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Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
14:40 Cheltenham Festival
2026-03-10
Winner: £45,016
Runners: 22
Going: Good To Soft
No. of hurdles: 8
Distance:
The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 handicap hurdle restricted to four-year-old juvenile hurdlers. It provides trainers with an alternative to the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle, the other race at the Cheltenham Festival restricted to four-year-old hurdlers. Currently named the McCoys Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle for sponsorship reasons, the race is better known as the Fred Winter, in honor of the legendary trainer.
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7(0)
221
Winston Junior
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J: Jack Kennedy
T: Faye Bramley
4
11-7
131
131
Has more scope than your typical ex-Flat 4yo and he was a useful maiden in that scene at up to 1m5f; came up short in his first two hurdle races but was unlucky not to be closer to leading Triumph contender Minella Study here in December (good to soft) and then, despite racing freely, won as he liked when a strong favourite at Ascot (soft); made all that day and those tactics can spell danger in a race of this nature, but he should have more to give; Jack Kennedy is a notable booking with the Elliott stable represented.
9(0)
332
Saratoga
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J: Mark Walsh
T: Padraig Roche
4
11-6
130
127
Six Flat runs for Aidan O'Brien, best form at 1m6f/2m; jumping was ropey in his first two defeats over hurdles but that part of his game improved when a rallying second in a rated hurdle at Naas (soft to heavy) that has delivered four of the last seven winners of this race; probably peaking at the right time when this has all the hallmarks of a long-term plan; seems versatile ground-wise; lots to like.
10(0)
571
Glen To Glen
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J: J J Slevin
T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
4
11-5
129
120
Won his Flat maiden over 6f but stayed 1m2f; had no problem staying 2m over hurdles when showing significant improvement to win at Cork in early December, keeping on willingly to thwart solid yardstick Ole Ole; it's probably safe to turn a blind eye to his subsequent absence when his trainer has won three of the last seven runnings of this race; there has been money about for him in the last fortnight; Flat profile suggests he may benefit from today's surface (all hurdle runs in the mud).
5(0)
1115
Dignam
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J: Richard Deegan
T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien
4
11-7
131
119
When all his best form on the Flat and over hurdles is on good ground, it's best to put a line through his run on heavy in a French Grade 1 last time (November); he beat little of note when making hay in minor jumps meetings last summer but barely broke sweat in any of those races and his jumping was pinpoint accurate; one to be interested in for a trainer (also runs Glen To Glen) who knows what's required for this; gelded since his last run.
17(0)
1163
Quinta Do Lago
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J: Donagh Meyler
T: Mrs John Harrington
4
11-4
128
125
This dual winner (on good/soft to heavy) has had his limitations laid bare the last twice, though they were classy juveniles he bumped into last time at Fairyhouse and that was probably his best performance (he didn't look out of his comfort zone deep into the race); legendary Irish trainer Jessica Harrington rarely brings one over without a degree of optimism; cheekpieces added.
20(0)
13221
Bibe Mus
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J: Sam Twiston-Davies
T: Paul Nicholls
4
11-3
122
131
1m2f French Flat winner; won a maiden hurdle (yielding) in Ireland in October and continued his progress with seconds this winter in a Listed race and Punchestown handicap; even better when winning comfortably on his stable debut at Sandown on Saturday (soft), picking up the penalty that secured his place here; connections strike while the iron is hot and he merits attention, for all that Harry Cobden was aboard at the weekend but not now.
14(0)
112
Ammes
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J: Sean Bowen
T: James Owen
4
11-4
128
130
Good Flat horse before embarking on hurdling career and his odds-on defeat to Triumph contender Minella Study at Wetherby in October (Listed; good) doesn't look too shoddy now given the winner's subsequent exploits; appears to have been saved for this since and last month's run on the AW (sixth) should have cleared the pipes; good ground seems his preference but effective on good to soft.
1(0)
32-1P
Bertutea
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J: Sean O'Keeffe
T: W P Mullins
4
11-12
136
123
AW winner; turf form on very soft or heavy; badly in with The Mighty Celt on their French clash; it was all very straightforward on his Irish debut at Limerick but he cut little ice in a Grade 1 at the Dublin Racing Festival (18-1); doesn't look a Mullins masterplan and the yard is 0-25 in this race; tongue-tie added.
6(0)
-32283
The Mighty Celt
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J: Harry Skelton
T: Dan Skelton
4
11-7
131
125
His French form fills the eye and the experience of six races there will stand him in good stead; underwent wind and gelding operations prior to his debut for Dan Skelton and, with a hood added to regular tongue-tie, he ran on promisingly for third behind Manlaga at Haydock a month ago (soft); it's easy to envisage him finding a fair bit on that form; has raced only on ground ranging from soft to heavy.
18(0)
1415
Paddockwood
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J: Ben Jones
T: Ben Pauling
4
11-4
128
124
Won only one of his 15 Flat races in France but won two of his four hurdle starts at Cagnes-Sur-Mer, both on very soft; this could be some culture shock on his British/handicap hurdle debut and it's worth bearing in mind that stablemate Bad had a similar profile when well beaten in this three years ago at odds of only 5-1.
8(0)
1-21
Manlaga
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J: Nico de Boinville
T: Nicky Henderson
4
11-6
130
130
Won her sole French start, on heavy; both British runs on soft, coming up shy in a Listed race after 315 days off but stylish in quickening away from Pourquoi Pas Papa at Haydock a month ago; could have run in the Triumph but rocks up here with a dangerously unexposed profile.
19(0)
4121
Klycot
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J: Harry Bannister
T: Richard J Bandey
4
11-3
127
132
French Flat winner who has won two of his four races over hurdles but was beaten about 7l in the tougher assignments he's faced; in fairness, his Wetherby win in January (2m, soft) was another step in the right direction but he's probably placed if he's lucky.
3(0)
321
Madness d'Elle
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J: Danny Mullins
T: W P Mullins
4
11-9
133
130
Has raced on only soft or heavy ground; progressive form figures and he looked full of beans when accounting for a respected rival with the pair dominant in a maiden at Gowran Park last month; he dictated up front in that slowly run race, so the bare form is perhaps best treated with an element of caution; however, he runs in this instead of the Triumph and it's hard to identify the ceiling of his ability.
2(0)
146
Barbizon
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J: Josh Williamson
T: Gordon Elliott
4
11-10
134
131
One of two runners for a yard that's won this four times; ran to a smart level on the Flat and made a winning start over hurdles, but reality checks have followed in Graded races won by tip-top juvenile Narciso Has; hardly brings momentum into his handicap debut and has a lot of weight; there will be no ground excuses.
13(0)
P417
Hardy Stuff
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J: Sam Ewing
T: Gordon Elliott
4
11-4
128
120
Hooded since looking tricky on his debut; the ground was yielding when he displayed a good turn of foot to edge out Ole Ole in a Leopardstown maiden over Christmas and he was too free for his own good when strong in the betting for a Grade 2 here on Trials Day (soft); a combination of the expected good to soft ground and a bigger-field scenario heightens interest in this Flat bred; needs a close look.
11(0)
113
Mustang Du Breuil
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J: James Bowen
T: Nicky Henderson
4
11-5
129
130
Ran only 17 days ago when relinquishing his unbeaten record at the hands of older opposition in the Grade 2 Dovecote at Kempton (good to soft); Nicky Henderson was forced into that commitment to register the requisite third run to qualify here and that defeat was no backward step; light on experience with no Flat background but, like so many in here, he no doubt has better days ahead of him; James Bowen has been aboard for his two British runs.
16(0)
3222
Ole Ole
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J: Keith Donoghue
T: Gavin Cromwell
4
11-4
128
120
Beaten four times but significant promise in all of those runs (the first in France), finishing second to Quinta Do Lago, Glen To Glen and Hardy Stuff in his respective Irish maidens; seemed to appreciate the yielding ground last time at Leopardstown (previous runs were in the mud) but he is beginning to look a shade exposed and that never bodes well in this race.
21(0)
6712F6
Bandjo
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J: Finn Lambert
T: Georgina Nicholls
4
11-2
126
129
Won his only Flat start in France (1m4f, good to soft) and later added a hurdles win on very soft ground at Cagnes-Sur-Mer; French recruits often kick off in Britain with tough marks before finding their level further down the line; reservations.
12(0)
22212
Pourquoi Pas Papa
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J: Harry Cobden
T: Paul Nicholls
4
11-4
128
131
Advanced his form when doing it comfortably at Wincanton (1m7f, heavy) and again in chasing home Manlaga at Haydock (1m7f, soft); couldn't live with the winner (with whom he's 6lb better off) late on but being pestered up front didn't help the cause and he's open to further improvement in a race of this nature on handicap debut; Paul Nicholls has won three of these with recruits from France, where this horse was second last summer.
15(0)
1145
Macktoad
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J: Caoilin Quinn
T: Gary & Josh Moore
4
11-4
128
127
French bumper winner who created a huge impression on his British debut when unextended at Sandown in December (soft) but his reputation has taken a severe knock after heavy defeats at Chepstow (good to soft) and Haydock (soft; in cheekpieces but not now); his jumping was shoddy on his penultimate run and it's ominous that connections blamed the ground last time, opining that it was drying out; opposable on a few counts.
22(0)
U1452
Mino Des Mottes
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J: Brian Hayes
T: W P Mullins
4
11-2
126
123
French bumper winner on good to soft; his maiden form is nothing to go wild about, though he did at least run better when second to a shorter-priced stablemate at Punchestown last month (soft to heavy); already needs further by the looks of it.
4(0)
221
Harwa
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J: Sean Flanagan
T: Paul Nolan
4
11-8
132
126
Runner-up in both his French races and he comfortably reeled in the front-runners to justify market confidence (100-30) on his Irish debut at Fairyhouse (heavy); good to soft ground would be a first but he might well approve of drier conditions as he's not the biggest; trainer's form figures in this race are 146P and there were excuses for the one who pulled up; respected, for all that the handicapper has factored potential into this initial mark.
RACING POST TIP
Hardy Stuff
Saratoga has been the talk of the town for this since finishing second at Naas in a race that has delivered four of the last seven winners and this smacks of a plan. The same could be true of Glen To Glen (second choice) who would appear to have been saved for Cheltenham since winning his maiden in early December. One who might be going under the radar is HARDY STUFF, who overcame traffic issues to beat Ole Ole (previously second to Glen To Glen) in a maiden at Leopardstown over Christmas, and his run here on Trials Day is readily forgiven as he pulled too hard with open spaces ahead of him. This race could suit his style. As always, there are feasible winners all over the shop, with Winston Junior, Harwa, Manlaga and The Mighty Celt all live each-way contenders.
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FRED WINTER PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Puturhandstogether | 17312 | 4 | 17-2 | Joseph O’Brien | Mark Walsh |
| 2024 | Lark In The Mornin | 263 | 4 | 9-1 | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2023 | Jazzy Matty | 2154 | 4 | 18-1 | Gordon Elliott | Michael O’Sullivan (3) |
| 2022 | Brazil | 66541 | 4 | 10-1 | Padraig Roche | Mark Walsh |
| 2021 | Jeff Kidder | 12517 | 4 | 80-1 | Noel Meade | Colin Keane |
| 2020 | Aramax | 31-F31 | 4 | 15-2 | Gordon Elliott | Mark Walsh |
| 2019 | Band Of Outlaws | 311 | 4 | 7-2F | Joseph O’Brien | JJ Slevin |
| 2018 | Veneer Of Charm | 127 | 4 | 33-1 | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2017 | Flying Tiger | 2P614 | 4 | 33-1 | Nick Williams | Richard Johnson |
| 2016 | Diego Du Charmil | 322 | 4 | 13-2 | Paul Nicholls | Sam Twiston-Davies |
| 2015 | Qualando | B3-421 | 4 | 25-1 | Paul Nicholls | Nick Scholfield |
FRED WINTER KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Carried between 11st and 11st 9lb, 8/10
- Previous winner over hurdles, 8/10
- Trained in Ireland, 8/10
- Ran to an RPR of 133 or above, 7/10
- Sent off at double-figure odds, 5/10
Other factors
- Four winners in the last decade ran in a 2m novice hurdle at Naas the month before – three of those (Brazil, Aramax, Band Of Outlaws) won it.
- No trainer has trained more winners in it than Gordon Elliott (four times)
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - BOODLES FRED WINTER 2025
Joseph O’Brien celebrated back-to-back wins in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle and a third success in the past seven runnings when Puturhandstogether scored under Mark Walsh. The JP McManus-owned four-year-old quickened clear late on to win by six lengths. Stencil, who raced for the same connections and is trained in France, was sent off the 11-4 favourite but finished down the field.