County Handicap Hurdle Race 2022 Offers & Betting Guide
COUNTY HANDICAP HURDLE INFO
Date: Friday (13:55), March 18, 2022
Type: Grade 3 Handicap Race
Distance: 2 Miles 1 Furlong
The County Hurdle is a Grade 3 handicap run over a trip just short of 2 miles and 1 furlong on the New Course at Cheltenham. For those aged five and over, the County Handicap Hurdle 2022 will take place on the day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival, Friday March 18th at 1.55PM and will be worth £100,000.
Best County Handicap Hurdle 2022 Offers
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County Handicap Hurdle 2022 Odds
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County Handicap Hurdle 2022 Preview & Tips
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Featuring eight flights of hurdles, the County Hurdle is hugely competitive because of its place in the calendar, it’s prize fund and the fact that it’s a handicap so picking the winner of this race has never been made easy.
That said, it remains one of the most popular betting races of the whole year in Britain turning over millions of pounds at the track, in the offices and online while jockeys and trainers are desperate to win it.
The County Hurdle has been on the go since 1920 and was famous for bringing the curtain down on the Festival every year, and while it is no longer the last race but rather the second race of the final day, it has lost none of its brilliance and excitement.
Antepost Key Runners & Favourites
Official entries are a long way off for this race, and given the scale of the potential runners right across Britain and Ireland an accurate ante post book is something most bookmakers aren’t yet thinking of either.
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Best County Handicap Hurdle 2022 Sites
County Hurdle Stats & Trends
The leading rider in this race is the now retired Ruby Walsh with four victories, while the most successful trainer title in the County Hurdle is held jointly by two current giants of the game; Willie Mullins and Paul Nicholls.
While those trainers each have four wins apiece, we cannot ignore the knack Dan Skelton seems to have with this contest and having won it three times in four years it seems it may not be long before he is overhauling them.
This Season’s Form
In terms of the number of runs winners of this race have had, there’s no rhyme or reason to it. Some have had light campaigns while others had been kept going right throughout the previous summer.
Form-wise though, and taking out Arctic Fire who hadn’t run for a year, 8 out of 9 (89%) winners had been placed last time out, or the time before and that is crucial. Not many horses will come into this race in bad form and can be expected to win it.
Age
All of the last 10 winners have been aged between five and eight, 3 x 5yo, 4 x 6yo and 3 x 8yo. A fair spread then, meaning we can probably expect more of the same.
Starting Price
None of the last ten winners of this contest have gone off as market leader, so while that’s not to say the favourite cannot win, we must think bigger in terms of where to look for potential winners.
That being said, the average SP of winners in this race during this time period is less than 17/1, so it may well be that an in-form type of the right age who is perhaps around 16/1 or under could be the one, and so narrowing this field may not be so difficult.
County Hurdle Tips
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County Handicap Hurdle Offers
At the 2022 Cheltenham Festival we saw a real peak in terms of the offers delved out by bookmakers, so while we cannot know yet what deals will be put forward this time around by bookies fighting for your custom, we can use last year’s as a guide.
Paddy Power were especially aggressive with their special offers last year, one of their deals being the £20 Money Back in Cash if The First Bet Loses offer while 888Sport were offering enhanced odds on specific horses, something the remain likely to do in a big betting handicap races like this one so keep looking out for that.
Enhanced Odds Promotions
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Bookmakers Paying Extra Places
Betfair - 7 Places on Coral Cup and Grand Annual Chase(Day 2, 14:50 and 16:50)Betfair are paying 7 places on Coral Cup 2022 (Cheltenham Day 2 - Wednesday, 14:50) and Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase (Cheltenham Day 2 - Wednesday, 16:50) at odds 1/5.
William Hill - 6 places on Coral Cup (14:50) and 5 Places on Grand Annual Chase (16:50)William Hill are paying 6 places on Coral Cup (14:50) and 5 Places on Grand Annual Chase (16:50) at oidds 1/5. Full T&Cs apply.
Betfred Extra Places - 7 places on Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle 2022Betfred are paying 7 places on Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Wednesday, 14:50).
+4 places on Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Wednesday, 14:10)
+5 places on Glenfarclas Chase (Wednesday, 16:10)
+6 places on Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Wednesday, 16:50)
+4 places on Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Wednesday, 17:30)
Odds 1/5, Full t&c apply.
BoyleSports 7 Places on Ultima Handicap Chase - Cheltenham 2022Full Terms & Conditions Apply
Ladbrokes Cheltenham 2022 Extra PlacesDay 1:
Ultima Handicap Chase - 6 places
Juvenile Handicap Hurdle - 5 places
Day 2:
Coral Cup - 6 places
Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase - 4 places
Grand Annual Challenge Cup - 5 places
Champion Bumper - 5 places
Day 3:
Pertemps Network Final - 6 places
Plate Handicap Chase - 5 places
Mares' Novices' Hurdle - 5 places
Kim Muir Handicap Chase - 5 places
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Day 2
14:10, The Brown Advisory Novices’ Steeple Chase - 4 places at 1/5
14:50, The Coral Cup - 6 places at 1/5
16:10, The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple Chase - 4 places at 1/5
16:50, Grand Annual Handicap Steeple Chase - 5 places at 1/5
17:30, The Weatherbys Champion Bumper - 4 places at 1/5
Non Runner No Bet
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Coral Cheltenham 2022 Non Runner No Bet - Selected RacesCoral are Non Runner No Bet on selected Cheltenham 2022 races:
- Champion Hurdle - Day 1
- Champion Chase - Day 2
- Ryanair Chase - Day 3
- Stayers’ Hurdle - Day 3
- Cheltenham Gold Cup - Day 4
Betfred Non Runner No Bet for Cheltenham 2022 - All RacesBetfred goes Non Runner No Bet (NRNB) on all Cheltenham 2022 races.
Betway Cheltenham 2022 Non Runner No Bet - Feature RacesBetway are Non Runner No Bet on all feature Cheltenham 2022 races:
- Champion Hurdle - Day 1
- Champion Chase - Day 2
- Stayers’ Hurdle - Day 3
- Cheltenham Gold Cup - Day 4
Paddy Power Cheltenham 2022 Non Runner No Bet - Feature RacesPaddy Power is Non Runner No Bet on all feature Cheltenham 2022 races:
- Champion Hurdle - Day 1
- Champion Chase - Day 2
- Stayers’ Hurdle - Day 3
- Cheltenham Gold Cup - Day 4
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Cheltenham Money Back Specials
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County Hurdle Betting Guide
We already have a couple of live ante post betting options, so if you can get a bet on either of these horses with a ‘non-runner, no bet’ deal then you’ll be doing well. This means that you can take prices up to 50/1, safe in the knowledge that if these selections have any chance on the day, they’ll be a lot shorter in the market and yet still get your money back if the horse doesn’t run.
When the final declarations for this race are made on Wednesday March 10th, we will have a better idea of the final prices and key contenders and by then you can bet on a more solid each-way County Hurdle betting market.
Past County Hurdle Winners
Last 10 County Hurdle winners:
2019 Race Recap
After some strong money came for him in the morning, Willie Mullins’ Whiskey Sour went off favourite for the 2019 County Hurdle at 5/1 but it was a competitive betting market. One that was relatively weak was Dan Skelton’s Ch’tibello, opening at 9/1 before going off at 12/1 but he was looking incredibly well and it seemed a big race was on the cards.
After moving up to challenge following the penultimate flight, he hit the last hurdle but got to the lead and despite drifting across the track somewhat he was ridden out well by Harry Skelton to score. Ch’tibello takes his place then among our list of the last ten County Hurdle winners.