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Our Cheltenham Festival Day 3 tips include two top-class races – the Ryanair Chase and the Stayers’ Hurdle. Find our selections, special offers, racecards and key information for Thursday’s action below.
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Majborough is a very warm order for the Arkle but the last 5yo to win it was way back in 2000 and we are going for the more experienced runner here. L’eau Du Sud has winning experience over the Arkle course and distance, is two years older and is unbeaten over fences. He’s the value play.
He started the season off slowly, but last year’s winner of the race is gradually getting back to the top and looked as good as ever when beating Djelo by 23 lengths over 2m6f at Windsor last time. Djelo since bolted up in the Denman Chase! If the horse that won this last year turns up, he should win.
Joseph O’Brien has got Home By The Lee back to his very best this season, winning the Lismullen Hurdle before landing a Grade 1 at Leopardstown’s Christmas festival. He can lay down a huge challenge to hot favourite Teahupoo.
Unbeaten in four starts between the Flat and hurdles, Hello Neighbour is a huge talent with a huge engine and although visually he doesn’t win by far, he idles once he hits the front. He can be very keen but the hood helped him to settle when winning a Grade 1 at the Dublin Racing Festival. His challenge will have to be timed right but he should come there swinging off the bridle and as long as he doesn’t hit the front too soon, he should take beating.
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He started the season off slowly, but last year’s winner of the race is gradually getting back to the top and looked as good as ever when beating Djelo by 23 lengths over 2m6f at Windsor last time. Djelo since bolted up in the Denman Chase! If the horse that won this last year turns up, he should win.
Joseph O’Brien has got Home By The Lee back to his very best this season, winning the Lismullen Hurdle before landing a Grade 1 at Leopardstown’s Christmas festival. He can lay down a huge challenge to hot favourite Teahupoo.
Another relatively new race at the festival is the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. Now in its ninth year, this race could be seen as an indictment for British horse racing in recent years with Ireland winning the the first six in a row. The man largely responsible for those was Willie Mullins who had won every single running of the race until Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore teamed up with Telmesomethinggirl who won impressively despite leaning left on the run in 2021. Harry Fry finally got one on the board for the Brits in 2022 with Love Envoi and Jamie Snowden managed to further improve that record with You Wear It Well putting in a brilliant performance to win unchallenged from the front. British trainer Jeremy Scott won the race in 2024 with Golden Ace.
The Ryanair Chase is always a tough racefor antepost punters, and after Protektorat’s surprise win in the race in 2024, we could be in for a very competitive renewal.
The Stayers’ Hurdle is a race where favourites had great success up until 2019 with five of the previous ten winners all heading the market. However, three of those are credited to the legendary Big Bucks and Paul Nicholls who trained him to an unbelievable four-timer between 2009 and 2012. That trend has been bucked slightly with winners returning at 12/1, 50/1 and 33/1 in the last few years but Teahupoo justified favouritism to win the race in 2024.
Three handicaps on the card are typically competitive, the Pertemps particularly given the qualifying process for running in the race. Amateur riders are once again in the spotlight for the Kim Muir, a race in which many will be looking towards the rides of the top amateur riders for clues. Then there is the Festival Plate, a really competitive contest.
Our Thursday Cheltenham tips will cover all these races in fantastic detail, so make sure to check out this page regularly for our latest predictions. If you’re looking for tips for other days please check back to the Cheltenham Festival homepage.
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