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

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 Content:

• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Jockey Statistics
• 2024 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trends
• Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle Trend Analysis
• Schedule at The Aintree Grand National Meeting

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?

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the John Queally trained Al Eile ridden by Timmy Murphy who set the fastest winning time in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, the runner won the race in a time of 3:59.20 was set when winning the race in 2004. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Milton Harris and jockey Paddy Brennan with Knight Salute who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:17.85 in the 2022 renewal.

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

• 2004 - Al Eile (3:59.20)
• 2007 - Katchit (4:00.00)
• 2006 - Detroit City (4:01.40)

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 2021 when the race had an over-round of 110%. 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 117%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £117 which is bet.

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 7 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -1.27. Ahead of the 2024 Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

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 30 placings from 190 runners
• IRE: 4 winners with an additional 9 placings from 31 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners
• GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

There are two leading trainers in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both Paul Nicholls & Alan King who have both won the race 4 times. Paul Nicholls winners have been with Le Duc (2003), Zarkandar (2011), All Yours (2015) & Monmiral (2021). Alan King winners have been with Katchit (2007), Walkon (2009), Grumeti (2012) & LUnique (2013). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle are Nicky Henderson (3 wins), Philip Hobbs (2 wins) & W P Mullins (2 wins). There are two trainers who have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle, Gary Moore has sent a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins whilst Venetia Williams has sent out 11 without a winner.

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):

Here are some of the top Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Rides, 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):

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 3, 11, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 1, 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 (64%) - Furthest Placed 2m½f - 2m2f
• 20 / 20 (64%) - Highest Placed is not Cl3/Cl4/Cl5
• 20 / 20 (64%) - Achieved an RPR of 123+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (66%) - Achieved a TS of 86+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (68%) - Highest Run is not LST/Cl2/Cl3/Cl4/Cl5
• 20 / 20 (75%) - Achieved a TS of 86+ (Non-Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (76%) - Had 2 - 8 placings (Non-Hcps)
• 20 / 20 (76%) - Had 2 - 6 placings (180 Days)
• 20 / 20 (77%) - Had 2 - 7 placings (Hurdle)
• 20 / 20 (77%) - Won within last 3 starts
• 20 / 20 (77%) - Furthest ran 2m½f - 2m2f
• 20 / 20 (78%) - No bigger than 40/1
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Break of 19 - 137 days (Last Place)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Achieved an RPR of 101+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - Off a break of 13 - 66 days

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Aintree racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile 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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The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +68.78 is when runners carried 154lbs last time out. The worst performing factor which 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 0-51.

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 207 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 18 runners.

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle despite multiple attempts:

• Galileo (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Sadlers Wells (0 Wins 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 has been a total of 10 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.

Remember to head over to the Aintree predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle and don't forget that we also have a dedicated site for the 2024 Aintree Grand National. Below is the schedule for the 2024 Aintree Festival with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

Aintree Festival races for Thursday 11th April 2024

Aintree Festival races for Friday 12th April 2024

Aintree Festival races for Saturday 13th April 2024