OLBG Mares Hurdle

This was a new race to the Festival in 2008 to commemorate former Champion Trainer David Nicholson.

OLBG.com, The Sports Betting Community (and sister site of Cheltenham Betting) have taken on sponsorship of the race from 2012. The race will now be known as the OLBG Mares Hurdle.

OLBG Mares Hurdle Last Four Winners

Year	Horse	Age	Trainer	Jockey	Price
2011	Quevega	7yo	W Mullins	R Walsh	5/6F
2010	Quevega	6yo	W Mullins	R Walsh	6/4F
2009	Quevega	5yo	W Mullins	R Walsh	2/1F
2008	Whiteoak	5yo	D McCain Jnr	J Maguire	20/1

OLBG Mares Only Hurdle Trends

With Quevega winning three of the four runnings of this race its hard to come up with any definitive trends around this race but it would seem that it may develop into a race where we are looking for a mare who is:

Held up for a late run

Aged no older than seven

OLBG Hurdle Analysis

The mighty Quevega has won this race three times in succession and whilst it would be good to see her try to win this race for the fourth time it might be more interesting to see her take on Big Bucks in the World Hurdle as she surely has little left to prove against her own sex.

Quevega's three wins will not have helped in trying to find some trends to this race as its unlikely we will see a mare as good as her for some time to come.

OLBG Hurdle Tips

Willie Mullins had been toying with the idea of asking Quevega to take on Big Bucks in the World Hurdle so there can be no doubt that the three-time winner of the OLBG/David Nicholson Hurdle must be in great form at home. She is very unlikely to face anything of Big Bucks calibre in the Mares race and looks the strongest favourite at the Cheltenham Festival.

OLBG Mares Hurdle Odds