Staged at Gowran Park racecourse, in Ireland, the Thyestes Chase is run over a distance of 3m, and is often contested by horses that go onto run in the Grand National later in the season. That said, we’ve not seen any winners of this race go onto win the Aintree race that same season, but Hedgehunter (2004) and Numbersixvalverde (2005) did go onto glory in the Aintree marathon later in their careers.
In recent years, the Willie Mullins yard have won the Thyestes Chase five times in the last 9 runnings, and eight times in all – he looks to have another strong hand this year too. He also won it in 2020 with Total Recall.
Here at RACING AHEAD we look back at recent winners and highlights the key stats to take into the 2021 running – this year staged on Thursday 28th January.
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Recent Thyestes Chase Winners
2020 – TOTAL RECALL (16/1)
2019 – INVITATION ONLY (4/1 fav)
2018 – MONBEG NOTORIOUS (7/2 fav)
2017 – CHAMPAGNE WEST (7/1)
2016 – MY MURPHY (16/1)
2015 – DJAKADAM (9/2)
2014 – ON HIS OWN (12/1)
2013 – JADANLI (25/1)
2012 – ON HIS OWN (10/1)
2011 – SIEGEMASTER (16/1)
2010 – WHINSTONE BOY (5/1)
2009 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2008 – PREISTS LEAP (20/1)
2007 – HOMER WELLS (16/1)
2006 – DUN DOIRE (9/4 fav)
2005 – NUMBERSIXVALVERDE (8/1)
2004 – HEDGEHUNTER (10/3 fav)
2003 – BE MY BELLE (4/1)
Thyestes Chase Betting Trends
18/18 – Won by an Irish-based stable
17/18 – Irish bred
17/18 – Had won between 1-3 times over fences (rules) before
16/18 – Had raced within the last 4 weeks
14/18 – Had won over at least 3m (fences) before
13/18 – Aged 9 or younger
13/18 – Placed favourites
11/18 – Carried 10-7 or less
10/18 – Finished unplaced last time out
9/18 – Had run at Gowran Park over fences before
9/18 – Aged 7 or 8 years-old
9/18 – Came from the top 3 in the betting
9/18 – Returned a double-figure price in the betting
7/18 – Raced at Leopardstown last time out
7/18 – Trained by Willie Mullins (won the race 8 times in all)
4/18 – Went onto run in that season’s Grand National (all failed to finish)
4/18 – Winning favourites
3/18 – Won last time out
2/18 – Ridden by Phillip Enright
2/18 – Ridden by David Casey
2/18 – Won by a previous winner of the race
The average winning SP in the last 18 runnings is 11/1
