Sefton Novices' Hurdle Odds
The Sefton Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 contest run on day two of the Grand National meeting and takes place on Friday 12th April, 2024. Read More
The latest odds for the Sefton Novices' Hurdle will be listed below just as soon as they become available.
About the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle?
The Sefton Novices’ Hurdle is a Grade 1 contest on day two of the Grand National Festival, Ladies Day, held over a distance of three miles and half a furlong.
The race regularly features key players from both the Spa Novices’ Hurdle and the Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle at the previous month’s Cheltenham Festival. Winners of the Sefton have gone on to become future Stayers’ Hurdle winners, with the most recent to do so being the 2015 winner Thistlecrack, who won the 2016 Stayers’ Hurdle, before doubling up in the 2016 Liverpool Hurdle at this meeting.
Apple Away was a shock 16/1 winner of the Sefton Novices' Hurdle as Lucinda Russell's raider beat Maximillian and Stay Away Fay
Latest Betting
Plenty of horses who ran in the Albert Bartlett are tight together at the top of the market here, including THE JUKEBOX MAN, READIN TOMMY WRONG and DANCING CITY.
Sefton Novices' Hurdle Key Trends
- Three of the last 10 renewals have been favourite
- The last 10 winners have all been trained in the UK
- The last 10 winners have been aged six or seven
- Two horses to win in the last 10 renewals have been priced 25/1 or bigger
Sefton Novices' Hurdle Tips
We display our Sefton Novices' Hurdle tips for the Grade 1 event nearer the off and you can find all our Grand National tips for this event on this race dedicated page. Not only will we have tips from our in-house team, but our resident tipster Raceolly could also have a bet for the race, which you can find here.
Previous Winners Of The Sefton Novices' Hurdle
Year | Winner | Winning Jockey | Winning Trainer | Starting Price | AGE |
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2023 | Apple Away | Stephen Mulqueen | Lucinda Russell | 16/1 | 6 |
2022 | Gelino Bello | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls | 7/2 | 6 |
2021 | Ahoy Senor | Derek Fox | Lucinda Russell | 66/1 | 6 |
2020 | NO RACE | ||||
2019 | Champ | Mark Walsh | Nicky Henderson | 9/4 Fav | 7 |
2018 | Santini | Nico De Boinville | Nicky Henderson | 6/4 Fav | 6 |
2017 | The Worlds End | Adrian Heskin | Tom George | 3/1 | 6 |
2016 | Ballyoptic | Ryan Hatch | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 9/1 | 6 |
2015 | Thistlecrack | Tom Scudamore | David Pipe | 25/1 | 7 |
2014 | Beat That | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | 6/1 | 6 |
2013 | At Fishers Cross | AP McCoy | Rebecca Curtis | 11/8 Fav | 6 |
The Best Betting Sites To Bet On The Sefton Novices' Hurdle
We take a look at some of the best betting sites to place a bet on the Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree's Grand National meeting
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William Hill have have a new sign-up offer of Bet £10 Get £30 In Free Bets.
- William Hill offer competitive prices
- William Hill are usually BOG on the day of the race after 10am
How To Bet On the Sefton Novices' Hurdle
Here at HorseRacing.net we give you all the information on how to place at bet on the Sefton Novices' Hurdle
Frequently Asked Questions About The Sefton Novices' Hurdle
When is the Sefton Novices' Hurdle?
The Sefton Novices' Hurdle will take place on Friday 12th April, 2024.
Where can I watch the Sefton Novices' Hurdle?
Watch the race live on ITV1 and Racing TV which also offer options to stream the race via their streaming services.
Alternatively, most bookmakers offer a free live horse racing stream allowing you to watch the race after you've placed a bet.
Who is the most iconic winner of the Sefton Novices' Hurdle?
There have been some legendary winners of the Sefton down the years with the brilliant Barton Bank perhaps the best of them in the early years with the David Nicholson trained horse claiming the win in good style in 1992.
More recently it is Thistlecrack who is the stand out name on the honours list with the future Stayers' Hurdle and King George winner first coming to the attention of the sport with his emphatic Sefton win back in 2015. It was an amazing performance from an un-fancied horse at the time and marked Thistlecrack as a horse with immense potential for Colin Tizzard.
Are there any trials for the Sefton Novices' Hurdle?
It is important to take a closer look at the form before having a bet and that certainly applies to the Sefton Novices' Hurdle which does come at the end of a long season full of ups and downs.
The obvious form race to look at before this one is the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival with a number of those runners likely to take their chance in the Sefton as well each season.
Who is the most successful jockey in the Sefton Novices' Hurdle?
AP McCoy and Barry Geraghty were long-time rivals and it is those two at the top of the Sefton record books with three wins each in the race. McCoy tasted Sefton victories on Unsinkable Boxer (1998), Black Jack Ketchum (2006) and At Fishers Cross (2013), while Geraghty won on Sackville (2000), Iris's Gift (2003), and Beat That (2014).
Who is the most successful trainer in the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle?
There is no surprise to see Nicky Henderson as the record holder for the most wins in the Sefton with an excellent four wins to his name in the race at the time of writing. The Seven Barrows handler has won the race with Rustle (1988), Beat That (2014), Santini (2018), and Champ (2019).