The Top Novices' Hurdle
The Top Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 hurdles race run during the course of the annual Aintree Festival. The race is run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards and features 9 hurdles. Entry to the Top Novices' Hurdle is restricted to 4-year-old and above hurdlers.
The Top Novices' Hurdle is regarded as the sequel to the Cheltenham Festival's Supreme Novices' Hurdle. It is rare for horses to win both races, and the last racehorse to win both events did so in 1984.
Top Novices' Hurdle Betting & Trends
Age: The last five race winners have been aged between 5 and 7.
Odds: The winners of the last five Top Novices' Hurdle races have all been priced below 15/1. Only one antepost favourite has won the race during this period.
Jockey: Tony McCoy has ridden two winners in recent years, and three during his career.
Trainer: Phillip Hobbs has trained three Top Novices' Hurdle winners since the turn of the Millennium.
Race Tip: Consider laying the favourite at an exchange as a long term tactic. Punters looking to back an entry should focus on each-way or place bets on a spread of selections priced under 15/1.
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VCBet - £100 Free BetTop Novices' Hurdle Winners
The Top Novices' Hurdle has featured a number of performances by future hurdles stars. 2006 winner, Straw Bear, went on to claim victories in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the Christmas Hurdle. 1984 winner, Browne's Gazette, was the only racehorse to claim victory in the both the Top Novices' Hurdle and the Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
