Cheltenham Festival 2025 kicks off after the weekend with racing fans treated to 28 races, multiple Grade 1’s and a plethora of exciting battles.
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Cheltenham Festival 2025 tips
- SUPREME NOVICES’ HURDLE: Kopek Des Bordes 10/11
- ARKLE: Majborough 8/13
- CHAMPION HURDLE: Constitution Hill 1/2
- TURNERS NOVICES’ HURDLE: The New Lion 3/1
- CHAMPION CHASE: Jonbon 4/5
- GOLD CUP: Galopin Des Champs 1/2
Kopek Des Bordes
This five-year-old out of Willie Mullins yard is one of a few to really stand out this season as a potential future star and it’s no surprise he’s from the Irish trainer’s management.
The gelding is unbeaten in all three starts under rules including two hurdle starts which started on December 26th and then justified that potential with a significant victory at Leopardstown in the Grade 1 Ireland Novice Hurdle on February 4th.
It’s rare for a horse to go as short as this so early on for the Supreme as it’s a novices’ race there’s so many factors still to consider.
He beat Karniquet by 13 lengths going comfortably to win and that’s despite a few quirks and issues in the running, including being hampered slightly by a loose horse.
Majborough
This horse was 4/1 when Sir Gino was still in contention, but the Nicky Henderson-trained odds-on favourite for the Arkle has been ruled out of the season and potentially beyond with a long road to recovery.
As a result, the Willie Mullins-trained chaser has been hammered in to become the odds-on favourite himself.
Despite this being wide open with many uncertainties given it’s for novice chasers, Majborough has shown clear form ahead of the rest of his rivals and will be a popular bet of the festival amongst many accas, with Mullins always at the forefront of those at this festival.
Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill is going to be a legend of the sport and is already a super star having gone unbeaten in all of his 11 hurdle races.
He’s always comfortable winning the toughest races and has gone on to prove himself time and time again.
Many thought in 2023 he’d have his main competitor in State Man, but the Nicky Henderson-trained horse saw him off comfortably going on to win by nine lengths.
It’s rare in horse racing you get spoiled by a horse where you can just guess the distance he’ll win by rather than if they will win.
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The New Lion
It’s rare to be impressed so much by a hurdler who is then as high as 3/1 in the ante-post and not even favourite for The Baring Bingham, known as the Turner’s Novices’ Hurdle.
The six-year-old has emerged as the Skelton team have been incredibly impressive this year and could have a great Cheltenham Festival.
The New Lion appears to be strong in the market and now with non-runner no bets coming into play on talkSPORT BET, appeals even more for his price.
Jonbon
12 wins from 14 chase starts suggests this horse is still very underrated.
It could be to do with the manner in which he’s won not always winning fans over or perhaps his loss to El Fabiolo in the Arkle at Cheltenham Festival in 2023 is what sticks in punters’ minds.
But Jonbon has proved time and time again that even if his jumping isn’t always perfect he still somehow manages to win constantly.
A win over El Fabiolo in the Celebration Chase last April really confirmed his ability having suffered a shock loss in January at Cheltenham to Elixir De Nutz.
He’s won five in a row now and this season he’s been jumping better than ever.
Galopin Des Champs
At this point it’s only winning bets that you want so Galopin Des Champs to win this for the third straight year is the best for racing for sure.
You may be put off by the price but this field is even easier for Galopin Des Champs to win than his previous two, so it makes sense to add him either to single bets or multiples.
However, such a heavy odds-on price feels not worthwhile to some punters and they may be tempted to go for the market ‘betting without the favourite’ or to lengthen the odds on Galopin to win by a few lengths which is also a great option.
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