St James's Place Hunters' Chase
16:40 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-14
Winner: £24,445
Runners: 31
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 22
Distance: 3m2f70y
The Hunters' Chase, on day four of the Cheltenham Festival, is run over the same course and distance as the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup and is restricted to amateur jockeys. For this reason it is often referred to as the amateurs’ Gold Cup and has previously been named the Foxhunters' Chase. Check the St James's Place Festival Hunters' Chase runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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St James's Place Hunters' Chase PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2024 | Sine Nomine | 121-21 | 8 | 8-1 | Fiona Needham | John Dawson |
| 2023 | Premier Magic | 1-11 | 10 | 66-1 | Bradley Gibbs | Bradley Gibbs |
| 2022 | Billaway | 252-21 | 10 | 13-8F | Willie Mullins | Patrick Mullins |
| 2021 | Porlock Bay | 221-12 | 10 | 16-1 | Will Biddick | L Williams |
| 2020 | It Came To Pass | 1-U17P | 10 | 66-1 | Eugine O’Sullivan | Maxine O’Sullivan |
| 2019 | Hazel Hill | 112-11 | 11 | 7-2F | Philip Rowley | Alex Edwards |
| 2018 | Pacha Du Polder | 4-114-3 | 11 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Harriet Tucker |
| 2017 | Pacha Du Polder | 633-41 | 10 | 16-1 | Paul Nicholls | Bryony Frost |
| 2016 | On The Fringe | 77249 | 11 | 13-8F | Enda Bolger | Nina Carberry |
| 2015 | On The Fringe | 31-122 | 10 | 6-1 | Enda Bolger | Nina Carberry |
St James's Place Hunters' Chase KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
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Aged ten or 11, 9/10
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Won over at least 3m, 8/10
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Top-three finish last time out, 8/10
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Adjusted RPR of at least 135, 8/10
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Rated within 8lb of RPR top-rated, 6/10 (exceptions 17lb to 29lb off top)
Other factors
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The record of the previous year’s winner is 141P7FP.
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There have been three back-to-back winners since 2012 – Salsify (2012-13), On The Fringe (2015-16) and Pacha Du Polder (2017-18). The last one before them was Double Silk in 1993-94.
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Five winners had competed at a previous festival.
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Those aged 12 or older are winless in the last ten years. The 13-year-old Earthmover (2004) is the only winner from this category since 1990.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - St James's Place Hunters' Chase 2024
In one of the most heartwarming wins of last year’s meeting, Sine Nomine struck back on the day for Britain in a famous success for Fiona Needham, who won the race as a rider but is also Catterick’s clerk of the course. It looked for a long way that Its On The Line was going to continue Ireland’s domination, but he was reeled in and lost out by three-quarters of a length. Time Leader finished third.