CHELTENHAM TIPS FOR DAY 1 OF THE 2021 FESTIVAL
Cheltenham tips for Champion Hurdle Day, Tuesday, March 16
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1.20pm - Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle
Willie Mullins trains the favourite for the very first race on the card this year in
APPRECIATE IT (7/4) who should win to get punters off to a good start from their sofas. His only defeats for Willie Mullins came on debut back in 2019 at Fairyhouse and at Cheltenham last year when his colours were lowered by Ferny Hollow in the Champion Bumper. Since then, he has looked iron clad over hurdles, winning three from three, including at the Dublin Racing Festival in February where he stamped his authority on a good field which included Ballyadam, currently third in the betting market for this race. If 7/4 is too short for you from a betting perspective,
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Honeysuckle and Epatante, the two superstar mares at the head of the betting for the Unibet Champion Hurdle, have both been declared for the feature race on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.
Goshen, aiming for redemption after his final-hurdle heartbreak in the Triumph Hurdle last year, is also declared with a field of ten set to go to post for one of the most anticipated races of the meeting.
The remainder of the British challenge comes from Epatante’s Christmas Hurdle conqueror Silver Streak – lining up in his third Champion Hurdle – and the Hughie Morrison-trained Not So Sleepy.
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Cheltenham 2021 kicks off on Tuesday, March 16
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Spectators are such a big part of Cheltenham but the famous roar as the tape drops for the Supreme Novices Hurdle on Day 1 will have to come from our own front rooms. The festival will take place behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions but Irish horses will be able to travel and they will present formidable opposition for the UK charges.
Currently, Willie Mullins trains half of the ante-post favourites across the 28 races of the festival for 2021. The Carlow handler has already stood on the winners podium 72 times at Prestbury Park, including to pick up the coveted Gold Cup in the last two years with Al Boum Photo.
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