Stayers' Hurdle
16:00 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-13
Winner: £182,877.5
Runners: 30
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 12
Distance: 2m7f213y
The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle takes place on day three of the Cheltenham Festival and is a Grade 1 hurdle over three miles. It is the championship contest for long-distance hurdlers and has been won by some of the best hurdlers in the history of jump racing, including Thistlecrack, Big Buck’s, Inglis Drever and Baracouda.
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STAYERS HURDLE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2024 | Teahupoo | 1134-1 | 7 | 5-4F | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2023 | Sire Du Berlais | 55P4 | 11 | 33-1 | Gordon Elliott | Mark Walsh |
| 2022 | Flooring Porter | 11PF-2 | 7 | 4-1 | Gavin Cromwell | D E Mullins |
| 2021 | Flooring Porter | 13211 | 6 | 12-1 | Gavin Cromwell | D E Mullins |
| 2020 | Lisnagar Oscar | 239F3 | 7 | 50-1 | Rebecca Curtis | Adam Wedge |
| 2019 | Pailsey Park | 0-1111 | 7 | 11-8F | Emma Lavelle | Aidan Coleman |
| 2018 | Penhill | 14112- | 7 | 12-1 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2017 | Nichols Canyon | 3-312F | 7 | 10-1 | Willie Mullins | Ruby Walsh |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 77068 | 8 | EvensF | Colin Tizzard | Tom Scudamore |
| 2015 | Cole Harden | -243218 | 6 | 14-1 | Warren Greatrex | Gavin Sheehan |
STAYERS HURDLE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Ran no more than four times since August, 9/10
- Aged six to eight, 9/10
- Ran between eight and 16 times over hurdles, 9/10
- Won a Graded hurdle over at least 3m, 9/10
- Top-three finish on last completed start, 8/10
- Previously ran at the festival, 8/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 165, 7/10
- Finished in first three in all completed hurdle starts that season, 6/10
Other factors
- Five of the eleven Irish winners since the mid-1980s prepped in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan.
- The record of Cleeve Hurdle winners is 2131738.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - STAYERS HURDLE 2024
Teahupoo, who looked unfortunate not to finish closer when third to Sire Du Berlais in the 2023 Stayers’ Hurdle, had been off since beating Impaire Et Passe in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle in December but maintained his fantastic record after a break when justifying 5-4 favouritism under Jack Kennedy, leading at the last and pulling out more to see off 2021 winner Flooring Porter, who set a good pace for him to aim at.