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Stayers' Hurdle
15:30 Cheltenham Festival
2024-03-14
Winner: £182,877.5
Runners: 12
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 12
Distance: 2m7f213y
The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle takes place on day three of the Cheltenham Festival and is a Grade 1 hurdle over three miles. It is the championship contest for long-distance hurdlers and has been won by some of the best hurdlers in the history of jump racing, including Thistlecrack, Big Buck’s, Inglis Drever and Baracouda.
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9(0)
44-721
Noble Yeats
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J: Harry Cobden
T: Emmet Mullins
9
11-10
152
157
2022 Grand National winner who was fourth in that same Aintree race last April; back hurdling with tongue tied this winter and stayed on strongly to win the Grade 2 Cleeve here (3m, good to soft) in January, beating Paisley Park (who gave 6lb) by a head; also effective on soft/heavy; others possess stronger hurdle form but he may be capable of better in this sphere, especially now back in the cheekpieces worn for his National win (also worn last spring); could go well.
11(0)
4113-7
Sire Du Berlais
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J: Mark Walsh
T: Gordon Elliott
12
11-10
159
168
Now a 12yo and can't keep going forever; has run just once this season, when soundly beaten in the Grade 2 Boyne Hurdle at Navan last month, but that same 2m5f contest was used as his prep outing prior to his 33-1 win in this race last season (soft); followed up Grade 1 Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree (3m, good to soft); has an excellent record at the Festival, with form figures reading 411201, and no surprise if he plays a leading role once more.
NR(0)
135-45
Champ
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T: Nicky Henderson
12
11-10
156
159
Four Grade 1 wins, three of them over hurdles and the other over fences at the 2020 Festival; good fourth in this race in 2022 and won the Grade 2 Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury that November, but the evidence from his four runs since suggests this 12yo will come up short; wears first-time cheekpieces.
10(0)
37-222
Paisley Park
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J: Tom Bellamy
T: Emma Lavelle
12
11-10
157
163
Won this in 2019 and third to Flooring Porter in 2021 and 2022; only seventh last year but this 12yo has been performing highly creditably this season and has gone close on all three starts, in the Long Distance Hurdle (behind Dashel Drasher who was receiving 6lb), the Long Walk (behind Crambo) and the Cleeve (behind Noble Yeats who was receiving 6lb); each-way chance.
5(0)
6-3134
Dashel Drasher
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J: Rex Dingle
T: Jeremy Scott
11
11-10
156
164
Ran a stormer at 40-1 when close second to Sire Du Berlais in this race last year (soft); in solid form this term, winning the Grade 2 Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury (3m, good to soft) before making the frame in the Grade 1 Long Walk at Ascot (3m, good) and Grade 2 Cleeve here (3m, good to soft); he's 11 now and needs to build on this season's efforts, but his cause may be aided if he's back on soft ground; he's an each-way possible once more.
1(0)
12-052
Asterion Forlonge
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J: Mr P W Mullins
T: W P Mullins
10
11-10
153
163
Grade 1 novice hurdle winner in 2020 and, having been somewhat patchy over fences, he reverted to hurdles last spring and posted a Grade 2 win (2m4f, yielding to soft) and a near-miss in the Grade 1 Champion Stayers at Punchestown (2m7f, good to yielding); each-way claims on that form but not at the same level on either Irish run this season (fences/hurdles).
8(0)
17F-23
Janidil
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J: Jody McGarvey
T: W P Mullins
10
11-10
154
Progressive hurdler in 2019-20 novice campaign and high-class chaser subsequently, winning a 2m4f Grade 1 novice, but this 10yo was below par in Grade 2 chase at Kempton in January latest; something to prove in hot company now back hurdling and a shorter trip may be preferable; cheekpieces are added.
7(0)
15P-35
Home By The Lee
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J: J J Slevin
T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
9
11-10
155
167
Disappointing in Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown last time and on a comeback mission today; however, he won that same race by 3l last season and did well to finish a close fifth to Sire Du Berlais in this contest 12 months ago given his bad blunder at the sixth flight; best form on soft/yielding; might not be far away if returning to form now in blinkers.
6(0)
3-9133
Flooring Porter
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J: Keith Donoghue
T: Gavin Cromwell
9
11-10
156
164
Made all in this in 2021 (good to soft) and 2022 (soft) and reverts to hurdles after some mixed chase form this season; not beaten far when fourth to Sire Du Berlais in this race last year but he wasn't at his peak in that campaign and needs to get back to his very best to regain his crown.
12(0)
92P-F1
Sir Gerhard
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J: Paul Townend
T: W P Mullins
9
11-10
155
161
Won Champion Bumper in 2021 (good to soft) and Grade 1 novice hurdle (2m5f, soft) back here the following March; his chasing career was very mixed and he's unproven at 3m under rules, but he won in tidy style back over hurdles at Punchestown on New Year's Eve (2m3f, heavy; conditions race) and this fascinating contender could be a player if tapping back into his early promise.
13(0)
1134-1
Teahupoo
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J: Jack Kennedy
T: Gordon Elliott
7
11-10
162
170
Favourite for this last year (soft) when close third behind Sire Du Berlais and Dashel Drasher; not quite at his best next time when 3l fourth in Grade 1 Champion Stayers at Punchestown; has run just once this season, when showing very classy form to win the Grade 1 Hatton's Grace at Fairyhouse (2m4f, soft) in December for the second successive season; only seven and may be a stronger sort than 12 months ago, which could enable him to come out on top.
4(0)
17-131
Crambo
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J: Jonathan Burke
T: Fergal O'Brien
7
11-10
157
163
Highly progressive second-season hurdler who won the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot (3m, good) in December by a short head from Paisley Park; he needs a bigger performance on today's first outing since but this 7yo keeps finding the necessary further improvement, as his excellent seven-from-ten strike-rate attests; versatile ground-wise; entitled to plenty of respect.
2(0)
43115P
Buddy One
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J: Jack G Gilligan
T: Paul John Gilligan
7
11-10
153
151
Third in the Martin Pipe here last March (2m4f, soft) and continued to progress in handicaps last year, defying top weight in big field here (3m, soft) in November; struggled in two Irish Grade 1s in December and has to prove he can cut it in this company, but he's capable of better than those last two performances and maybe a break will have helped; not ruled out each-way.
RACING POST TIP
Sire Du Berlais
The Cheltenham Festival brings out the best in SIRE DU BERLAIS and he is taken to defy his advancing years and win this race for the second year running. No star candidate has emerged in the 12 months since and if he can reproduce last season's form he should be tough to beat. Teahupoo, who is also trained by Gordon Elliott, was a close third last March and this 7yo could build on that performance this time around, but Noble Yeats may be the chief danger. He was receiving weight when narrowly beating Paisley Park in the Grade 2 Cleeve Hurdle over C&D in January, but may well improve on that form now in cheekpieces, in which he won the 2022 Grand National. The highly progressive 7yo Crambo, who won the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot last time out, is another to consider.
STAYERS HURDLE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2023 | Sire Du Berlais | 55P4 | 11 | 33-1 | Gordon Elliott | Mark Walsh |
| 2022 | Flooring Porter | 11PF-2 | 7 | 4-1 | Gavin Cromwell | D E Mullins |
| 2021 | Flooring Porter | 13211 | 6 | 12-1 | Gavin Cromwell | D E Mullins |
| 2020 | Lisnagar Oscar | 239F3 | 7 | 50-1 | Rebecca Curtis | Adam Wedge |
| 2019 | Pailsey Park | 0-1111 | 7 | 11-8F | Emma Lavelle | Aidan Coleman |
| 2018 | Penhill | 14112- | 7 | 12-1 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2017 | Nichols Canyon | 3-312F | 7 | 10-1 | Willie Mullins | Ruby Walsh |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 77068 | 8 | EvensF | Colin Tizzard | Tom Scudamore |
| 2015 | Cole Harden | -243218 | 6 | 14-1 | Warren Greatrex | Gavin Sheehan |
| 2014 | More Of That | 1-111 | 6 | 15-2 | Jonjo O’Neill | Barry Geraghty |
STAYERS HURDLE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Ran no more than four times since August, 9/10
- Aged six to eight, 9/10
- Top-three finish on last completed start, 8/10
- Ran between eight and 16 times over hurdles, 8/10
- Won a Graded hurdle over at least 3m, 8/10
- Previously ran at the festival, 7/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 165, 7/10
- Finished in first three in all completed hurdle starts that season, 6/10
Other factors
- Five of the ten Irish winners since the mid-1980s prepped in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan.
- The record of Cleeve Hurdle winners is 2131738.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - STAYERS HURDLE 2023
SIRE DU BERLAIS, winner of the Pertemps in 2019 and 2020, and runner-up to Flooring Porter in this in 2021, finished well held in last season’s Pertemps but Cheltenham brings him to life and he flew up the run-in for a remarkable and unexpected career best at the age of 11 returning at 33-1. Flooring Porter ensured a good gallop, and there was a right old turn-up with the first two past the post amongst the complete outsiders. After seemingly causing slight interference to the Teahupoo on the run-in, Dashel Drasher was demoted to third, but he was reinstated to second on appeal.