The Fred Winter Juvenile Novices Handicap is a grade 3 National Hunt race which is open to horses aged 4 years old only. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of 2 miles and 110 yeard and has 8 hurdles to negotiate. The race was named after Fred Winter who won 17 races at Cheltenham as a jockey and 28 as a trainer. The race is now in its 8th year.

2012 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Trends

-          5 of the last 6 winners had won their previous race

-          All six winners were officially rated at least 124 in the ratings

-          Only 4 horses priced at 10/1 or lower have finished in the first 7 places in all runnings of this race

-          All six previous winners were sired by a Group 1 Flat winner

2012 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race Card

2012 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Tips

Racing Post                         Tenor Nivernais

Spotlight                              Tenor Nivernais

The Daily Express             Tenor Nivernais

The Guardian                     Plan A

The Daily Mail                    Tenor Nivernais

The Daily Mirror                Plan A

The Daily Star                     Tenor Nivernais

The Sun                                                Tenor Nivernais

The Daily Telegraph        Whitby Jack

The Times                           What A Charm

Previous Winners

2007 – Gaspara (DE Pipe) 9/2 jf

2008 – Crack Away Jack (EC Lavelle) 14/1

2009 – Silk Affair (MG Quinlan) 11/1

2010 – Sanctuaire (P Nicholls) 4/1f

2011 – What a Charm (J Oxx) 9/1