Cheltenham International Meeting
I will begin with some trainer stats from Cheltenham’s International Meeting. The figures for the meeting are from 2012 to 2016 and consist of 70 winners from 618 runners 174 placed.
Below are the top five trainers in terms of the number of winners, two notable trainers with negative records at this festival and three interesting trainers whose runners are worth noting.
The top four trainers in terms of winners are 28 winners from 147 runners 56 placed. They have won 40% of the races at the meeting from just 24% of the runners –
Paul Nicholls –
9 winners from 51 runners
Strike Rate 18%
SP Profit +4.92
A/E 0.95
18 placed
Place Strike Rate 35%
Nigel Twiston-Davies –
7 winners from 39 runners
SP Loss -15.52
A/E 1.28
12 placed
Place Strike Rate 31%
Jonjo O’Neill –
6 winners from 21 runners
Strike Rate 29%
SP Profit +41.58
A/E 1.75
8 placed
Place Strike Rate 38%
Philip Hobbs –
6 winners from 36 runners
Strike Rate 17%
SP Profit +22.57
A/E 0.94
18 placed
Place Strike Rate 50%
Willie Mullins –
0 wins from 9 runners
SP Loss -9
2 placed
Place Strike Rate 22%
Kim Bailey –
0 wins from 9 runners
SP Loss -9
1 placed
Place Strike Rate 11%
Martin Keighley –
3 winners from 10 runners
Strike Rate 30%
SP Profit +25
A/E 2.88
5 placed
Place Strike Rate 50%
Venetia Williams –
3 winners from 17 runners
Strike Rate 18%
SP Profit +26
A/E 1.69
6 placed
Place Strike Rate 35%
Evan Williams –
3 winners from 19 runners
Strike Rate 16%
SP Profit +38
A/E 1.65
6 placed
Place Strike Rate 32%
Jonjo O’Neill’s profit figures are very good and his runners are performing 75% better than the market expects.
Willie Mullins hasn’t saddled a winner at this meeting in the past 5 seasons.
Be lucky,
John
