2023 Betfair Hurdle Trends geegeez.co.uk

Staged at Newbury racecourse the Betfair Hurdle is a Grade Three contest run over 2m 1/2f in February each year. First run in 1963, the race is always a hotly-contested race, while some punters might know the even better as either the Tote Gold Trophy or the totesport Trophy, being that’s what the race was called before Betfair took over the sponsorship in 2012.

Despite more obvious Champion Hurdle trials on offer during the season the race has thrown up two horses – Persian War and Make A Stand – that went onto glory at the Cheltenham Festival in the Champion Hurdle later that season, while the 2013 hero - My Tent Or Yours - went onto be second in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

The 2003 winner, Spirit Leader, went onto land the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival the following month, while in 2017 the Nigel Twiston-Davis-trained Ballyandy won the race before running fourth in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. More recently in 2018, Kalashinkov won this before running second in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

In 2019, we saw the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Al Dancer win the race under jockey Sam Twiston-Davies, while last year (2022) the Tom Lacey yard won this with Glory and Fortune.

Here at GEEGEEZ, we look back at recent winners of the race and highlights the key stats ahead of the 2023 renewal – this year staged on Saturday 11th February.

Recent Betfair Hurdle Winners

2022 – GLORY AND FORTUNE (20/1)2021 - SOARING GLORY (17/2)2020 – PIC D’ORHY (33/1)2019 - AL DANCER (5/2 fav)2018 – KALASHINKOV (8/1 co-fav)2017 – BALLYANDY (3/1 fav)2016 – AGRAPART (16/1)2015 – VIOLET DANCER (20/1)2014 – SPLASH OF GINGE (33/1)2013 – MY TENT OR YOURS (5/1 fav)2012 – ZARKANDAR (11/4 fav)2011 – RECESSION PROOF (12/1)2010 – GET ME OUT OF HERE (6/1)2009 – No race2008 – WINGMAN (14/1)2007 – HEATHCOTE (50/1)2006 – No race2005 – ESSEX (4/1 fav)2004 – GEOS (16/1)2003 – SPIRIT LEADER (14/1)2002 – COPELAND (13/2)