St James's Place Hunters' Chase
16:10 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-14
The St James's Place Hunters' Chase, on day four of the Cheltenham Festival, is run over the same course and distance as the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup and is restricted to amateur jockeys. For this reason it is often referred to as the amateurs’ Gold Cup. Check the Hunters' Chase runners and riders ahead of the race and place your bets by clicking the odds buttons.
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St James's Place Hunters' Chase PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2023 | Premier Magic | 1-11 | 10 | 66-1 | Bradley Gibbs | Mr Bradley Gibbs |
| 2022 | Billaway | 252-21 | 10 | 13-8F | Willie Mullins | Patrick Mullins |
| 2021 | Porlock Bay | 221-12 | 10 | 16-1 | Will Biddick | L Williams |
| 2020 | It Came To Pass | 1-U17P | 10 | 66-1 | Eugine O’Sullivan | Maxine O’Sullivan |
| 2019 | Hazel Hill | 112-11 | 11 | 7-2F | Philip Rowley | Alex Edwards |
| 2018 | Pacha Du Polder | 4-114-3 | 11 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Harriet Tucker |
| 2017 | Pacha Du Polder | 633-41 | 10 | 16-1 | Paul Nicholls | Bryony Frost |
| 2016 | On The Fringe | 77249 | 11 | 13-8F | Enda Bolger | Nina Carberry |
| 2015 | On The Fringe | 31-122 | 10 | 6-1 | Enda Bolger | Nina Carberry |
| 2014 | Tammys Hill | 61213 | 9 | 15-2 | Liam Lennon | James Smyth |
St James's Place Hunters' Chase KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Aged ten or 11, 9/10
- Won over at least 3m, 8/10
- Top-three finish last time out, 8/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 139, 7/10
- Rated within 9lb of RPR top-rated, 7/10 (exceptions 18lb to 29lb off top)
Other factors
- The record of the previous year’s winner is 141P7F.
- There have been three back-to-back winners since 2012 – Salsify (2012-13), On The Fringe (2015-16) and Pacha Du Polder (2017-18). The last one before them was Double Silk in 1993-94.
- Five winners had competed at a previous festival.
- Those aged 12 or older are winless in the last ten years. The 13-year-old Earthmover (2004) is the only winner from this category since 1990.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - St James's Place Hunters' Chase 2023
PREMIER MAGIC had failed to give his running in this race last year when pulled up but, with cheekpieces added, came in to this year’s renewal once again in good order on the back of two point wins and toughed it out well to run out a surprise 66-1 winner. Its On The Line was struggling to get involved from the back of the third-last but finished strongly up the hill. This was a cracking effort. Shantou Flyer has a fine festival record having made the frame in the Ultima, a Kim Muir and two editions of this race and rallied to gamely from the last to regain third.