Race Stats:

13 renewals and  200 runners

Horses with less than 9 career starts are just 2 from 92
and both were Group 1/2 winners on the Flat

5 year olds have a terrible 0-36 record and 10 years or older are unproven (0-10)

Horses beaten 4 lengths or more last time out are just 1-87

You want a last time out winner (11-70) and those not 1-2-3 last time were 0-60

Previous Cheltenham form is important. 11 of the last 13 winners had it.

Flat Bred horses have a better record than National Hunt bred horses and won 9 of the last 12

No Northern trained horse has won since Sea Pidgeon 24 years ago and many have been fancied

The previous years Supreme Novice Hurdle winner has a poor record when trying to win this

Horses at 12/1 and over were just 1-138

Front Runners and Prominent Racers have the best record.

Many Hold up  "Place" but few win

Horses coming from Haydock (0-20) underperform

All 11 horses that came from a Novice race lost