Champion Hurdle Betting Tips For The Cheltenham Festival
The Racing Post's Graeme Rodway has actually picked out his best option for the Champion Hurdle, as well as a horse that could be a shrewd each-way alternative at a double-figure rate.
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Champion Hurdle Betting Tips
16:00 Cheltenham - The New Lion @ 5/2
16:00 Cheltenham - Poniros @ 12/1
16:00 Cheltenham - The New Lion @ 5/2
The Champion Hurdle has actually been on the agenda for The New Lion since he sauntered home to land the Challow Hurdle at Newbury in December 2024 and his time has actually finally arrived.
The Dan Skelton-trained seven-year-old went on to land the Turners Novices' Hurdle over 2m5f at this conference in 2015, when he showed a devastating turn of foot to come from behind The Yellow Clay getting in the straight and win disappearing. That marked him down as a horse who has great deals of speed.
The New Lion has been looked after because then, running simply twice and both over 2m, a trip which looks particular to highlight the best in him. However, not whatever went right on his reappearance in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, when he fell at the 2nd last and was beaten by in 2015's winner of this race, Golden Ace.
It was back to the drawing board for the Skelton group, however they developed The New Lion back up and he showed no ill effects from that fall when once again displaying his trademark turn of speed to land the International Hurdle on Trials day at this course. He originated from last-to-first in a slowly run race then.
He beat Nemean Lion by only a length and a half, however is worth for a lot even more than that winning margin judging by his ending up sectionals. He ran the second-from-last furlong that day in a time of 12.91 seconds, which is rapid for a hurdler, and just won by a little margin because of the slow speed.
A much more powerful gallop in a Champion Hurdle will bring out all type of enhancement from The New Lion and this is his day. It's likewise the Skeltons' day and they can land their very first Champion Hurdle.
16:00 Cheltenham - Poniros @ 12/1
If there is a horse who might disturb the applecart at huge chances then it's most likely in 2015's Triumph Hurdle winner Poniros, who has actually run only twice given that and is open to the most improvement of any runner in the field. He is the youngest horse in the race and this will be just his 4th hurdle start.
Poniros won last season's Triumph on his hurdling launching, which is quite a feat, and it wasn't a weak race either. The runner-up Lulamba has actually since gone on to win multiple races over fences this season.
Lulamba got his revenge on Poniros at Punchestown, by my selection still ran a cracker to finish 2nd and he from the very best part of a year off the track to complete 3rd behind Brighterdaysahead at Leopardstown last month. He had a peaceful trip and didn't have a hard race.
A lot more buttons will be pushed this time and Poniros has actually currently shown that he is effective in a highly run race around this course. He might take a massive step forward following his run in the Irish Champion Hurdle and may quickly run into a location behind The New Lion, so is an each-way bet.
Tipster's Recent Winners
Graeme Rodway nailed two winners from three choices in his last column for bet365 readers and struck the layers with another double at Naas in the Racing Post on Wednesday.
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