Cheltenham Trends
Trends and statistics for every big meeting at Cheltenham, built from the results in the HorseRacing.net database and updated each year.
Cheltenham is the track every jumps fan wants to crack, and it rewards those who do their homework. We go through the results meeting by meeting to find the patterns that keep repeating at Prestbury Park, and this is where you will find them all.
Cheltenham Front-Runners
If there is one thing that holds true at Cheltenham whatever the meeting, it is that you want to be on the horse in front. Across the October, November and December meetings since 2017, those who made the running over hurdles and fences won nearly four times as often as those held up at the back.
Cheltenham Trends By Meeting
November Meeting trends: how favourites, front-runners, five-year-olds, trainers and jockeys have fared at the last ten meetings.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cheltenham Trends
Which running style does best at Cheltenham?
Front-runners. At the October, November and December meetings from 2017 to 2025, horses who led over hurdles and fences won 22% of the time and those held up at the back won 6%.
Which Cheltenham meetings do you have trends for?
The November Meeting so far. Other meetings will be added here as they are built.
Where do the Cheltenham trends come from?
They are worked out from full race results in the HorseRacing.net database, using official starting prices and in-running comments. Each page says which years it covers.