Greatwood Hurdle

The Greatwood Hurdle is the first big two-mile handicap hurdle of the National Hunt season.

The Greatwood Hurdle is held on Sunday 12th November 2023.

The race was first run in 1987 when it was won by subsequent Champion Hurdle winner Celtic Shot.

Rooster Booster (2002) also won both races while other notable winners include Detroit City (2006), Sizing Europe (2007) and Khyber Kim (2009).

Find out more about The Greatwood Hurdle:

Contents

1 Race Overview – The Greatwood Hurdle
2 Greatwood Hurdle 2023 Odds
3 Greatwood Hurdle 2023 Tips
4 Greatwood Hurdle Previous Winners
5 Greatwood Hurdle Previous Result
6 Famous Greatwood Hurdle Winners
7 Key Greatwood Hurdle Trials
8 Greatwood Hurdle Betting Trends
9 Greatwood Hurdle – Top Trainers and Jockeys
10 Betting on the Greatwood Hurdle
11 Greatwood Hurdle Facts
12 Popular Questions
- 12.1 When is the Greatwood Hurdle?
- 12.2 What are important facts about Greatwood Hurdle?
13 Summary of the Greatwood Hurdle
14 Related November Articles
15 Resources

Race Overview – The Greatwood Hurdle

Horses four years old and older may enter the Greatwood Hurdle, a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race. There are eight hurdles to clear throughout the race, which is held on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of around 2 miles and a half (2 miles and 87 yards, or 3,298 metres).

It is a handicap race that is slated to happen in November each year.

Greatwood Hurdle 2023 Odds

The Greatwood Hurdle odds are listed below:

2.55 Cheltenham (Race 5) - BOG Date: Saturday 12th of November 2022 Time: 14:55 Details: 10 Runners Handicap Hurdle Hurdle 2m 7f 208y
3 Shearer	3/1
8 Padleyourowncanoe	9/2
1 On The Blind Side	15/2
7 Sidi Ismael	10/1
10 Fontana Ellissi	11/1
6 Annual Invictus	12/1
13 Valentino	16/1
5 Zoffanien	25/1
11 Ernesto	28/1
9 Forecast	50/1

Greatwood Hurdle 2023 Tips

The Greatwood Hurdle tips are below:

2 points to win for TBC at odds of TBC
1 point each way for TBC at odds of TBC

Many Greatwood Hurdle horses will race in more races throughout the years. Stay updated on the horses and place ante-post bets if you want to wager on them.

Greatwood Hurdle Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
1987	Celtic Shot	5	10-06	Peter Scudamore	Fred Winter
1988	South Parade	4	11-00	Graham Bradley	Toby Balding
1989	Highland Bounty	5	10-04	Stuart Turner	Simon Dow
1990	Liadett	5	11-10	Mark Perrett	Martin Pipe
1991	Shu Fly	7	11-01	Steve Smith Eccles	Sally Oliver
1992	Valfinet	5	10-09	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1993	Leotard	6	12-00	Jamie Osborne	Oliver Sherwood
1994	Atours	6	11-05	Paul Holley	David Elsworth
1995	Lonesome Train	6	09-09	Barry Fenton	Colin Weedon
1996	Space Trucker	5	11-11	Jamie Osborne	Jessica Harrington
1997	Mr Percy	6	10-09	Philip Hide	Josh Gifford
1998	Grey Shot	6	11-05	Jamie Osborne	Ian Balding
1999	Rodock	5	10-00	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
2000	Hulysse Royal	5	10-00	Jimmy McCarthy	Oliver Sherwood
2001	Westender	5	10–13	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
2002	Rooster Booster	8	11–12	Seamus Durack	Philip Hobbs
2003	Rigmarole	5	11–12	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2004	Accordion Etoile	5	10-06	John Cullen	Paul Nolan
2005	Lingo	6	10-06	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2006	Detroit City	4	11–12	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2007	Sizing Europe	5	11-06	Timmy Murphy	Henry de Bromhead
2008	Numide	5	10-03	Jamie Moore	Gary L. Moore
2009	Khyber Kim	7	11-09	Paddy Brennan	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2010	Menorah	5	11–12	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2011	Brampour	4	11-04	Harry Derham	Paul Nicholls
2012	Olofi	6	10–11	Paddy Brennan	Tom George
2013	Dell' Arca	4	10-05	Tom Scudamore	David Pipe
2014	Garde La Victoire	5	11-09	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2015	Old Guard	4	10-10	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2016	North Hill Harvey	5	11-00	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton
2017	Elgin	5	10-08	Wayne Hutchinson	Alan King
2018	Nietzsche	5	09-07	Danny McMenamin	Brian Ellison
2019	Harambe	6	11-00	Tom Bellamy	Alan King
2020	The Shunter	7	10-00	Robbie Power	Emmet Mullins
2021	West Cork	7	10-13	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton
2021	I Like To Move It	5	12-00	Sam Twiston-Davies	Nigel Twiston-Davies

Greatwood Hurdle Previous Result

Seriously impressive! 🙌

I LIKE TO MOVE IT wins the @UnibetRacing Greatwood Handicap Hurdle. pic.twitter.com/wiy4X7e5sv

— CheltenhamRacecourse (@CheltenhamRaces) November 13, 2022

Famous Greatwood Hurdle Winners

Celtic Shot helped to establish this race by winning the inaugural running in 1987 for Fred Winter and Peter Scudamore. He won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 1988. 2002 winner Rooster Booster defied 11st 12lbs and also went on to win the Champion for Philip Hobbs and Richard Johnson.

Triumph Hurdle winner Detroit City won for the same combination under an identical weight in 2006. The versatile performer also won the Cesarewitch Handicap on the flat at Newmarket. The following year the race was won by Sizing Europe, trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Timmy Murphy. He won the Irish Champion Hurdle in 2008 and went on to a glorious career over fences, highlighted by his Queen Mother Champion Chase win in 2011.

Khyber Kim was another high-class winner in 2009 for Nigel Twiston-Davies. He won the International Hurdle on his next start before finishing second to Binocular in the Champion Hurdle.

Compensation came with a 5 lengths victory in the Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle.

Key Greatwood Hurdle Trials

There are no outstanding trials for this race but it always attracts a high-quality field.

Around half of recent winners were having their first outing of the season and had already won at Cheltenham in the past.

Six of the last twelve winners ran in the Betfair Exchange Trophy at Ascot next time out but all were beaten.

Three ran in the International Hurdle with Menorah (2010) and Old Guard (2015) winning both races.

Greatwood Hurdle Betting Trends

The Greatwood Hurdle has proved to be a minefield for punters with no winning favourite since Detroit City in 2006.

Long-priced winners include Nietzche (2018) at 20-1 and Harambe (2019) at 16-1. Brampour (2011), Dell ‘Arca (2013) and Old Guard (2015) all started at 12-1.

Horses aged four to six years have the best record in this race. I Like To Move It (2022) was the second horse to defy 12 stone following Leotard in 1993.

Others to defy big weights include Rooster Booster (2002), Detroit City (2006) and Menorah (2010) who all carried 11st 12lbs to victory.

Official ratings of the winners over the past twelve seasons vary between 128 (The Shunter 2020) and 151 (Menorah 2010).

Greatwood Hurdle – Top Trainers and Jockeys

Martin Pipe and Philip Hobbs share the honours as leading trainer in the Greatwood Hurdle with four apiece.

Paul Nicholls has won it three times while Alan King, Dan Skelton and Nigel Twiston-Davies have all won it twice.

Jamie Osborne, Richard Johnson and Tony McCoy all won this race three times.

Harry Skelton is the only jockey to win this race twice in the past twelve seasons.

Betting on the Greatwood Hurdle

The Greatwood Hurdle is always a very competitive betting heat.

The horses at the top of the handicap are often bordering on Champion Hurdle class. It is certainly a race to follow the form with confidence as it always produces plenty of future winners.

Greatwood Hurdle Facts

The Greatwood Hurdle is a National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older.
It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse over a distance of 3 miles and 110 yards (4,907 metres), and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped.
The event is currently sponsored by JLT Group.
The race was first run in 1960, and it was won by the five-year-old gelding, Mandarin.
The Greatwood Hurdle is currently the only Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom which is open to four-year-old horses.
The race was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2006.

Summary of the Greatwood Hurdle

Thank you for reading our Greatwood Hurdle guide.

We have looked at facts and figures of previous winners, as well as a look at this year’s race. It is one of the most competitive and high-class races of the hurdling season.