Triumph Hurdle
13:30 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-14
The JCB Triumph Hurdle is the opening race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. It is a 2m1f Grade 1 contest restricted to four-year-old juvenile hurdlers and is the most prestigious race in the jumps season for this category of jumps horse. It has produced four subsequent Champion Hurdle winners in Clair Soleil, Persian War, Kribensis and Katchit, while 2018 and 2019 Grand National winner Tiger Roll triumphed in 2014. Check the Triumph Hurdle runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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TRIUMPH HURDLE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2023 | Lossiemouth | 112 | 4 | 11-8F | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2022 | Vauban | 21 | 4 | 6-4F | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2021 | Quilixios | 1-111 | 4 | 2/1 | Henry De Bromhead | Rachael Blackmore |
| 2020 | Burning Victory | 3216-1 | 4 | 12/1 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2019 | Pentland Hills | 2113-1 | 4 | 20/1 | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
| 2018 | Farclas | 22 | 4 | 9-1 | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2017 | Defi Du Seuil | 11111 | 4 | 5-2F | Philip Hobbs | Richard Johnson |
| 2016 | Ivanovich Gorbatov | 14 | 4 | 9-2F | Aidan O’Brien | Barry Geraghty |
| 2015 | Peace And Co | 111 | 4 | 2-1F | Nicky Henderson | Barry Geraghty |
| 2014 | Tiger Roll | 12 | 4 | 10-1 | Gordon Elliott | Davy Russell |
TRIUMPH HURDLE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Last ran between 18 and 55 days ago, ten winners in the last ten runnings
- Won at least 50 per cent of hurdle races, 9/10 (exception still a maiden)
- Top-two finish last time out, 9/10 (six won)
- By a Group 1-winning sire, 8/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 150, 8/10
- Ran no more than three times over hurdles, 7/10
Other factors
- Five of the last ten winners were undefeated over hurdles (two had just run once).
- Six winners had landed Graded events.
- Three winners had raced on the Flat in Britain, Ireland or France and all had recorded an RPR of at least 77.
- Since the introduction of the Fred Winter Hurdle in 2005, 16 of the 19 winners have had an SP of 10-1 or shorter.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - TRIUMPH HURDLE 2023
LOSSIEMOUTH met trouble when defeated by Gala Marceau at Leopardstown in February, but wasted no time reaffirming her superiority over her stablemate, and doing so impressively. Still tanking going to the last and requiring only a couple of taps to make sure on the run-in. Zenta stepped up on the form of her Fairyhouse Grade 3 success three weeks ago to take third.