Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Preview

The Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle which is currently known as the Gallagher Novices Hurdle is a grade one race over two miles and five furlongs for novices that is run at the Cheltenham racecourse.

Recent winners Faugheen (2014) and Yorkhill (2016) have both gone onto festival glory in subsequent seasons so worth keeping an eye on with a view to future big race winners. Faugheen won the Champion Hurdle in 2015 and Yorkhill won the Novices Chase in 2017.

Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Information:

• Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Past Winners
• Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics

To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Cheltenham tips on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners? 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 Baring Bingham Novices 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 111%. 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 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.

Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trends
• Baring Bingham Novices 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 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 12 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +0.30. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2025 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 4:54.80 was set by Faugheen in 2014, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by W P Mullins and ridden by R Walsh. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Ballyburn won in a time of 5:22.96, booked to ride was Paul Townend on this W P Mullins trained runner.

These are the top three quickest-run Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

1. Faugheen (4:54.80) in 2014
2. Simonsig (4:59.34) in 2012
3. No Refuge (5:00.00) in 2005

Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Baring Bingham Novices 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 Baring Bingham Novices 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 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle have been based:

• IRE: 14 winners with an additional 21 placings from 103 runners
• GB: 6 winners with an additional 17 placings from 155 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is W P Mullins who has won the race seven times with those seven winners coming from Fiveforthree (2008), Mikael DHaguenet (2009), Faugheen (2014), Yorkhill (2016), Sir Gerhard (2022), Impaire Et Passe (2023) and Ballyburn (2024). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle is Gordon Elliott (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle, Alan King has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Baring Bingham Novices 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):

Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Paul Townend who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Sir Gerhard (2022), Impaire Et Passe (2023) and Ballyburn (2024).

Here are some of the top Baring Bingham Novices 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 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): (5, 7), 2, 5, 13, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, PU, 1, 1, 1, 6, 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 (54%) - Achieved an RPR of 136+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (55%) - No bigger than 20/1
• 20 / 20 (61%) - Highest Won is not LST/Cl4-6
• 20 / 20 (62%) - Within the first 8 of the market
• 20 / 20 (62%) - Not in a LST/Cl3-4 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (62%) - Break of 28 - 77 days (Last Place)
• 20 / 20 (67%) - Had 1 - 6 wins (Jockey)
• 20 / 20 (68%) - Achieved an RPR of 128+ (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (70%) - Achieved a TS of 73+ (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (74%) - Had 1 - 7 placings (Jockey)
• 20 / 20 (74%) - Break of 28 - 122 days (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (76%) - Highest Run is not LST/Cl3-5
• 20 / 20 (78%) - Made 1 - 9 starts (Jockey)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Achieved a TS of 100+ (Last 5)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Beaten no more -9½l (Debut)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle. If you are looking to place on a bet this race well in advance of the actual running, then there may be an ante-post market available for you to place your bet. If you are unfamiliar with this type of betting then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read our Ante-Post Horse Racing article which explains how ante-post betting works.

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Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +13.30 is when runners had 3 career starts with the jockey. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 0 career wins with the jockey, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-87.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 6 winners of this race who ran at Leopardstown last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Naas, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Naas 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 253 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 8 runners.

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

• Court Cave (2 Wins)
• Germany (2 Wins)
• Presenting (2 Wins)

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

• Beneficial (0 Wins from 8 runners)
• Old Vic (0 Wins from 7 runners)
• Getaway (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Westerner (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Milan (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Massinis Maguire in 2007, winning for Philip Hobbs at odds of 20/1 under the guidance of Richard Johnson. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Baring Bingham Novices Hurdle why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?

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.