Topham Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

2025 Topham Chase Preview

The Topham Chase which is a Premier Handicap is scheduled to take place in April of each year during the Grand National meeting at the Aintree racecourse, it is open to runners aged five or older and is run over a trip of two miles and five furlongs.

The race is one of three which is run over the Grand National fences along with the Foxhunters and the Grand National itself, the runners will race a total of eighteen fences during the race.

Topham Chase Information:

• Topham Chase Past Winners
• Topham Chase Trainer Statistics
• Topham Chase Jockey Statistics

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? 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 Topham Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2010 when the race had an over-round of 132%. The race in 2019 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 144%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Topham Chase, the over-round has been 138%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £138 which is bet.

Topham Chase Trends:

• 2025 Topham Chase Trends
• Topham Chase 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 Topham Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 1 winner. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -16.00. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Topham Chase see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.

Over the last 20 renewals, it was the Peter Bowen trained Always Waining ridden by Tom O'Brien who set the fastest winning time in the Topham Chase, the runner won the race in a time of 5:19.30 was set when winning the race in 2011. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Colin Tizzard and jockey Harry Cobden with Ultragold who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 5:50.60 in the 2018 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Topham Chase over the last 20 renewals:

1. Always Waining (5:19.30) in 2011
2. Mac Tottie (5:22.89) in 2022
3. Ma Filleule (5:23.20) in 2014

Topham Chase Past Winners

Here are the Topham 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 Topham Chase 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 Topham Chase have been based:

• GB: 17 winners with an additional 42 placings from 440 runners
• IRE: 3 winners with an additional 17 placings from 123 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 1 placing from 3 runners
• GER: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

Topham Chase Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Topham Chase over the last 20 renewals is Peter Bowen who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Dunbrody Millar (2007), Always Waining (2010, 2011 & 2012) and Mac Tottie (2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Topham Chase are Nicky Henderson (4 wins) and W P Mullins (2 wins). Multiple trainers have not had the best of times over the last 20 renewals in the Topham Chase, David Pipe (0-17), Venetia Williams (0-13), Gordon Elliott (0-12), Donald McCain (0-11), Sue Smith (0-10), Henry De Bromhead (0-10) and Philip Hobbs (0-10) have all failed to produce a single winner despite sending multiple runners to the race.

Here are some of the top Topham 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):

Topham Chase Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Topham Chase over the last 20 renewals is Harry Cobden who has won the race two times with those two winners coming from Ultragold (2017 & 2018). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Topham Chase, Daryl Jacob has ridden a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Topham 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):

Topham Chase Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +26.50 is when runners ran on Soft ground on debut. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners last place was 2 starts ago, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-124.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Topham Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 8 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 18 winners from a total of 553 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 14 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Topham Chase:

• Unfuwain (3 Wins)
• Beneficial (2 Wins)
• Kapgarde (2 Wins)

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

• Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 15 runners)
• Anshan (0 Wins from 11 runners)
• Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 10 runners)
• Dr Massini (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Oscar (0 Wins from 9 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Cregg House in 2005, winning for S Donohoe at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Davy Russell. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 1 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 Topham Chase.

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.