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Sefton Novices’ Hurdle Betting Tips, Winners & History

Meeting:
Grand National & Aintree Festival
Racecourse:
Aintree
Grade:
Grade 1

The Sefton Novices’ Hurdle is the newest of the Grand National Festival’s novice races over the smaller obstacles. At three miles and half a furlong, this is a contest for stayers and as such draws comparisons with the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, with Black Jack Ketchum (2006) and At Fishers Cross (2013) winners of both.

The inaugural running was in 1988, won by Nicky Henderson’s Rustle, who followed up winning the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle with a win in the Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle the following season.

Next Race: TBD

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.

Last Run: 5th April 2019

  • Winner: Champ
  • SP: 9/4
  • Trainer: Nicky Henderson
  • Jockey: Mark Walsh

Race Info

With the going soft in 2019, this Grade 1 over 3 miles ½ furlong is set to be an especially tough stamina test. The total prize fund will be £100,000 with £56,000 going to the winner.

Going Distance Grade Prize Money Runners EW Terms
Soft 3m ½f Grade 1 £100,000 13 Runners 1/5 1-2-3

Sefton Novices' Hurdle Betting Tips

Aintree, 16:40, Friday 3rd April 2020

Note: The following tips are from 2020. Tips for the next renewal will be added once the final declarations have been made.

Race cancelled.

Sefton Novices' Hurdle Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2020 Abandoned - - -
2019 Champ 9/4 Nicky Henderson Mark Walsh
2018 Santini 6/4 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville
2017 The Worlds End 3/1 Tom George Adrian Heskin
2016 Ballyoptic 9/1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Ryan Hatch
2015 Thistlecrack 25/1 Colin Tizzard Tom Scudamore
2014 Beat That 6/1 Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty
2013 At Fishers Cross 11/8 Rebecca Curtis A P McCoy
2012 Lovcen 8/1 Alan King Robert Thornton
2011 Saint Are 33/1 Tim Vaughan Richard Johnson

About the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle

Croxteth Hall in Liverpool
Croxteth Hall, home of the 2nd Earl of Sefton, Rept0n1x, Wikimedia Commons

The Sefton Novices’ Hurdle is a National Hunt Hurdle race which is run at Aintree Race Course in early April of each year at the Grand National meeting. The race is open to horses that are of four years of age and older, and as it is a novice race, meaning that the runners cannot have won a race of this kind before the start of the current season. The race comprises of 13 hurdles and despite being novice race the field is one of the most highly competitive of the year. This is abundantly clear from the list of winners over the years, which includes Saint Are and Thistlecrack.

The highly entertaining race was first run in 1988 and was originally called the Satin Novices’ Hurdle and also began its life as a Grade 2 race. This was before its name change in 1993 to its current title. In 1995 the contest was upgraded to its current Grade 1 standing.

The starting field for the Sefton Novices’ is often quite comparable to a race which is run in the previous month. The Spa Novices’ Hurdle which is run at the Cheltenham Festival in March draws many similarities to the Aintree run, so for any pointers as to how horses may fare in this race, it is best to consult the previous result at Cheltenham.

The Winning Formula

The first outing for this race was won by Rustle, a horse under the tutelage of the well-renowned Nicky Henderson. Since then the field has been filled by some of the best horses in the National Hunt racing, not to mention some of the best and jockeys and trainers alike. The jockeys with the most wins so far are Tony McCoy and Barry Geraghty with three apiece, although since McCoy has retired it could be up to Geraghty to nab another win to be the standout record holder. Three other jockeys have won the contest twice, with Carl Llewellyn, Richard Johnson and Robert Thornton with the honours there.

Multiple Sefton Novices’ Chase Winning Jockeys: 1988 – 2019

Wins Jockey First Win (Horse) Last Win (Horse)
3 Barry Geraghty 2000 (Sackville) 2014 (Beat That)
Tony McCoy 1998 (Unsinkable Boxer) 2013 (At Fishers Cross)
2 Robert Thornton 2002 (Stromness) 2012 (Lovcen)
Richard Johnson 1997 (Forest Ivory) 2011 (Saint Are)
Carl Llewellyn 1992 (Barton Brook) 1999 (King’s Road)

On the trainer side of things, many of the best within the world of horse racing have claimed victory here. However, it is the trainer with that first ever win of this contest, Nicky Henderson, who leads the way by being a four-time winner. David Nicholson and Nigel Twiston-Davies are close behind with three wins each at the time of writing ahead of the 2020 renewal.

Multiple Sefton Novices’ Chase Winning Trainers: 1988 – 2019

Wins Trainer First Win (Horse) Last Win (Horse)
4 Nicky Henderson 1988 (Rustle) 2019 (Champ)
3 Nigel Twiston-Davies 1999 (King’s Road) 2016 (Ballyoptic)
David Nicholson 1992 (Barton Bank) 1997 (Forest Ivory)
2 Alan King 2002 (Stromness) 2012 (Lovcen)
Jonjo O’Neill 2003 (Iris’s Gift) 2006 (Black Jack Ketchum)

Reading the History

As the race was only first run in 1988, it makes it a relatively new event on the horse racing calendar. As such, we can pull some comparisons relatively easily form the previous results. From the chart below you can see that the vast majority of races have been won by horses aged either six or seven. In fact, horses of that age have been successful in 78% of all the renewals ever run. More specifically, horses aged six alone, have won the contest a whopping 50% of the time. Some statistics that surely cannot be ignored when making a pick for this one.

Chart Showing the Age of Sefton Novices' Hurdle Winners Between 1988 and 2019

Other Races of Note at Aintree

  • Aintree Bowl Chase
  • Aintree Hurdle
  • Becher Chase
  • Grand National
  • Grand Sefton Chase
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