Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Preview

As the name would suggest (Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle) this race is a hurdle that is open to four-year-olds! It is run during the Grand National meeting at the Aintree racecourse.

This is a Grade 1 race that is run over a trip of two miles and one furlong in which there are nine hurdles to jump, the race more often than not features runners who competed in the Triumph Hurdle, in 2019 Pentland Hills went on to win both races.

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Information:

• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Jockey Statistics

Our dedicated Aintree tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle but will also have predictions for each meeting at Aintree throughout the season so be sure to head over there. 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 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2024 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2017 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 133%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trends
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -2.52. Ahead of the 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 3:59.20 was set by Al Eile in 2004, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by John Queally and ridden by Timmy Murphy. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Sir Gino won in a time of 4:23.99, booked to ride was Nico de Boinville on this Nicky Henderson trained runner.

These are the top three quickest-run Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

1. Al Eile (3:59.20) in 2004
2. Katchit (4:00.00) in 2007
3. Detroit City (4:01.40) in 2006

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Anniversary 4YO 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 16 winners with an additional 28 placings from 177 runners
• IRE: 4 winners with an additional 10 placings from 31 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both Nicky Henderson and Alan King who have both won the race four times. Nicky Henderson winners have been with Binocular (2008), We Have A Dream (2018), Pentland Hills (2019) and Sir Gino (2024). Alan King winners have been with Katchit (2007), Walkon (2009), Grumeti (2012) and LUnique (2013). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle are Paul Nicholls (3 wins), Philip Hobbs (2 wins) and W P Mullins (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, Gary Moore has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Anniversary 4YO 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):

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Nico de Boinville who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Pentland Hills (2019) and Sir Gino (2024).

Here are some of the top Anniversary 4YO 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):

Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +43.78 is when runners carried 154lbs last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a furthest trip placed of 2m, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-46.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 17 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 17 winners from a total of 193 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 18 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have been disappointed with multiple attempts but no wins in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, that stallion is Galileo who has failed to produce a winner from 5 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Orsippus in 2010, winning for Michael Smith at odds of 40/1 under the guidance of Davy Condon. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 11 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2025 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle.

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.