Pulse Racing
Triumph Hurdle

Detailed race analysis for The JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival
* note all data is from 2016 unless otherwise stated.

RACE SUMMARY

First run in 1939, the JCB Triumph Hurdle is the Grade 1 championship hurdle for juvenile hurdlers at the Cheltenham Festival.

Originally it was staged at Hurst Park, the race moved to Cheltenham in 1965 and joined the Festival in 1968.

It is restricted exclusively to four-year-old horses, making it the only Festival Grade 1 hurdle confined to this age group.

Run on the Old Course over approximately 2 miles 1-furlong runners face eight hurdles.

WINNING PROFILE

AVERAGE AGE

* restricted to 4

4.0

144

AVERAGE OFFICIAL RATING

AVERAGE HURDLE RUNS PRIOR

1.9

PATH TO CHELTENHAM

The following races have produced the most Triumph Hurdle winners since 2016:

(6) Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Gain / Tattersalls Ireland / Racing TV / Donohue / McCann FitzGerald) (Leopardstown, February)

(2) Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle (Leopardstown, December)

Number of horses that ran in these races and went on to win at Cheltenham that season in brackets.

TRAINER WINS

TRAINER S/R

WINS BY COUNTRY

PULSE STOPPER

British-trained 2/82 | 2.4%

Runners at greater than 9/1 are 4/104 | 3.8% (the last two winners at 50/1 and 100/1 should not skew perception - this is generally won by a horse towards the top end of the market)

PULSE INSIGHT

Irish trained are dominant with 9/68 | 13.2% vs British-trained at 2/82 | 2.4%

French-bred 7/75 | 9.3%.

Runners with a tongue-tie and no other aid are 3/17 | 17.6%

The key prep race is the Spring Juvenile at the Dublin Racing Festival with 6/32 | 18.8%.

Grade 1 winning form is 3/15 | 20.0%

Mullins has won 6/7 from 53 runners 6/53 | 11.3%

Irish-trained 9/68 | 13.2%.

Runners priced at 9/1 or shorter 7/46 | 15.2%.

PULSE EDGE

PULSE SUMMARY

Mullins is six from the last seven

A juvenile Grade 1 where the winner is usually Irish-trained and often Mullins who has won six from the last seven with forty-one runners (7/41 | 17.1%). The Spring Juvenile is the map with six of eleven winners since 2016.

Although Mullins has won on a 100/1 and 50/1 priced horses the last two years the trends are for the top end of the market with only 4 from 104 at greater than 9/1 | 3.8%.

PULSE VERDICT

Pulse Rate

The Spring Juvenile Hurdle is the key prep race 6/32 | 18.8%

Pulse Stopper

British-trained 2/82 | 2.4%

Pulse Insight

Grade 1 winning form is 3/15 | 20.0%

Pulse Edge

Runners priced at 9/1 or shorter 7/46 | 15.2%

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ALL DATA FROM 2016 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

LAST UPDATED SEPT 2026

Pulse Racing Triumph Hurdle

Detailed race analysis for The JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival * note all data is from 2016 unless otherwise stated.