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Tolworth Hurdle
The Tolworth Hurdle is one of the United Kingdom’s most important races for novice hurdlers. The event is run at Sandown Racecourse in January, and is open to national hunt racehorses over the age of 4.
A distance 2 miles and 110 yards is covered during the course of the Tolworth Hurdle, with participants required to clear 8 hurdles during the course of the race. The event tends to attract racehorses being primed for appearances in the Cheltenham Festival’s Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle.
Tolworth Hurdle Betting Tips
- The majority of Tolworth Hurdle winners fall in the 5- to 6-year-old age range. 7-year-olds have a strike rate of around 1 in 10 races, while 4-year-olds are yet to be competitive in this race.
- Punters looking to back a short-odds favourite could do worse than the Tolworth Hurdle. It is very rare for a racehorse priced over 5/1 to win the event, and antepost favourites have posted a good strike rate over the last decade.
- With the short prices of the winners effectively negating the value of each-way bets, punters are best off settling on a short-odds entry and backing it with a straight outright bet. Place bets on short odds favourites can provide more security on bets, but will deliver less value.
- To secure the best odds on the entries in the Tolworth Hurdle punters should consider using an odds comparison service that will list prices across a large selection of bookmakers.
Tolworth Hurdle History
The Tolworth Hurdle has been a part of the British national hunt racing calendar since 1976. The race is named after the small town of Tolworth, which is located in close proximity to Sandown Racecourse.
During its history the race has attracted several different sponsors, and was moved between Warwick, Wincanton and Ascot during the early years of the 21st century.
In recent years the Tolworth Hurdle has failed to produce future national hunt stars. However, this was not always the case with this Grade 1 race. One of the most famous winners of the Tolworth Hurdle was the legendary Desert Orchid, who won the race by 8 lengths before going on to a career that saw him win several of national hunt racing’s most prestigious steeplechases.
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