Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

2025 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Preview

Scheduled to take place in April of each year at the Aintree racecourse during the Grand National meeting is the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper, a Grade 2 race that is open to fillies and mares aged between 4yo and 6yo.

The race is run over just shy of two miles and one furlong and is named in honour of the 1951 Grand National winning mare Nickel Coin.

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Information:

• Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Past Winners
• Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trainer Statistics
• Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Aintree then head over to the Aintree tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. 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 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 19 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 119%. The race in 2023 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 133%, whilst on average over the last 19 renewals of the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper, the over-round has been 127%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £127 which is bet.

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trends:

• 2025 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trends
• Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 19 if you had followed the winner of the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper next time out then you would have backed a total of 8 winners. Backing all 18 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -6.79. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 19 renewals, it was the Peter Bowen trained Hollies Pearl ridden by Sean Bowen who set the fastest winning time in the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper, the runner won the race in a time of 3:56.00 was set when winning the race in 2015. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Ben Pauling and jockey Kielan Woods with Diva Luna who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 4:27.51 in the 2024 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Nickel Coin Mares Bumper over the last 19 renewals:

1. Hollies Pearl (3:56.00) in 2015
2. Dysart Enos (4:01.16) in 2023
3. Tempest River (4:02.40) in 2011

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Past Winners

Here are the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper 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 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper 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 Nickel Coin Mares Bumper have been based:

• GB: 14 winners with an additional 26 placings from 304 runners
• IRE: 5 winners with an additional 12 placings from 54 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper over the last 19 renewals is Alan King who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Senorita Rumbalita (2005), Avispa (2014) and The Glancing Queen (2019). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper are Nicky Henderson (2 wins) and Peter Bowen (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper, Donald McCain has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Nickel Coin Mares Bumper trainer statistics over the last 19 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):

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Jockey Statistics

There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper, Brian Hughes has ridden a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Nickel Coin Mares Bumper jockey statistics over the last 19 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):

Nickel Coin Mares Bumper Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +1.00 is when runners had 1 win in the past 90 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners finished in 2nd on debut, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-62.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper is Sandown, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Sandown last time out.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper:

• Definite Article (2 Wins)
• Kayf Tara (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Nickel Coin Mares Bumper despite multiple attempts:

• Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 16 runners)
• Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 13 runners)
• Presenting (0 Wins from 13 runners)
• Milan (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Yeats (0 Wins from 7 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 19 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Big Time Billy in 2010, winning for Peter Bowen at odds of 28/1 under the guidance of Michael Byrne. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 19 renewals there have been 3 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.

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.