Cheltenham Festival – Day 1 – Champions Day

The excitement is building and it’s the first day of Cheltenham. The main race comes at 15:30 The Champions Hurdle.

Buveur Dair and Apples Jade are currently leading the market at 15/8 with Laurina at 7/2

The tip is for Buveur Dair and Nicky Henderson to defend his Champion crown.

As an outsider keep an eye out for Samcro

We kick off with the Supreme Novices Hurdle at 13:30 where the betting is tight and the outright FAV at 3/1 in AL Dancer, followed closely by Fakir Doudairies and Angel Breath.

The tip though is ELIXIR DE NUTZ at 7/1

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As for the Arkle challenge trophy the one to watch is LALOR at 3/1

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The final race of the day is the National Hunt Chase which is actually the second oldest race at the festival. This is also the longest race going 4 miles. You want a stayer in a race like this .So OK CORRAL looks the one to beat here at 3/1