Cross Country Chase

Cross Country Chase Trends

All five winners have previously won a cross country race
All of the five winners have been Ireland trained
15 of the last 16 placed horses have also been trained in Ireland
All of the five winners had won over at least 3 miles
Horses that are aged younger than eight have an extremely poor racing record in all cross country races at the Cheltenham Festival.
All of the five winners had won one of its last two starts

Experience of running the Cheltenham Cross Country course is very important, as inexperienced runners often do not do well. The Enda Bolger stable is one to watch out for, as they have specially developed cross country fences for training and tis certainly seems to be paying dividends with them having all top three places in 2009 and four winners out of the five cross country races.

For three out of the last four years the winner of the PP Hogan Cross Country Chase at Punchestown has gone on to win the Cheltenham Cross Country.