Ladbrokes World Hurdle

The World Hurdle is the United Kingdom’s premier long distance hurdle event. The feature event of Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival is run over a distance of 3 miles by four year old and above racehorses competing for one of the richest prize funds at the meeting.

The World Hurdle requires competitors to clear 12 hurdles during the course of the race. With large fields taking part, the race is often highly competitive with stamina often the deciding factor on the final stretch.

Ladbrokes World Hurdle Betting Tips

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World Hurdle Winners and History

The World Hurdle was added to the Cheltenham Festival as recently as 1972, when it debuted as the Stayers Hurdle. In the decades since, the race has experienced as massive surge in popularity and is now perceived as being the long-distance counterpart to the Champion Hurdle. The race took its present name in 2005.

In 2011 Big Buck’s became the first horse in the history of the World Hurdle to take three wins in the race, taking his third successive win in the World Hurdle to cement his place as the finest staying hurdler in the history of national hunt racing.

2012 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Odds


England - World Hurdle Antepost Betting (2012) []
Big Buck's	4/7	1/2	1/2	4/7	1/2	1/2	1/2	8/13
Oscar Whisky	5	5	9/2	5	5	9/2	4	5
Mikael D'haguenet	16	-	14	16	14	16	10	14
Thousand Stars	8	7	9	8	9	9	7	8
So Young	14	16	16	14	16	16	14	14
Dynaste	20	10	12	20	12	14	12	25
Zaidpour	-	12	12	-	14	14	12	14
Carlito Brigante	-	25	25	-	25	25	20	25
Mourad	16	20	20	16	20	20	20	14
Voler La Vedette	-	12	16	-	14	14	12	14
Celestial Halo	-	25	50	-	33	50	25	50
Restless Harry	-	-	33	-	33	50	33	40
Cross Kennon	-	-	66	-	66	66	66	-
Petitfour	-	-	66	-	-	-	-	66
Bobs Worth	-	12	12	-	14	16	12	-
King Of The Night	-	-	50	-	50	-	66	-
Recession Proof	-	33	66	-	66	66	50	66
Smad Place	-	25	25	-	33	33	25	33
Quevega	-	12	16	-	14	16	12	14
Poungach	-	25	25	-	33	25	25	33
Flat Out	-	66	-	-	50	-	66	50
Crack Away Jack	-	50	66	-	66	66	50	50
Our Father	-	20	25	-	25	25	20	20
Tidal Bay	-	33	-	-	25	50	40	50
Oscars Well	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saphir River	-	66	50	-	50	66	66	66
Back In Focus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Five Dream	-	-	33	-	40	40	33	-
Bobby Ewing	-	50	50	-	50	50	-	50
Get Me Out Of Here	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barwell Bridge	-	100	66	-	100	100	50	66
Cantlow	-	66	66	-	66	66	66	66
Champion Court	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chartreux	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Court In Motion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cue Card	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deutschland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
El Dancer	-	100	100	-	100	200	66	100
Featherbed Lane	-	25	40	-	40	40	25	40
Final Approach	-	33	66	-	40	50	50	40
Fiveforthree	25	-	-	25	-	-	-	-
Kilcrea Kim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Overturn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pettifour	-	66	-	-	66	66	50	-
Prima Vista	-	66	66	-	50	100	50	66
Prince Of Pirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Punchestowns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solwhit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Giant Bolster	-	40	100	-	66	40	40	100
Toostrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaynar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-