# Greatwood Hurdle 2026 Preview: Entries, Weights and Trends _The 44 Greatwood Hurdle entries for Cheltenham on Sunday 15 November 2026: the weights, two past winners, recent form, the trends and the each-way terms._ *Source: [https://stablebet.co.uk/racing-news/greatwood-hurdle-2026-preview/](https://stablebet.co.uk/racing-news/greatwood-hurdle-2026-preview/) · last updated 2026-11-07* The Greatwood Handicap Hurdle, Sunday's feature at Cheltenham's November Meeting, drew 44 entries on Tuesday 27 October. It is a Premier Handicap over 2m ½f on the Old Course, and it is the 3:10pm on Sunday 15 November. Two past winners are back: Iberico Lord, who won it in 2023 and now has top weight, and Burdett Road, the 2024 winner. This page is this year's field. The off times for all three days and the results are on our [Cheltenham November Meeting guide](/racing-news/cheltenham-november-meeting/), and our approach to the meeting's big handicaps is in the [November Meeting tips](/racing-news/cheltenham-november-meeting-tips/). Saturday's feature has its own page: the [Paddy Power Gold Cup 2026 preview](/racing-news/paddy-power-gold-cup-2026-preview/). Every horse named here is an entry, not a confirmed runner. The field is cut at the five-day confirmations on Monday 9 November and settled at the declarations on Friday 13 November, and we will update this page at each stage. The final field and every runner's StableBet Rating go up on our [Cheltenham racecards](/racecards/cheltenham/) the day before. Tap the star beside any horse, trainer or jockey to follow them in your [Horse Tracker](/horse-tracker/). ## The entries and their weights The race drew 44 entries. Dan Skelton has at least six of them, the most of any yard, and five of the names below are trained in Ireland. Iberico Lord has top weight of 12st on an official rating of 144, for Nicky Henderson. The four-year-old Minella Study is next on 11st 13lb, then three on 11st 12lb: Mirabad, Idaho Sun and The Kemble Brewery. | Horse | Age | Weight | Rating | Trainer | |---|---|---|---|---| | Iberico Lord | 8 | 12-0 | 144 | Nicky Henderson | | Minella Study | 4 | 11-13 | 143 | Adam Nicol | | Mirabad | 7 | 11-12 | 142 | Dan Skelton | | Idaho Sun | 6 | 11-12 | 142 | Harry Fry | | The Kemble Brewery | 7 | 11-12 | 142 | Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls | | Burdett Road | 6 | 11-11 | 141 | James Owen | | Give It To Me Oj | 5 | 11-8 | 138 | Jamie Moore & Josh Moore | | Indeevar Bleu | 8 | 11-8 | 138 | Olly Murphy | | White Noise | 6 | 11-7 | 137 | Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls | | Mossy Fen Road | 6 | 11-6 | 136 | Harry Derham | | Dedicated Hero | 7 | 11-5 | 135 | Sandy Thomson | | Captain Hugo | 6 | 11-4 | 134 | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | | Serious Challenge | 6 | 11-4 | 134 | Fergal O'Brien | | Knickerbockerglory | 10 | 11-4 | 134 | Dan Skelton | | Mondo Man | 5 | 11-3 | 133 | Jamie Moore & Josh Moore | | Pioneer Pete | 6 | 11-3 | 133 | Jonjo & A J O'Neill | | All In You | 6 | 11-2 | see note | Warren Greatrex | | Ben Hur | 4 | 11-1 | 131 | Noel Meade | | Trustintimes | 5 | 11-1 | 131 | Harry Fry | | Switch From Diesel | 7 | 11-1 | 131 | Ross O'Sullivan | | Let It Rain | 7 | 11-0 | 130 | Dan Skelton | | Manlaga | 4 | 11-0 | 130 | Nicky Henderson | | Helnwein | 8 | 11-0 | 130 | Alan King | | The Mighty Celt | 4 | 10-13 | 129 | Dan Skelton | | Castleheath | 5 | 10-12 | 128 | Ciaran Murphy | | Harry Lowes | 5 | 10-12 | 128 | Dan Skelton | | Mister Ursus | 5 | 10-12 | 128 | Olly Murphy | | Hamlet's Night | 5 | 10-11 | 127 | James Owen | | Bibe Mus | 4 | 10-9 | 125 | Paul Nicholls | | Listentoyourheart | 7 | 10-9 | 125 | Dan Skelton | | Rubber Ball | 6 | 10-9 | 125 | Neil King | | Tennessee Tango | 6 | 10-7 | 123 | Joe Tizzard | | Race To Base | 6 | 10-6 | 122 | Nick Scholfield | | The Hardest Geezer | 7 | 10-5 | 121 | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | | Rightsotom | 7 | 10-5 | 121 | Joe Tizzard | | Nap Hand | 6 | 10-4 | 120 | Chris Gordon | | Give Him A Chance | 7 | 10-3 | 119 | P J Rothwell | | Turenne | 4 | 10-1 | 117 | David Pipe | | Day Trader | 5 | 10-1 | 117 | A J Martin | | Haas Boy | 9 | 10-1 | 117 | Chester Williams | Weights and ratings as shown on the Racing Post entry card on 7 November. The card gives 44 entries, but four names did not show when we read it, so the table has 40 names; we will add the others once we can read them. Haas Boy is marked as a non-runner on the card. All In You's 11st 2lb includes a 5lb penalty for winning a handicap hurdle at Aintree on 6 November, which the race's conditions add for any hurdle win after 1 November. ### The long handicap The minimum weight is 10st 2lb. Turenne, Day Trader and Haas Boy are weighted at 10st 1lb, so if they run they carry a pound more than their rating says. The weights each horse actually carries are fixed at Friday's declarations. ## The main contenders and their form Form figures below come from the Racing Post card and read right to left, so the last figure is the most recent run. A dash marks the break between seasons. ### Iberico Lord (Nicky Henderson) Iberico Lord won this race in 2023 as a five-year-old, carrying 11st at 7/1 under Nico de Boinville. He is eight now, rated 144 and top weight on 12st. His card figures are 9918-0. A winner of his age would be outside the four-to-seven band every winner from 2016 to 2025 fell into. ### Burdett Road (James Owen) Burdett Road won it in 2024 as a four-year-old, on 11st 10lb at 7/2 with Harry Cobden riding. He spent the summer on the Flat for James Owen, including the Ebor at York on 22 August (seventh of 22 at 80/1), and was fifth of eight in the Listed Panoramic Hurdle at Carlisle on 22 October at 4/1. He is set to carry 11st 11lb. ### Idaho Sun (Harry Fry) Idaho Sun is unbeaten over hurdles and was ruled out of the Festival only days before it, according to a PA report carried by The Comet, which says the handicapper left him on 142. Harry Fry told PA the Greatwood has "very much been the plan" and that he hopes to get the ground. His card figures are 6/111 and he has not run since last season. ### Mirabad (Dan Skelton) Mirabad was second in that Panoramic Hurdle at Carlisle on 22 October at 9/2, finishing in front of Burdett Road. He is rated 142 and set to carry 11st 12lb, the highest of Dan Skelton's entries. ### White Noise (Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls) White Noise won the Mares' Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on 12 March at 40/1 for Kim Bailey and Mat Nicholls, according to The Jockey Club and RTÉ. She is rated 137, set to carry 11st 7lb, and her card figures are 11212. ### Pioneer Pete (Jonjo & A J O'Neill) Pioneer Pete has won all three of his runs since June in our results files: novice hurdles at Worcester on 6 June and Stratford on 5 September, then the Welsh Champion Hurdle, a 17-runner limited handicap at Chepstow, on 9 October at 3/1. He goes up to 133 and 11st 3lb. ### Helnwein (Alan King) Helnwein was second in last year's race behind Alexei, according to Sporting Life's report. He is eight now, on 130 and 11st, for Alan King, who trained two of the ten winners from 2016 to 2025. The model's day-before view of the race goes up on Saturday afternoon, 14 November, and will be added here beside its public [track record](/ai-race-predictor/track-record/). It is a test of the model, not a tip. ## What our results database says Our results files hold every British and Irish result since 1 June 2026. Of the 40 entries we can name, 26 have run in them since then, several of them on the Flat over the summer. ### Where the entries have already met - **Chepstow, 9 October, the Welsh Champion Hurdle (17 ran).** Seven of this year's entries ran. Pioneer Pete won at 3/1, Tennessee Tango was third at 16/1 and Captain Hugo sixth at 5/1; Hamlet's Night (10th), Knickerbockerglory (11th), Listentoyourheart (13th) and Serious Challenge (16th) were further back. - **Carlisle, 22 October, the Panoramic Hurdle (8 ran).** Mirabad was second at 9/2, Burdett Road fifth at 4/1, Hamlet's Night sixth and Dedicated Hero eighth. - **Ascot, 31 October, a 16-runner handicap hurdle.** Trustintimes won at 11/4 for Harry Fry. Nap Hand, Rightsotom and Hamlet's Night finished 11th, 12th and 14th. Two more entries won their latest race: All In You, a handicap hurdle at Aintree on 6 November at 6/4, and Castleheath in a handicap hurdle at Galway on 25 October at 3/1. ### Trainers in the last 14 days Jumps runs in Britain and Ireland from 24 October to 6 November, in our results files: | Trainer | Winners | Runners | |---|---|---| | Dan Skelton | 20 | 100 | | Olly Murphy | 8 | 30 | | Joe Tizzard | 7 | 29 | | James Owen | 5 | 24 | | Harry Derham | 4 | 24 | | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 0 | 23 | | Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls | 4 | 17 | | Jamie Moore & Josh Moore | 4 | 16 | | Nicky Henderson | 3 | 13 | | Harry Fry | 2 | 8 | Joe Tizzard, who won last year's race with Alexei, has two entries this year, Tennessee Tango and Rightsotom. Philip Hobbs and Johnson White have had 23 jumps runners in the fortnight without a winner. Small samples, so read these as background. The StableBet Rating, our pounds figure for each runner (the official rating less 2lb for every length the horse was beaten last time), appears beside every runner on the racecard once the field is declared. In our tests the top-rated horse on it won handicaps more often than the horse with the top official rating, and the market already prices that in. ## The model's view and the going ### When the model's view lands The race is not on a declared card yet, so our model has nothing to rate. Its timetable for Sunday's racing: - **Saturday 14 November, 2:10pm:** the day-before provisional view, once the field is declared. We will add the model's top-rated runner in this race here, beside its public [track record](/ai-race-predictor/track-record/), losers included. - **Sunday 15 November, 5am:** the final ratings and fair prices for every British race on the [AI Lab's daily card](/ai-race-predictor/today/). Neither is a tip. The model is a test we publish in full, and the track record shows how it has done. ### The going Cheltenham has not published a going description for this meeting yet. We will add it here, with the date it was given, once the course does. Harry Fry has already said he hopes to "get the ground" for Idaho Sun, so it may decide more than one declaration. ## The trends against this year's entries Four trends from our winners record for the race, set against this year's entries. Ten runnings is a small sample, and none of these is a reason to back or oppose a horse on its own. - **Age.** Every winner from 2016 to 2025 was aged four to seven, and six of the ten were five. Of the 40 entries we can name, five are older: Iberico Lord, Indeevar Bleu and Helnwein are eight, Haas Boy nine and Knickerbockerglory 10. - **Weight.** Winners carried anything from 9st 7lb (Nietzsche, 2018) to 12st (I Like To Move It, 2022). Each of the last four winners carried 11st or more, so a big weight has not been a bar. - **Favourites.** We hold starting prices for the six runnings from 2020 to 2025, and one favourite won: Alexei at 10/3 last year. The other five winners started between 7/2 and 11/1. - **Trainers.** Dan Skelton (North Hill Harvey 2016, West Cork 2021) and Alan King (Elgin 2017, Harambe 2019) trained two winners each in the decade. Skelton has at least six entries this year; King has Helnwein. The [November Meeting guide](/racing-news/cheltenham-november-meeting/) carries the result once the race is run. ## Each-way terms for a big-field hurdle The race has drawn big fields in recent years: 13 to 18 ran in each of the five runnings from 2020 to 2025 whose results we checked. That puts it on the line between the two standard sets of each-way terms. ### The standard terms Under the usual UK each-way terms, a handicap with 16 or more runners pays four places at a quarter of the odds, and one with 12 to 15 runners pays three places at a quarter. Last year 18 ran, in 2024 and 2023 15 each, so in two of the last three years the fourth place was not paid at standard terms. Our [each-way guide](/betting/bet-types/each-way/) sets out the full table. ### What it means for a £10 each-way bet A £5 each-way bet on a 12/1 shot, at a quarter of the odds, returns £20 from the place leg (a quarter of 12/1 is 3/1) if it places: a £10 profit on the £10 staked. If 15 run and it finishes fourth, that is a £10 loss at standard terms, and a £10 profit with a bookmaker paying four places. ### What to check - **The declared field on Friday.** If 16 or more are declared, four places are standard; one late withdrawal can take it back to three. - **Extra places.** Some bookmakers pay more places than standard on the big Cheltenham handicaps. The terms are set race by race. - **The fraction.** An extra place at a fifth of the odds pays less on every placed horse than standard terms at a quarter. The [each-way calculator](/betting/calculators/each-way/) works out your own stake and price. ## Where to watch and where to bet The Greatwood is the 3:10pm at Cheltenham on Sunday 15 November, the last day of the November Meeting. Cheltenham's page for the day, Carnival Sunday, lists gates opening at 11am and the Greatwood as the sixth race of seven, after a Shetland pony race at 12:15pm opens the card. We will add the TV channel once it is confirmed. Our [day out at Cheltenham](/uk-racecourses/cheltenham/cheltenham-day-out-guide/) covers getting there. ### Where to bet - **Extra places.** Our [Cheltenham extra places](/bookmakers/cheltenham-extra-places/) page compares which bookmakers pay extra places on Cheltenham's big handicaps and which say they do not. It is written for the Festival in March, so check each bookmaker's terms for this race on the day. - **Best odds guaranteed.** A [BOG bookmaker](/bookmakers/best-bog-bookmakers/) pays the starting price if it is bigger than the price you took, which matters in a big handicap where prices move late. - **Cheltenham offers.** Our [Cheltenham betting offers](/bookmakers/cheltenham-offers/) page compares what our partners are running for racing at the course, from the November Meeting to the Festival. ### Betting before the declarations A bet struck before Friday's declarations is normally an ante-post bet, and if your horse is not declared you usually lose the stake. Some bookmakers offer non-runner no bet in race week, so read the terms first.
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## Frequently asked questions ### When is the Greatwood Hurdle 2026? Sunday 15 November at Cheltenham, the 3:10pm race on the last day of the November Meeting, according to the Racing Post card and Cheltenham's own race list. ### How many horses are entered? 44 were entered on 27 October. The field is cut at the five-day confirmations on Monday 9 November and settled at the declarations on Friday 13 November. We will update this page at both stages. ### Who has top weight in the Greatwood? Iberico Lord, on 12st with an official rating of 144. He won the race in 2023. ### Have any past winners been entered? Two: Iberico Lord, the 2023 winner, and Burdett Road, who won it in 2024. Last year's winner, Alexei, is not among the 40 names we could read on the entry card; four names did not show when we read it. ### How far is the Greatwood Hurdle? 2m ½f on Cheltenham's Old Course, 2m87y on the card. ### What age are Greatwood winners? Every winner from 2016 to 2025 was aged between four and seven, and six of the ten were five-year-olds. ### Does the favourite win the Greatwood? Sometimes. Alexei won last year as the 10/3 favourite, but he was the only winning favourite in the six runnings from 2020 to 2025 whose starting prices we hold. ## Sources and verification Checked on 7 November 2026 against: - [Racing Post: Greatwood Handicap Hurdle entry card](https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/11/cheltenham/2026-11-15/930639) (entry count, weights, official ratings, ages, form figures, conditions, minimum weight, penalty, trip, off time) - [Racing Post: entries for the Paddy Power, Greatwood and Coral Gold Cup, 27 October](https://www.racingpost.com/news/big-race-latest/grade-1-heroes-cheltenham-festival-winners-and-classy-novices-entries-for-the-paddy-power-greatwood-and-coral-gold-cup-revealed-ashWG0E9oLp2/) (the entry count, Dan Skelton's entries, past winners entered) - [William Hill: Greatwood Hurdle ante-post preview, 2 November](https://news.williamhill.com/horse-racing/greatwood-hurdle-ante-post-tips-and-predictions-2026/) (the entry count, the date and trip) - [The Jockey Club: Carnival Sunday, 15 November 2026](https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/events-tickets/the-november-meeting/sunday) (race times, gates) - [The Comet (PA): Greatwood is Plan A for Idaho Sun](https://www.thecomet.net/sport/national/26700078.greatwood-plan-unexposed-idaho-sun/) - [The Jockey Club: White Noise wins the Mares' Novices' Hurdle, 12 March 2026](https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham/media/press-releases/2026/03/local-victory-in-ryanair-mares-novices-hurdle-as-white-noise-springs-40-1-surprise/) - [RTÉ: Cheltenham round-up, 12 March 2026](https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2026/0312/1562996-cheltenham-round-up-white-noise-springs-shock-in-opener) - [Sporting Life: Alexei wins the 2025 Greatwood](https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/alexei-won-the-greatwood-handicap-hurdle-at-cheltenham-or-report-and-free-replay/228747) (Helnwein second) - [Wikipedia: Greatwood Hurdle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatwood_Hurdle) (winners, ages and weights) Starting prices and field sizes for 2020 and 2022 to 2025 come from Sporting Life result pages, listed in our research record for the race. Runs since 1 June and the 14-day trainer figures come from our own results files. Weights and ratings come from the Racing Post card alone and change at the declarations.