Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
14:40 Cheltenham Festival
2026-03-10
The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 handicap hurdle restricted to four-year-old juvenile hurdlers. It provides trainers with an alternative to the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle, the other race at the Cheltenham Festival restricted to four-year-old hurdlers. The race is better known as the Fred Winter, in honor of the legendary trainer.
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FRED WINTER PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Puturhandstogether | 17312 | 4 | 17-2 | Joseph O’Brien | Mark Walsh |
| 2024 | Lark In The Mornin | 263 | 4 | 9-1 | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2023 | Jazzy Matty | 2154 | 4 | 18-1 | Gordon Elliott | Michael O’Sullivan (3) |
| 2022 | Brazil | 66541 | 4 | 10-1 | Padraig Roche | Mark Walsh |
| 2021 | Jeff Kidder | 12517 | 4 | 80-1 | Noel Meade | Colin Keane |
| 2020 | Aramax | 31-F31 | 4 | 15-2 | Gordon Elliott | Mark Walsh |
| 2019 | Band Of Outlaws | 311 | 4 | 7-2F | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2018 | Veneer Of Charm | 127 | 4 | 33-1 | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2017 | Flying Tiger | 2P614 | 4 | 33-1 | Nick Williams | Richard Johnson |
| 2016 | Diego Du Charmil | 322 | 4 | 13-2 | Paul Nicholls | Sam Twiston-Davies |
| 2015 | Qualando | B3-421 | 4 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Nick Scholfield |
FRED WINTER KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Carried between 11st and 11st 9lb, 8/10
- Previous winner over hurdles, 8/10
- Trained in Ireland, 8/10
- Ran to an RPR of 133 or above, 7/10
- Sent off at double-figure odds, 5/10
Other factors
- Four winners in the last decade ran in a 2m novice hurdle at Naas the month before – three of those (Brazil, Aramax, Band Of Outlaws) won it.
- No trainer has trained more winners in it than Gordon Elliott (four times)
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - BOODLES FRED WINTER 2025
Joseph O’Brien celebrated back-to-back wins in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle and a third success in the past seven runnings when Puturhandstogether scored under Mark Walsh. The JP McManus-owned four-year-old quickened clear late on to win by six lengths. Stencil, who raced for the same connections and is trained in France, was sent off the 11-4 favourite but finished down the field.