Champion Chase Trends - Cheltenham Festival Betting

Jessica Lamb

January 11th, 2020

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BEST 2020 CHELTENHAM CHAMPION CHASE TRENDS

• Finished in the first three last time out
• Ran at Cheltenham before
• Aged between seven and 10
• Won at least one Grade 1
• Won at least five chases

Betting On Cheltenham's 2020 Champion Chase? Follow These Trends:

Above are THE top five trends to follow when looking for the winner of the 2020 Cheltenham Champion Chase.

We've analysed in detail the last 15 runnings of the Champion Chase, taking deep dives into the form of the winners and placed horses, looking at their past runs, their breeding, and every other statistic we could think of.

What we found are very strong markers that will steer you towards the winner of this year's Champion Chase, as they did last year when only circling Altior.

Scroll down to find out how the trends picked that superstar, and read full details of all the other Champion Chase trends to follow, beyond the top five.

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Did Trends Win The Last Champion Chase?

On the trends last year, there were only two horses that made the Champion Chase shortlist: the mighty Altior and Min - the pair having finished first and second for the second time at the Cheltenham Festival a year earlier.

Altior, the 2018 Champion Chase winner, was seeking an 18th successive victory and sent off as the 4/11 favourite to achieve that for trainer Nicky Henderson. There's no trend he could not hit, and there was no beating the nine-year-old, who gave Henderson a remarkable sixth Champion Chase win.

Min, as the previous year, again fit the trends, successful last time out at the Leopardstown Dublin Racing Festival in his third Grade 1 victory. But he was not the force of 2018 at Cheltenham, finishing fifth at odds of 7/2.

KEY CHAMPION CHASE TRENDS

15-year-trends

The last 15 winners…

• Finished in the first two in one of their last three starts
• Had run three or more times in the last 12 months
• Had won on a left-handed track
• Last ran more than 31 days ago
• Had won over the distance

10-year-trends

The last 10 winners…

• Last ran no more than 80 days ago
• Were aged between 7 and 10
• Were officially rated 159+
• Had won at least one Grade 1
• Had seven or more starts over fences
• Had won at least five times over fences
• Had run at least once in that season
• Had run at Cheltenham before - six winning

Nine of the last 10 winners…

• Won one of their last three starts
• Had two or more starts in that season
• Had won at least once that season
• Finished in the first three last time out
• Had won two or more Grade 1s

The last 29 win and place positions

29/29 placed horses

• Were officially rated 157+
• Finished in the first three in one of their last three starts
• Had run in three or more chases
• Had won on a left-handed track

28/29 placed horses

• Had run three or more times in the last 12 months
• Finished in the first five last time out
• Were running within 120 days of their last start

KEY RACE TRENDS (10 years)

(Last Graded race contested prior to the Champion Chase)

KEY TRAINER TRENDS (10 years)

How Altior Won 2019's Cheltenham Champion Chase

With another impressive round of jumping, Nicky Henderson's unbeaten chaser Altior romped to a fourth successive Cheltenham Festival victory in the 2019 Champion Chase.

Aiming to win for the 18th consecutive time, the nine-year-old was sent off at 4/11 and gave connections few scares as he sauntered to a near two-length win over 11/1 chance Politologue

3.30 CHELTENHAM – 2019 CHAMPION CHASE RESULT

1. Altior 4/11f
2. Politologue 11/1
3. Sceau Royal 16/1

The victory was his second in the Champion Chase, having already won the Arkle Chase and Supreme Novices' Hurdle, and it gave his trainer a sixth career win in Cheltenham Championship race.

Cheltenham 2020 Wednesday Schedule

13:30 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle

14:10 RSA Novices' Chase

14:50 Coral Cup

15:30 - CHAMPION CHASE

16:10 Cross Country Handicap Chase

16:50 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle

17:30 Champion Bumper