Thursday 15th March – 15:20 Labrokes World Hurdle

The Ladbrokes World Hurdle is a Grade 1 hurdle run over 3 miles on the Cheltenham New Course and is the longest hurdle race at the Cheltenham Festival. The race has 12 fences to jump and replaced the Stayers Hurdle. The race is open to horses aged 4 years or older and has a total prize fund of £260000.

2012 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Trends

-          All of the last 10 winners finished in the top 2 on their last run out

-          9 of the last 10 winners started of odds of 8/1 or under

-          The antepost favourite has won 3 of the last 4 races

-           Howard Johnson and P Nicholls have trained 6 of the last 7 World Hurdle winners

2012 Ladbrokes World Hurdle

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2012 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Tips

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Previous Winners

2007 – Inglis Drever (J Howard Johnson) 5/1

2008 – Inglis Drever (J Howard Johnson) 11/8f

2009 – Big Bucks (P Nicholls) 6/1

2010 – Big Bucks (P Nicholls) 5/6f

2011 – Big Bucks (P Nicholls) 10/11f