This race is the old Royal and Sun Alliance Novices Hurdle. Its a grade one race over 2 miles and 5 furlongs.
Nine out of the last ten winners have started in the first six in the cheltenham betting
Nine out of the last ten winners had won at least 50% out of of all of their hurdle runs
All of the previous ten winners were aged between five and six
Nine out of the last ten winners had already won over at least 2 miles and 4 furlongs over hurdles
Nine out of the last ten winners had finished first or second last time out
Looking at the latest winners of the race and what was the Royal Sun Alliance Hurdle - a five or six year old with good recent form with odds of 20/1 or less will be in with a chance of winning this one!
If you are looking to place an ante-post bet in this race then you need to be very careful due to this race being right inbetween the novice hurdle distances. This means your horse may possibly go for this race and also have an entry into one of the other novice hurdles.
If you do make an ante-post bet then make sure that you get good odds and keep your stake low until you are sure your selection is going to be running this race and not the other novice hurdle.
You should also take into account when selecting your bet that it may be worth staying away from those horses who have been at the Cheltenham Festival before when looking for the winner of this race as only two of the previous ten winners have been raced at the Cheltenham Festival before.