Grand Annual Chase

A handicap chase over 2m 110 yards which was moved to become the last race of the Festival from 2010

Grand Annual Chase Trends

10/10	had won no more than one race that season
10/10	had won over at least 2m 1f
9/10	were rated 129-134
9/10	carried 10st 11lb or less
9/10	were aged nine or under
9/10	had no more than twelve races over fences
7/10	had run at the Festival before

Grand Annual Chase Trends Analysis

Similarly to most of the other handicaps at the Festival, we should be looking for a low weighted runner towards the head of the market.

Runners rated 129-134 have had a remarkable run in this race winning nine of the last ten renewals and horses on that rating have also filled the first two places home four times in the last ten years - surely that makes attractive reading for exacta punters?

Novices have a good record in this race as well - two recent winners of this race, Oh Crick and Pigeon Island, were both in their novice season and that makes it four wins out of the last ten for first season chasers. Try to find a novice rated under 135 - novices rated over that mark have struggled.

As sited often on this site, previous Festival form is a big plus point with eight out of the ten winners having run at the Festival before at least once - a whopping twenty-three of the forty placed horses also meet that criteria!

Make sure your Grand Annual selection has been to Cheltenham before!

Grand Annual Last Ten Winners

Table below shows the last ten winners of the race, their age and weight at the time of winning, trainer, jockey and odds (starting price).

Year	Horse	Age	Trainer	Jockey	Price
2011	Oiseau De Nuit	9-10-13	C Tizzard	S Clements	40/1
2010	Pigeon Island	7-10-1	N Twiston-Davies	P Brennan	16/1
2009	Oh Crick	6-10-0	A King	W Hutchinson	7/1
2008	Tiger Cry	10-10-6	A Moore	D Russell	15/2
2007	Andreas	7-10-11	P Nicholls	R Thornton	12/1
2006	Greenhope	8-10-11	N Henderson	A Tinkler	20/1
2005	Fota Island	9-10-0	M Morris	P Carberry	7/1
2004	St Pirran	9-10-1	P Nicholls	R Walsh	4/1F
2003	Palarshan	5-10-0	H Daly	M Bradburne	8/1
2002	Fadoudal Du Cochet	9-10-0	A Moore	D Casey	6/1

Grand Annual Preview and Tips

Since the race was named after his father in 2005 Nicky Henderson has had nineteen runners in the race and has had a 20/1 winner and placed horses at 16/1, 10/1, 3/1, 10/1 and 10/1.

A £1ew stake on all Henderson runners in this race since 2005 would have you £6.25 in profit.

This will always be a race that the Henderson stable will focus on and their runners will always require close attention when making your bets but just be aware that Henderson’s keenness to win this race is well documented and there is a chance his horses are becoming overbacked.