Summer Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Summer Hurdle Preview

The Summer Hurdle is run at Market Rasen in July of each year, it is a class 2 handicap race run over hurdles that is open to runners aged three-year-old or older and is run over two miles and half a furlong during which, the runners will face a total of eight hurdles.

Summer Hurdle Information:

• Summer Hurdle Past Winners
• Summer Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Summer Hurdle Jockey Statistics

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Market Rasen tips on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners?

How competitive is the Summer Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2020 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2012 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 131%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Summer Hurdle, the over-round has been 125%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £125 which is bet.

Summer Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Summer Hurdle Trends
• Summer 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 Summer Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 3 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -7.12. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Summer Hurdle see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2007 renewal when Kings Quay from John Quinn under the guidance of Dougie Costello, won in a time of 4:17.10, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Pisgah Pike, trained by Jamie Snowden and ridden by Gavin Sheehan set the quickest time of 3:55.17 in the 2022 renewal.

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

1. Pisgah Pike (3:55.17) in 2022
2. LInganno Felice (3:55.60) in 2018
3. Australia Day (3:57.40) in 2010

Summer Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Summer 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 at the time of winning the Summer Hurdle and the jockey is also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Summer Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 20 winners with an additional 48 placings from 287 runners
• IRE: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 4 runners

Summer Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Summer Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is David O'Meara who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Viva Colonia (2011) and Stonific (2021). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Summer Hurdle, David Pipe has sent a total of 18 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Summer 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):

Summer Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Summer Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Harry Cobden who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Red Force One (2020) and Too Friendly (2023). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Summer Hurdle, Sam Twiston-Davies has ridden 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Summer 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):

Summer Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +85.50 is when runners had 0 season places. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had recorded 2 career non-finishes, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-45.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Summer Hurdle is Newton Abbot, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Newton Abbot 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 269 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 22 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Summer Hurdle, that stallion Montjeu has produced 2 winners (2017,2007).

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

• Danehill Dancer (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Hernando (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Stonific in 2021, winning for David O'Meara at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Tom Scudamore. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Summer Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page. If you are interested in other races at the Market Rasen racecourse, then why not read our blog for the Summer Plate?