Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase Betting Tips and Race Preview – Cheltenham Festival Horse Racing 2023

The Grand Annual Handicap Chase is the final race of the Cheltenham Festival and a great, traditional ending to what will have been a thrilling week of horse racing. In typical fashion, the Cheltenham Festival ends with one of the toughest races of the week, this is a hugely competitive handicap, where many horses will head in thinking they have a chance. If you are looking at the last race as a race you need to find the winner to make a profit at Cheltenham, then good luck!

Looking back at the race over the past ten years, many horses have entered the race as strong favourites, potentially well handicapped and with the race as their season long target. Being just over two miles, this race is a great jumping test and the horses in this race need to be able to jump not only well, but quickly so they can keep up with the strong pace in the race. This also makes it a great race to watch, with plenty of drama and excitement throughout the race. Let's check our Cheltenham Grand Annual Tips!

Grand Annual Chase Tips – Day 4, 17:30

Favourites	Horse	Odds	Best Bookmaker	Triumph Hurdle Tips
#1	Gumball	14/1		Read Gumball Preview Here
#2	Apples Shakira	25/1		Read Apples Shakira Preview Here

2023 Cheltenham Grand Annual Chase Preview

In this race last season, Rock The World rounded off a great Cheltenham Festival for Jessica Harrington and Robbie Power. He stayed on well up the Cheltenham hill to take the final race of the meeting, and since then he has gone on to finish fourth in a Grade One and second in a Grade Three. This shows he was well handicapped at the time, and that is what you need in this race if you are to succeed, it is very competitive.

Looking further back, this race has gone to Ireland in three of the last five running’s, so make sure you take a look at their entries when they come out. However, no trainer has won the race more than once in the past ten years, making it difficult to pick out any trends to follow in the Grand Annual.

If you want to look out for one stable and the entries they have in the race then take a look at the yard of Nicky Henderson. He has only won the race once in the past ten years, but it is a race that he targets with many horses because it is named after his father. Johnny Henderson was one of a few people to realise the potential of the Cheltenham Festival and to safeguard the race course, he along with other members of the Jockey Club, bought the racecourse for £240,000 in the early 1960’s.

Grand Annual Chase Tips – Cheltenham 2023

Favourites	Horse	Odds	Best Bookmaker	Bet Now
#1	Gumball	14/1		Bet Now
#2	Apples Shakira	25/1		Bet Now

Grand Annual Chase Betting Odds

Cheltenham Grand Annual Chase Winners

With few stats to go on, it can be extremely difficult to pick out the possible Grand Annual Steeplechase winners at Cheltenham. Look out for a horse who can jump well, because they will need to jump at speed in this race. Also look for a horse that you believe is well handicapped and one that can leave this race and go on to bigger and better things.

Last 10 winners

Leading Trainers

Leading Jockeys

Cheltenham 2023 Grand Annual Chase Race Conditions

The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase is the traditional closer to the Cheltenham Festival and as you would expect, it is a terribly difficult race to solve as a punter. The race is ran over the distance of just over two miles, and combines a great test of speed and jumping ability.

The Cheltenham Grand Annual is a chase race and horses aged five years old and up can enter, meaning there will be a good spread of young up and coming horses, as well as some older experienced handicappers.