 days.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career places in Jumps (Hurdle) races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-36.

The courses that have produced the most winners of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle are Wetherby and Chepstow, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 19 winners from a total of 163 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 1 winner from a total of 22 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle:

  • Kalanisi (2 Wins)
  • Poliglote (2 Wins)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Wolf Of Windlesham in 2015, winning for Stuart Edmunds at odds of 12/1 under the guidance of Joshua Moore. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

Schedule for the November Meeting at Cheltenham

Here is the schedule for the November Meeting at Cheltenham, each race will be linked to the race blog and detail last year's winner in the table below.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
Day 1 (Friday)
Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase
Sweet David (GB)
5yo - 5/1
Gabriel Leenders
Felix De Giles
Day 1 (Friday)
Hyde Novices Hurdle
Potters Charm (IRE)
5yo - 7/4
Nigel Twiston-Davies
Sam Twiston-Davies
Day 1 (Friday)
Shloer Chase
Jonbon (FR)
8yo - 1/3
Nicky Henderson
Nico de Boinville
Day 2 (Saturday)
Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial Novices Chase
LEau du Sud (FR)
6yo - 10/11
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
Day 2 (Saturday)
JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle
East India Dock (GB)
3yo - 4/5
James Owen
Sam Twiston-Davies
Day 2 (Saturday)
Paddy Power Gold Cup
Il Ridoto (FR)
7yo - 10/1
Paul Nicholls
Freddie Gingell
Day 3 (Sunday)
Greatwood Hurdle
Burdett Road (GB)
4yo - 7/2
James Owen
Harry Cobden
Day 3 (Sunday)
November Meeting Handicap Chase
Abuffalosoldier (IRE)
7yo - 100/30
Warren Greatrex
Sean Bowen

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile 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.

James Banting

James Banting

Tipster Competition Assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

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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