This Saturday Big Bucks will attempt to become just the second nine year old since 1990 to win the Grade 2 three mile hurdle at Newbury.
Other trends indicate that he will maintain his remarkable winning sequence:
- 8 of the last 10 favourites have won the race
- 6 winners( (Inglis Drever (2), Baracouda, Deano’s Beeno and Big Bucks( 2) since 1999 came back to win the following year
- 9 of last 10 winners were rated 163+
Here is the Racing UK Preview:
Long Distance Hurdle Winners 2002-2011
| Year | Horse | Age | Jockey | Trainer | OR | SP | FOF |
| 2011 | Big Buck’s | 8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | 174 | 1-8 | 1 |
| 2010 | Big Buck’s | 7 | Tony McCoy | Paul Nicholls | 174 | 2-7 | 1 |
| 2009 | Big Buck’s | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | 174 | 2-5 | 1 |
| 2008 | Duc de Regniere | 6 | Tony McCoy | Nicky Henderson | 150 | 9-1 | PU |
| 2007 | Inglis Drever | 8 | Denis O’Regan | Howard Johnson | 168 | 15-8 | 1 |
| 2006 | Inglis Drever | 7 | Tony Dobbin | Howard Johnson | 163 | 15-8 | 1 |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | 6 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson | 163 | 8-13 | 1 |
| 2004 | Baracouda | 9 | Tony McCoy | François Doumen | 170 | 4-9 | 1 |
| 2003 | Baracouda | 8 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen | 170 | 4-9 | 1 |
| 2002 | Bacchanal | 8 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | 165 | 7-2 | 3 |
