Stayers Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Stayers Hurdle Preview

Three miles and twelve hurdles face the runners in the Stayers Hurdle, formerly known as the World Hurdle which is currently sponsored by Paddy Power here at Cheltenham. Usually, run at a decent pace meaning stamina will be severely tested and is a specialists' race that requires a unique type of horse to win.

Since 2002, Baracouda and Inglis Drever have retained their crown the following season and the magnificent Big Bucks won four on the bounce between 2009 and 2012 so give plenty of respect to returning previous winners of the Stayers Hurdle.

Below we have taken a look at the race in greater detail with previous Stayers Hurdle trends and stats to help you find the winner of the Stayers Hurdle. Over on the recommended bookies for Cheltenham page, you can see which bookies rank best for placing your festival bets.

Stayers Hurdle Information:

• Stayers Hurdle Past Winners
• Stayers Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Stayers 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 Stayers Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 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 126%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Stayers Hurdle, the over-round has been 119%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £119 which is bet.

Stayers Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Stayers Hurdle Trends
• Stayers Hurdle 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 Stayers Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 8 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +2.09. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Stayers Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Alan King trained My Way De Solzen ridden by Robert Thornton who set the fastest winning time in the Stayers Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 5:38.20 was set when winning the race in 2006. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer C Byrnes and jockey Paul Carberry with Solwhit who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 6:24.94 in the 2013 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Stayers Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

1. My Way De Solzen (5:38.20) in 2006
2. Cole Harden (5:40.70) in 2015
3. Thistlecrack (5:42.60) in 2016

Stayers Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Stayers 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Stayers 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 Stayers Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 13 winners with an additional 21 placings from 169 runners
• IRE: 7 winners with an additional 17 placings from 95 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 2 placings from 10 runners

Stayers Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Stayers Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Big Bucks (2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Stayers Hurdle are W P Mullins (2 wins), Gordon Elliott (2 wins) and Gavin Cromwell (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Stayers Hurdle, Nicky Henderson has sent a total of 17 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Stayers 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):

Stayers Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Stayers Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Danny Mullins who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Flooring Porter (2021 & 2022).

Here are some of the top Stayers 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):

2025 Stayers Hurdle Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, 3, F, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, PU, 2, 2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 7, 3, 5, 2, 1

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.

• 20 / 20 (63%) - Achieved an RPR of 148+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (69%) - Within the first 9 of the market
• 20 / 20 (73%) - Not in a LST/Cl2-6 (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Beaten no more -16l (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Not BR/CH/GR in colour
• 20 / 20 (83%) - No bigger than 50/1
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Highest Won is not G3/LST/Cl2-4
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Made 2 - 7 starts (1 Year)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Ran in a Non Handicap (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Achieved an RPR of 146+ (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Furthest Won 2m4f - 3m1½f
• 20 / 20 (87%) - Held an OR of 146+
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in a G1/G3/LST (Debut)
• 19 / 20 (60%) - Achieved an RPR of 158+ (Career)
• 18 / 20 (75%) - Won within last 4 starts

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

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +7.59 is when runners ran over 3m last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 2 when last winning, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-42.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Stayers Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 9 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 3 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 20 winners from a total of 264 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 10 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Stayers Hurdle:

• Cadoudal (4 Wins)
• In The Wings (3 Wins)
• Oscar (2 Wins)
• Yeats (2 Wins)

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

• Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Kahyasi (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Sir Harry Lewis (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Coastal Path (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Craigsteel (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Lisnagar Oscar in 2020, winning for Rebecca Curtis at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Adam Wedge. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 7 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 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.