Betfair Hurdle Betting Tips, Winners & History

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The next renewal of this race has not been scheduled yet. We will update this once the schedule has been released for next season. The race info, trends and tips shown below will be updated for the next renewal once the final declarations have been made.

Betfair Hurdle Betting Tips

Note: The following tips are from 2021. Tips for the next renewal will be added once the final declarations have been made.

Six-time Champion National Hunt Trainer Nicky Henderson may make more headlines for his exploits in the year’s major Grade 1 contests, but he does do pretty well in handicaps too, and it is he who leads the way in this event with five previous wins. Henderson sends three into battle this time around in the shape of the top-weight, Buzz, late addition to the field, Fred and the talented but quirky, Mister Coffey.

Open to all hurdlers aged four and older, it is those towards the lower end of the age spectrum who have dominated of late, with each of the past 10 winners being either five or six years of age.

Considering just how competitive this race is, the market leaders actually have an excellent recent record, with five of the past 10 editions being claimed by the favourite, or co-favourite - handing jolly backers a handsome profit of £10.25 to £1 level stakes over this period. Can the favourite deliver once again and if not, who might stop him?

Cadzand – 5/1

Dan Skelton’s Metier was well fancied by many to land this prize, but has instead become the most high profile absentee due to the rescheduling of the event. Skelton does however still have the favourite for the race, with his six year old Stowaway gelding, Cadzand, having now worked his way to the head of the market.

Making only his sixth career start overall, fourth over hurdles, and first in handicapping company, there has to be a chance that, if there is a well handicapped runner in this field, then it is this one. Purchased by Chelsea Thoroughbreds on the back of an impressive Point to Point success for Sophie Lacey, Cadzand then showed further promise in finishing placed in two bumper efforts last season before undergoing wind surgery ahead of his opening hurdles campaign.

Looking in need of the run when a well beaten second on his seasonal return at Ayr, he then made no mistake when winning as he liked in a Class 4 Novice event at Warwick. Sent into open handicapping company off a mark of 129 for his next start at Kempton, he was notably travelling best of all on the heels of the leaders two from home before swooping up the inside for a 3¼l success from the useful Christopher Wood. He is up 9lb for that, but goes on the ground, is clearly on an upwards trajectory, and seems unlikely to be far away.

Soaring Glory – 6/1

Next best in the market betting is the Jonjo O’Neill-trained, Soaring Glory, and on his overall balance of form, there’s plenty to like about the claims of this son of star flat stayer, Fame And Glory. At slightly longer odds than the jolly, he is sure to have supporters.

A winner of two of his three bumper outings last season, the mount of Jonjo O’Neill Jr. made his hurdles debut in a Class 4 event at Chepstow when getting up to score by ½l, despite being denied a clear run in the straight. That looked a solid enough effort at the time, but looks all the better now, with the second that day, Bravemansgame, winning each of his three subsequent starts, including a Grade 1 by a yawning 10 lengths.

Soaring Glory hasn’t yet gone on to hit anything like those heights, but in being beaten by the potentially very smart, Dusart, falling with the race at his mercy at Wetherby, and finishing a good third in a Grade 2 Supreme trial last time out, he has nevertheless maintained a high level of performance. What’s more, he may be pretty well in getting in here off a mark of 133.

Night Edition – 66/1

Whilst the market leaders do boast a solid record here, the race isn’t averse to a shock result every now and again, with two 33/1 shots coming home in the space of the past seven years. That stat suggests it is worth at least having a look at those further down the list, and if there is to be a boil over this year, the horse most likely to provide it for our money is the David Pipe-trained, Night Edition.

As a five year old this one is a good fit on the age trend, and his weight of 10st7lb also looks to be a positive, with seven of the past 10 winners having carried 11st2lb or less on the day. Admittedly a 34l defeat on his seasonal return at Ascot doesn’t immediately catch the eye, but it is reasonable to expect him to improve for what was his first run in 283 days.

If we go back to his final start last season, he begins to look a lot more interesting. That final outing in 2020 came over this course and distance in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle where he ran a stormer to be beaten just a length into second by the Gordon Elliott horse Aramax. Running off 133 that day, he gets in off that same mark here and may well outrun those huge odds. With a number of firms offering extra places on this race, he rates a decent value each way option for sure.