Regaining a Champion Hurdle crown is rare. Only Comedy Of Errors (1973 and 1975) and Hurricane Fly (2011 and 2013) have managed it.
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Now he’s back and maybe back to his best. Two more victories over the winter, bringing his career score to a perfect 10, don’t prove that conclusively, but if Henderson says he is his old self again, that’s good enough for me.
Brighterdaysahead is a worthy challenger, having trounced State Man at Leopardstown over Christmas. The reigning champion hurdler surely had an off-day, but it was still compelling evidence that Gordon Elliott’s mare is up to giving Constitution Hill a hard time if he is anything other than in tip-top shape this afternoon.
Ah, State Man. Let’s not forget him. He has been brushed aside by both in an otherwise fabulous career, but he’s still a player at the top table and it’s not hard to visualise a scenario where Paul Townend, the shrewdest of tacticians, bides his time while the other two get on with it before pouncing late if or when they tire.
Cheltenham 2025 tips, day one
1.20pm William Munny 17-2 2pm Majborough 4-7 2.40pm Broadway Boy 15-2 3.20pm Take No Chances (Each-Way) 22-1 4pm Constitution Hill 8-13 4.40pm Stencil (Next Best) 11-2 5.20pm Hasthing (Best Bet) 14-1Odds correct on 10 March via Oddschecker
Who will reminisce about Lossiewhatsit winning the Mares’ thing over a racecourse pint even two years down the line? Istabraq and Persian War, meanwhile, are still part of the “who was the best hurdler you ever saw?” conversation 25 and 50 years on.
One way or another, though, Mullins is bound to again have a huge say in proceedings.
But there is some confidence behind the home team on this first day, not just in Constitution Hill and Skelton’s Arkle threat L’eau du Sud, but in the handicaps. Nigel Twiston-Davies’s Broadway Boy (Ultima Chase) and Jonjo O’Neill’s Hasthing (National Hunt Chase) are nicely tuned up to give the locals something to sing about.
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