Ballymore Properties Novices' HurdleThe Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt event for 4 year old and above novices hurdlers. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 5 furlongs on the old course at the Cheltenham Festival in March The race was introduced in 1971 as the Aldsworth Hurdle and in more recent times has been run as the Royal & SunAlliance
Novices' Hurdle. 2007 saw a new name for the race with the sponsorship being taken over by Ballymore Properties. Make the Most from Your Betting at The Cheltenham Festival
For the best odds on the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle check out the prices available via the betting exchanges at Betfair, Betdaq and the World Betting eXchange.
If you take an early bird price on the morning of the Novices' Hurdle and the SP is greater bet365 will pay out at the bigger price.
Place a bet on the Novices' Hurdle with BGbet and if your horse is beaten a short head or less they will refund your losing win stake. They are also offering best odds guaranteed on all races at The Cheltenham Festival
Recent Past Results| 2008 : Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle (grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft | 15 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Fiveforthree | W P Mullins | R Walsh | 7/1 | | 2 | Venalmar | M F Morris | P W Flood | 11/1 | | 3 | Trafford Lad | E Sheehy | T Doyle | 9/1 | | | | 2007 : Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle (grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft, Good in places | 15 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Massini's Maguire | P J Hobbs | R Johnson | 20/1 | | 2 | Tidal Bay | J Howard Johnson | P J Brennan | 10/1 | | 3 | Catch Me | E J O'Grady | B J Geraghty | 7/1 | | | | 2006 : Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) | | Going : Good, Good to Soft in places | 17 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Nicanor | N Meade | P Carberry | 17/2 | | 2 | Denman | P F Nicholls | R Walsh | 11/10 | | 3 | Refinement | Jonjo O'Neill | A P McCoy | 11/2 | | 4 | Mr Nosie | N Meade | Denis O'regan | 9/1 | | | | 2005 : Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) | | Going : Good | 20 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | No Refuge | J Howard Johnson | G Lee | 17/2 | | 2 | Racing Demon | Miss H C Knight | J Culloty | 14/1 | | 3 | Our Ben | W P Mullins | R Walsh | 33/1 | | 4 | Pole Star | J R Fanshawe | R Thornton | 12/1 | | | | 2004 : Royal & Sunalliance Novices' Hurdle | | Going : Good | 15 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Fundamentalist | N A Twiston-Davies | C Llewellyn | 12/1 | | 2 | Inglis Drever | J Howard Johnson | G Lee | 7/4 | | 3 | Grey Report | P Hobbs | R Johnson | 25/1 | | | | 2003 : Royal & Sunalliance Novices' Hurdle | | Going : Good, Good to Soft in places | 19 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Hardy Eustace | D Hughes | K A Kelly | 6/1 | | 2 | Pizarro | E O'Grady | N Williamson | 2/1 | | 3 | Lord Sam | V R A Dartnall | W Marston | 10/1 | | 4 | Foreman | T Doumen | T Doumen | 11/1 | | | | 2002 : Royal & Sunalliance Novices' Hurdle (Class A) (Grade 1) | | Going : Good to Soft | 27 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Galileo | T R George | J M Maguire | 12/1 | | 2 | Over The Bar | E O'Grady | N Williamson | 14/1 | | 3 | Lanzerac | John A Harris | P Flynn | 66/1 | | 4 | Classified | M Pipe | A P McCoy | 5/1 | | | | 2000 : Royal & Sunalliance Novices' Hurdle | | Going : Good, Good to Firm in places | 14 ran | | Pos | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | SP | | 1 | Monsignor | M Pitman | N Williamson | 5/4 | | 2 | No Discount | C Swan | C F Swan | 20/1 | | 3 | Gentle Rivage | N A Twiston-Davies | T Jenks | 50/1 | | |
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Free Bets on the Novices' Hurdle
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Ladbrokes are offering a Free £100 bet during the Cheltenham Festival. Simply open an account and place a bet of £10 or more on Any sport and they'll match it with a free bet up to £100. |
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Once you've registered and placed your first bet with bet365, they’ll give you a free bet of up to £25, which you can place on the Novices' Hurdle or any other market of your choice. |
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Register an account with Blue Square, place a bet of at least £25 win single on the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle and they’ll credit your account with a free £25 bet token. |
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Sign up for an account with Stan James and bet on the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle as your first bet. Then when your bet is settled, they'll add a free bet to your account matching that stake up to a maximum of £25. |
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Place your first bet with VC Bet on the Novices' Hurdle and they’ll match your stake with a free bet up to a maximum of £50. Then place bets of £10 or more on five more races at the Cheltenham Festival and they’ll give you another £50 free bet. |
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Boylesports have increased their free bets offer to £250 for the Cheltenham Festival. New customers place your first bet on the Novices' Hurdle and they'll match the stake with a free bet up to the maximum value of £100. Then after a further 5 bets they'll match the average stake to a maximum value of £50. They'll repeat this for a total of 4 free bets to the maximum value of £250. |
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See Bookmaker Free Bets for more offers.
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Cheltenham Festival Information
Get the latest news for the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle from the At The Races Cheltenham microsite.
For information direct from the course see Cheltenham Racecourse Festival Guide. The site includes news, video clips, details of a preview event and a chance to enter their Fantasy Festival racing game.
The Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide by Paul Jones contains in-depth analysis of all 25 races at the Festival.
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