Triumph Hurdle Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Triumph Hurdle Preview

The JCB Triumph Hurdle is for four-year-old juvenile novices only, negotiating eight hurdles over two miles and one furlong of the new course at Cheltenham and is the opening race on the final day of the festival.

Perhaps not as competitive numbers-wise since the introduction of the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle to the festival in 2005.

Triumph Hurdle Information:

• Triumph Hurdle Past Winners
• Triumph Hurdle Trainer Statistics
• Triumph Hurdle Jockey Statistics

We also have a dedicated Cheltenham tips page that will cover this race as well as all of the other races on the day of the race, see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are predicting to win this race and the others on the cards. 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 Triumph Hurdle market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2018 when the race had an over-round of 113%. The race in 2007 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 Triumph Hurdle, the over-round has been 121%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £121 which is bet.

Triumph Hurdle Trends:

• 2025 Triumph Hurdle Trends
• Triumph 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 Triumph Hurdle next time out then you would have backed a total of 8 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -0.11. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Triumph Hurdle remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2024 renewal when Majborough from W P Mullins under the guidance of Mark Walsh, won in a time of 4:17.52, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Detroit City, trained by Philip Hobbs and ridden by Richard Johnson set the quickest time of 3:51.20 in the 2006 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Triumph Hurdle over the last 20 renewals:

1. Detroit City (3:51.20) in 2006
2. Zarkandar (3:54.20) in 2011
3. Katchit (3:54.60) in 2007

Triumph Hurdle Past Winners

Here are the Triumph 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 Triumph 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 Triumph Hurdle have been based:

• GB: 11 winners with an additional 19 placings from 189 runners
• IRE: 9 winners with an additional 21 placings from 121 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 6 runners

Triumph Hurdle Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Triumph Hurdle over the last 20 renewals with both W P Mullins and Nicky Henderson who have both won the race four times. W P Mullins winners have been with Burning Victory (2020), Vauban (2022), Lossiemouth (2023) and Majborough (2024). Nicky Henderson winners have been with Zaynar (2009), Soldatino (2010), Peace And Co (2015) and Pentland Hills (2019). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Triumph Hurdle are Paul Nicholls (2 wins), Alan King (2 wins), Gordon Elliott (2 wins) and Philip Hobbs (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Triumph Hurdle, Gary Moore has sent a total of 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Triumph 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):

Triumph Hurdle Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Triumph Hurdle over the last 20 renewals is Paul Townend who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Burning Victory (2020), Vauban (2022) and Lossiemouth (2023).

Here are some of the top Triumph 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 Triumph Hurdle Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 3, 1, 10, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 1, 1, 1, 4, PU, UR, 4, 1, 1, 5

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%) - Achieved an RPR of 123+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (68%) - No bigger than 33/1
• 20 / 20 (73%) - Achieved a TS of 75+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (77%) - Break of 18 - 82 days (Last Place)
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Beaten no more -9¾l (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Highest Placed is not LST/Cl2/Cl5
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Had 1 - 3 placings (90 Days)
• 20 / 20 (80%) - Off a break of 18 - 55 days
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Ran over 1m4f - 2m1f (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Not in a LST/Cl2/Cl5-6 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Not in DEU/SCO/WAL (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Carried 123 - 149lbs (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (86%) - Within the first 14 of the market
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Achieved a TS of 75+ (Career)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Won within last 3 starts

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Triumph Hurdle. if you are unaware of what trends and statistics are, how they can be used etc then head over to the OLBG Betting School and read this Stats And Trends article which will make everything much clearer.

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Triumph Hurdle Trend Analysis

The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 5 places in the past year, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-60.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Triumph Hurdle is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 9 winners of this race who ran at Leopardstown last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Cheltenham and Kempton, there has been a total number of 3 winners from each of those courses.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 18 winners from a total of 287 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 29 runners.

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

• Cape Cross (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• High Chaparral (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Countrywide Flame in 2012, winning for John Quinn at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Dougie Costello. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 6 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 Triumph Hurdle.

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.