A five or six-year-old in the top six in the betting that finished or first or second last time out has won 23 of the last 25 runnings.
*The Irish have a good record having won 15 renewals since 1971. Four of them have come in the last 8 years with Willie Mullins resposible for the last two in the shape of Fiveforthree (2008) and Mikael D'Haguenet (2009).
*Nicky Henderson is 0-21 and only 2 of his runners since 1990 have finished any higher than tenth.
*Top six finishers in the previous season's Festival Bumper have a good record. Eleven have lined-up in the last 12 runnings, and three have won, whilst another three have been placed.
