Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
16:40 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-11
Winner: £45,016
Runners: 47
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 8
Distance: 2m0f87y
The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 handicap hurdle restricted to four-year-old juvenile hurdlers. It provides trainers with an alternative to the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle, the other race at the Cheltenham Festival restricted to four-year-old hurdlers. The race is better known as the Fred Winter, in honor of the legendary trainer.
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FRED WINTER PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2024 | Lark In The Mornin | 263 | 4 | 9-1 | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2023 | Jazzy Matty | 2154 | 4 | 18-1 | Gordon Elliott | Michael O’Sullivan (3) |
| 2022 | Brazil | 66541 | 4 | 10-1 | Padraig Roche | Mark Walsh |
| 2021 | Jeff Kidder | 12517 | 4 | 80-1 | Noel Meade | Colin Keane |
| 2020 | Aramax | 31-F31 | 4 | 15-2 | Gordon Elliott | Mark Walsh |
| 2019 | Band Of Outlaws | 311 | 4 | 7-2F | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2018 | Veneer Of Charm | 127 | 4 | 33-1 | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2017 | Flying Tiger | 2P614 | 4 | 33-1 | Nick Williams | Richard Johnson |
| 2016 | Diego Du Charmil | 322 | 4 | 13-2 | Paul Nicholls | Sam Twiston-Davies |
| 2015 | Qualando | B3-421 | 4 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Nick Scholfield |
FRED WINTER KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Carried between 11st and 11st 9lb, 8/10
- Previous winner over hurdles, 8/10
- Trained in Ireland, 7/10
- Ran to an RPR of 133 or above, 7/10
- Sent off at double-figure odds, 6/10
Other factors
- Four winners in the last decade ran in a 2m novice hurdle at Naas the month before – three of those (Brazil, Aramax, Band Of Outlaws) won it.
- No trainer has trained more winners in it than Gordon Elliott (four times)
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - BOODLES FRED WINTER 2024
As has become a theme, last year’s running was dominated by the Irish with the Joseph O’Brien-trained Lark In The Mornin coming out on top. The son of Solider Hollow was impressively winning for the first time over hurdles and was another winner in the race for rider JJ Slevin. O’Brien also saddled the fourth-placed Harsh, with six of the first seven home Irish-trained. Eagles Reign outran his 80-1 odds with a huge race when second, while Nadaawi finished in third.