Red Rum Handicap Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

2025 Red Rum Handicap Chase Preview

Previously known as the 'Aintree Chase' it was renamed in honour of the three-time Grand National winner Red Rum, the Red Rum Handicap Chase is scheduled to take place in April of each year at the Aintree racecourse.

The race is a Premier Handicap which is open to runners aged five or older, it is run over just shy of two miles where the runners face a total of twelve fences.

Red Rum Handicap Chase Information:

• Red Rum Handicap Chase Past Winners
• Red Rum Handicap Chase Trainer Statistics
• Red Rum Handicap Chase Jockey Statistics

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Aintree tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet? We cover every race at the Aintree Grand National Meeting and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

How competitive is the Red Rum Handicap Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2004 when the race had an over-round of 115%. The race in 2022 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 130%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Red Rum Handicap Chase, the over-round has been 123%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £123 which is bet.

Red Rum Handicap Chase Trends:

• 2025 Red Rum Handicap Chase Trends
• Red Rum Handicap Chase Trend Analysis

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 Red Rum Handicap Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 17 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -5.50. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks daily.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Paul Webber trained Tidour ridden by Tom Doyle who set the fastest winning time in the Red Rum Handicap Chase, the runner won the race in a time of 3:50.20 was set when winning the race in 2004. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer M F Morris and jockey A P McCoy with Fota Island who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:09.50 in the 2005 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Red Rum Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals:

1. Tidour (3:50.20) in 2004
2. Surf And Turf (3:52.10) in 2015
3. Chaninbar (3:54.50) in 2010

Red Rum Handicap Chase Past Winners

Here are the Red Rum Handicap Chase 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 Red Rum Handicap Chase 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 Red Rum Handicap Chase have been based:

• GB: 17 winners with an additional 40 placings from 255 runners
• IRE: 3 winners with an additional 8 placings from 43 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 5 runners
• AUS: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Red Rum Handicap Chase Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Red Rum Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals with both Paul Nicholls and Henry De Bromhead who have both won the race two times. Paul Nicholls winners have been with Edgardo Sol (2012) and Sans Bruit (2024). Henry De Bromhead winners have been with Moon Over Germany (2019) and Dancing On My Own (2023). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Red Rum Handicap Chase, Nicky Henderson (0-18), Nigel Twiston-Davies (0-11) and Dan Skelton (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Red Rum Handicap Chase 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):

Red Rum Handicap Chase Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Red Rum Handicap Chase over the last 20 renewals with both Brian Hughes and Rachael Blackmore who have both won the race two times. Brian Hughes winners have been with Surf And Turf (2015) and Double Ws (2017). Rachael Blackmore's winners have been Moon Over Germany (2019) and Dancing On My Own (2023). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Red Rum Handicap Chase, Sam Twiston-Davies has ridden a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Red Rum Handicap Chase 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):

Red Rum Handicap Chase Trend Analysis

The trend factor that produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +60.50 is when runners had a highest class won of Class 3. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career places in Handicap, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-39.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Red Rum Handicap Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 301 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Red Rum Handicap Chase, that stallion Beneficial has produced 2 winners (2018,2015).

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Red Rum Handicap Chase despite multiple attempts:

• Midnight Legend (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Definite Article (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Presenting (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Coastal Path (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Overbury (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Surf And Turf in 2015, winning for Kevin Frost at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Brian Hughes. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 4 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.

Schedule for Thursday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The three-day Grand National meeting kicks off on Thursday with four Grade 1 events on the seven-race card which features both the Aintree Hurdle and the Bowl Chase.

Schedule for Friday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

Day 2 of the Grand National meeting is Ladies Day or Fabulous Friday, the highlights on the track being the Melling Chase plus there is the Topham Chase over the Grand National fences.

Schedule for Saturday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The Grand National is obviously the showpiece of the Aintree meeting and day 3 also includes three Grade 1 events, the feature of those being the Liverpool Hurdle.