Champion Novices Hunters Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

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Contested over a distance of 3m3½f is the Champion Novices Hunters Chase which is scheduled to take place at Stratford. Below we have detailed past winners along with both trainer and jockey records in the race and see which trends have been set based on past winners of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase.

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends
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Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2024 Champion Novices Hunters Chase Preview

Scheduled to take place in either late May or early June of each year at Stratford is the Champion Novices Hunters Chase, a class 2 race that is open to novices who are aged five or older with the race being run over a trip of three miles and four furlongs.

Being a hunter chase, you will get runners entered who compete on the P2P scene, the trends below only include starts under rules.

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Information:

Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Stratford tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet?

How competitive is the Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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 109%. The race in 2005 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 130%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase, the over-round has been 120%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £120 which is bet.

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trends:

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 Champion Novices Hunters Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -9.90. Remember to use the racing predictions along with the information on this page to find a bet on the 2024 Champion Novices Hunters Chase.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2006 renewal when Coomakista from Mrs E J Reed under the guidance of Mr R Morgan, won in a time of 7:33.90, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Quiet Account, trained by C A McBratney and ridden by Mr N McParlan set the quickest time of 6:52.20 in the 2016 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Champion Novices Hunters Chase over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Quiet Account (6:52.20) in 2016
  2. Harbour Court (6:53.50) in 2013
  3. Hemington (6:55.80) in 2010

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Past Winners

Here are the Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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 Champion Novices Hunters Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2023
7:12.70
Sine Nomine (GB)
7yo 11-7 1/1F
Mr John Dawson
Fiona Needham (GB)
2022
7:04.60
Ask Dman (IRE)
8yo 11-12 15/2
Mr B O'Neill
D M Christie (IRE)
2021
7:06.10
Vaucelet (FR)
6yo 11-10 4/1
Mr B W Harvey
D M Christie (IRE)
2019
7:02.30
Law Of Gold (IRE)
6yo 11-10 9/1
Mr Dale Peters
David Kemp (GB)
2018
7:17.50
Garde Ville (FR)
8yo 11-10 11/1
Mr Stephen Paul Davies
Patricia Rigby (GB)
2017
7:03.50
Now Ben (IRE)
9yo 11-10 8/1
Alex Edwards
Philip Rowley (GB)
2016
6:52.20
Quiet Account (IRE)
8yo 11-10 9/1
Mr N McParlan
C A McBratney (IRE)
2015
7:10.60
Lord Fingal (IRE)
7yo 11-10 5/1
Mr S Clements
J T R Dreaper (IRE)
2014
7:17.10
Theatre Queen (IRE)
7yo 11-3 11/8F
Mr M Wall
Mark Wall (GB)
2013
6:53.50
Harbour Court (GB)
7yo 11-10 11/8F
Mr J E Tudor
Alan Hill (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase have been based:

  • GB: 16 winners with an additional 35 placings from 229 runners
  • IRE: 4 winners with an additional 2 placings from 15 runners
  • HOL: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Champion Novices Hunters Chase over the last 20 renewals with both David Kemp and D M Christie who have both won the race two times. David Kemp winners have been with Cantarinho (2004) and Law Of Gold (2019). D M Christie winners have been with Vaucelet (2021) and Ask Dman (2022).

Here are some of the top Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
David Kemp5-2-2+12.00+6.00
D M Christie4-2-3+9.50+6.49
Alan Hill10-1-4-7.62-1.91
Philip Rowley2-1-1+7.00+3.80
Michael Scudamore1-1-1+28.00+16.80
Grant Cann1-1-1+14.00+7.00
C A McBratney1-1-1+9.00+5.40
J T R Dreaper1-1-1+5.00+3.00
Fiona Needham1-1-1+1.00+0.63
T Ellis4-0-1-4.00-3.31

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Champion Novices Hunters Chase 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):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Mr Dale Peters2-1-1+8.00+4.40
Mr B O'Neill2-1-1+6.50+3.69
Mr N McParlan1-1-1+9.00+5.40
Alex Edwards1-1-1+8.00+4.80
Mr B W Harvey1-1-1+4.00+2.50
Mr John Dawson1-1-1+1.00+0.63
Mr William Biddick7-0-0-7.00-7.00
Miss Gina Andrews5-0-1-5.00-3.70
Mr Jack Andrews4-0-2-4.00-1.43
Mr Bradley Gibbs4-0-0-4.00-4.00

Champion Novices Hunters Chase Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +21.76 is when runners ran in a Class 4 last time out. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a best-in-three result of 3rd, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-37.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 4 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 16 winners from a total of 207 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 4 winners from a total of 39 runners.

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Champion Novices Hunters Chase despite multiple attempts:

  • Dr Massini (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 Hemington in 2010, winning for Michael Scudamore at odds of 28/1 under the guidance of Mr T Weston. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 5 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. If you are interested in other races at the Stratford racecourse, then why not read our blog for the Champion Hunters Chase?

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Champion Novices Hunters Chase Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for jump racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful national hunt racing blogs for OLBG.

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