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Cheltenham Festival Day 1 Tips 2025
Willie Mullins Closutton Stables State Man and groom Rachael Robbins
Photo Healy RacingAnticipation, excitement and suspense are at their highest among the racing fraternity on day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival when the very best hurdlers go head to head along with up and coming superstars and hardened handicappers.
Find Cheltenham day 1 tips right here and see more expert Cheltenham Festival tips here to discover which horses can make a splash in the big races of the day.
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Cheltenham Day 1 NAP and Value Bet from Stephen Harris
2.40 Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
Race conditions: £150,000 | 3m1f | 20 fences | Old CourseBROADWAY BOY 10/1 (VALUE ANGLE)
Nigel Twiston-Davies ultra consistent chaser might be more exposed than some of these rivals, but he has plenty of vital Cheltenham experience in the book and will relish the emphasis on stamina that a strongly run Ultima seems sure to provide. He revels in good ground, jumps soundly and seems sure to be staying on strongly up the final climb to home under regular rider Sam Twiston-Davies.
5.20 National Hunt Chase (Grade 2)
Race conditions: £200,000 | 3m5f | 13 fences | Old CourseCAPTAIN CODY 7/1 (NAP)
Willie Mullins dual winning hurdler has been in pretty deep at big prices in warm company so far in this sphere, and his unexposed chaser has been in the notebook for this marathon test all winter. He is a smooth travelling sound jumper, and the demands of this 3m5f test should suit ideally if he can settle into a rhythm under a typically patient ride. There is loads more improvement to come upped in trip on just his fourth start over fences, and he was a huge eyecatcher when finishing strongly into third behind Three Card Brag at Navan last time out.
More Cheltenham Festival tips
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