ITV Racing heads to Cheltenham and Windsor on Saturday 14 November, with seven live races. Five come from Cheltenham’s November Meeting, where the £91,120 Paddy Power Gold Cup headlines alongside the Arkle Trial and the Triumph Trial, while Windsor stages two handicap hurdles on its jumps opener.

Dan Skelton won last year’s Gold Cup with Panic Attack and has three runners this time, and last year’s Arkle Trial winner July Flower switches to the big handicap. We’ve gone back through the last ten runnings of each ITV race to pull out the trends worth knowing before you bet. Windsor’s jumps racing only returned in 2024, so its two races have just one previous running each. The going is Good at both courses.

Key Race Schedule For Saturday 14th November

Time	Course	Race	Grade	Distance	Runners
1.10pm	Cheltenham	Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle	Grade 2	2m87y	9
1.25pm	Windsor	Fitzdares Handicap Hurdle	Class 3	3m	15
1.45pm	Cheltenham	Arkle Trial Novices’ Chase	Grade 2	1m7f199y	7
2.20pm	Cheltenham	Paddy Power Gold Cup	Premier Handicap	2m4f44y	15
2.55pm	Cheltenham	From The Horse’s Mouth Podcast Handicap Hurdle	Class 2	2m7f208y	16
3.10pm	Windsor	Berkshire Winter Million Handicap Hurdle	Class 3	2m	11
3.30pm	Cheltenham	Paddy Power Intermediate Handicap Hurdle	Class 3	2m5f	13

1.10pm Cheltenham – Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2)

The Triumph Trial, registered as the Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle, is the first big test for the season’s juvenile hurdlers over just beyond two miles. Defi Du Seuil won it in 2016 before landing the Triumph Hurdle in March. Nine three-year-olds run this year.

• Favourites struggle: only 3 of the last 10 favourites have won, and Paul Nicholls saddled the beaten favourite four years running from 2019 to 2022.
• No shocks: every winner in the last 10 years started between 4/5 and 9/2.
• James Owen’s race: Owen won it in 2023 with Burdett Road, ridden by Harry Cobden, and again in 2024 with East India Dock. He runs Charles Darnay for Cobden, plus Magnetude.
• Irish record: just 1 Irish-trained winner in the last 10 years (Duffle Coat, 2020). Joseph O’Brien’s two runners in that time both finished 6th, and he runs Atomic City.
• Top-rated: Don Dandy is the highest-rated runner on 127 for Olly Murphy and Sean Bowen, the pair who were 2nd with Static at 8/1 in 2024.

1.25pm Windsor – Fitzdares Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)

Windsor staged jumps racing again in December 2024 for the first time since 1998, and moved back to its figure-of-eight track in November 2025. This three-mile handicap hurdle is a Challenger Stayers’ Hurdle Series qualifier and has been run only once before, so there are no ten-year trends.

• Last year: Roaring Conquest won the only previous running as the 6/4 favourite for Olly Murphy and Sean Bowen, carrying 11st 10lb off 125. Neither has a ride this year.
• Bigger field: only 5 ran last year on Good to Soft, so 15 runners on Good ground is a very different test.
• Placed yard returns: Emma Lavelle had the 3rd last year with Doughmore Bay and runs Kildinan Prince for Ben Jones.
• Top weight: Thank You Maam is the highest-rated runner on 124 and carries 12st.
• Age range: Crack Ops is the only four-year-old, while Bold Endeavour and Our Dylan are both ten.

1.45pm Cheltenham – Arkle Trial Novices’ Chase (Grade 2)

The Arkle Trial, registered as the November Novices’ Chase, is a two-mile Grade 2 that has gone to the market leaders more often than not. Put The Kettle On won it in 2019 before taking the Arkle itself. Seven run this year, headed by two smart novices from big yards.

• Six-year-olds rule: 8 of the last 10 winners were six and the other two were five. That counts against Workahead (8), Newtown Rambler (7) and Folie Golith (4).
• Favourites: 5 of the last 10 favourites have won, including the last two and 4 of the last 5. On Good ground, favourites have won 3 of the 4 runnings.
• No big prices: no winner in the last 10 years started bigger than 13/2.
• Team Skelton: Dan Skelton has won it 3 times in the last 10 years, all with Harry Skelton riding. The pair team up with top-rated Kabral Du Mathan (156), who won his chasing debut at Perth by 19 lengths in October.
• Henderson’s wait: Nicky Henderson hasn’t won it in the last 10 years, finishing 2nd in 2016 and 2017. He runs Old Park Star (155), who is unbeaten in four runs and won the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle in March.

2.20pm Cheltenham – Paddy Power Gold Cup (Premier Handicap)

The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a two-and-a-half-mile Premier Handicap chase and the first big handicap of the jumps season, worth £91,120 to the winner. Fifteen run, and the weights have been a strong guide over the last ten years.

• Favourites struggle: just 1 of the last 10 favourites has won (Stage Star, 2023). Every winner started between 4/1 and 25/1, and 7 of the 10 were 5/1 to 10/1.
• Weight: no top weight has won in the last 10 years, and no winner carried more than 11st 11lb. 9 of the 10 carried 11st 7lb or less, which counts against Matata (12st), Madara (11st 11lb), Meetmebythesea (11st 10lb) and Johnnywho (11st 9lb).
• Age: nine-year-olds have won 4 of the last 10, and no horse aged ten or older has won. Johnnywho, Riskintheground and O’Moore Park are nine, and Guard Your Dreams is ten.
• Trainers: Paul Nicholls is the only trainer with two wins in the last 10 years (2023 and 2024) and runs Quebecois. Dan Skelton won last year with Panic Attack and runs Madara, Blueking D’Oroux and Riskintheground.
• Mares and the Irish: mares have won 2 of the last 10, which helps July Flower, but Irish-trained runners are 0 from 10. July Flower, Zurich and Release The Beast are all trained in Ireland.
• Race form: Madara is the only runner who has run in the race before. He was 4th at 16/1 in 2024 off 141 and now races off 152.

2.55pm Cheltenham – From The Horse’s Mouth Podcast Handicap Hurdle (Class 2)

This three-mile handicap hurdle was a Listed race until 2021 and has been Class 2 since 2022. Sixteen run, the biggest field since at least 2017.

• Favourites: 4 of the last 10 favourites have won, although Supremely West was beaten at 5/4 last year.
• Age: every winner since 2017 was aged five to eight. That counts against the nine-year-olds Rambo T, Margarets Legacy, Hartur Darc and Black Bamboo.
• Weight: no winner in the last 10 years carried 12st, and the heaviest was 11st 12lb. Gowel Road was 2nd in 2024 and 3rd in 2025 under 12st. Ace Of Spades is top weight on 12st this year.
• Hobbs and White: Philip Hobbs and Johnson White have won 2 of the last 5 (Sporting John in 2021 and Kikijo last year) and run Wonderful Eagle.
• Skelton form: Dan Skelton won it in 2024 with Doyen Quest and was 2nd last year. He runs Ace Of Spades.

3.10pm Windsor – Berkshire Winter Million Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)

This two-mile handicap hurdle has also been run only once before, on Windsor’s first figure-of-eight card in November 2025, so there are no ten-year trends. Eleven run.

• Last year: Hardy Du Seuil won at 7/2 for Jamie Snowden and Isabelle Ryder, carrying 11st 2lb off 123. Snowden doesn’t have a runner this year.
• Favourite beaten narrowly: the favourite, The Hardest Geezer (11/5), was beaten half a length into 2nd last year.
• Joint top weights: Watamu and Secret Squirrel carry 12st 1lb off 126. Watamu, one of two mares in the race, won last time out for Emma Lavelle.
• Young brigade: four four-year-olds run: Misterdoc for Dan Skelton, Anniversary, Tunisya and Zarakerjack.

3.30pm Cheltenham – Paddy Power Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)

The Intermediate Handicap Hurdle is run over two miles and five furlongs for young, improving hurdlers and closes the ITV coverage. Thirteen run, and eight of them are five-year-olds.

• Favourites: 5 of the last 10 favourites have won, but there have been shocks too, with Lavender Hill Mob winning at 33/1 last year and Coole Cody at 25/1 in 2017.
• Youth: every winner whose age we could confirm was aged four to six. Give Him A Chance is the only seven-year-old.
• Irish success: A J Martin won it in 2022 and 2024. P J Rothwell’s Give Him A Chance was 2nd at 25/1 last year and runs again with stablemate Luck Between Us, and Gordon Elliott runs Open Secret.
• Skelton yet to win: Dan Skelton hasn’t won it in the last 10 years, finishing 2nd with the favourite in 2021 and 4th last year. He runs Moneygarrow.
• Top weight can win: Springwell Bay won under 12st in 2023, which is encouraging for Olly Murphy’s Daylatedollarshort. Murphy has had the 3rd twice in the last five years.

Saturday trends summary

• Back the favourite: the Arkle Trial (5 from 10, and 4 of the last 5) and the Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (5 from 10).
• Look for a price: the Paddy Power Gold Cup, where favourites are 1 from 10 and no top weight has won, and the Triumph Trial, where favourites are 3 from 10.
• Age angles: six-year-olds have won 8 of the last 10 Arkle Trials, and no horse aged ten or older has won the Gold Cup in that time.
• Trainers to follow: Dan Skelton in the Arkle Trial and Gold Cup, Paul Nicholls in the Gold Cup, James Owen in the Triumph Trial, and Philip Hobbs and Johnson White in the three-mile handicap hurdle.

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