Race Stats:

13 renewals and 214 runners

Horses that were 1st or 2nd last time out are strong (9-85)

Horses that were not 1-2-3-4-5-6 last time out are 0-51

Horses with less than 13 career starts are just 1-63 (Majadou a very well handicapped Pipe horse 1999)

Less than 2 races this season is just 1-44

Horses that ran within 15 days are 0-33

Horses that ran 48 or more days ago are only 1-43

Horses coming from Cheltenham are 0-23 or Newbury 0-28

Horses coming from Warwick 2-11 or Sandown are 3-14

Irish runners are 0-22 . They last won this over 15 years ago

Horses carrying 11st 1lbs or more are just 1-49 and only 5 were placed in the last 9 years

Only 1 favourite has won this race in 22 years ,a race famous for huge priced shocks

Pipe has won 4 of the last 8 renewals

No winner since 1993 ran in the Paddy Power Gold cup, or the Tripleprint Gold Cup on route here.

In the last 10 years only 6 of the 40 possible "places" went to horses that were unplaced last time out

4 recent winners were "first season chasers".This type are interesting