Cheltenham Festival Day 3 Tips 2025

Last year's Stayers' Hurdle winner Teahupoo
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The highlight on day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival is the Stayers' Hurdle when action switches to the new course and last year's impressive winner, Teahupoo, heads the market once again. Cheltenham Festival day 3 tips are available here as we pick out the best bets of the day.

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3.20 Ryanair Chase (Grade 1)

FACT TO FILE 5/4 (NAP)

Willie Mullins top class chaser remains open to some improvement after seven runs over fences, and he represents a confident selection coming here back down in trip under a much more positive ride. He was negatively ridden and shaped really well at the Dublin Racing festival in February, and a patient ride in a strongly run Ryanair can see him pounce late. This 2m4f trip on spring ground promises to suit ideally, and none of his rivals have the potential that he possesses (did plenty wrong when winning the Brown Advisory last year at the Festival).

4.40 TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

CREBILLY 8/1 (VALUE ANGLE)

Jonjo O’Neill’s chaser looked a shade unlucky not to land a wholesale plunge when finishing second in this race in 2024, finding the classy Shakem Up’arry getting first run but finishing strongly up the hill from miles off the pace. He has been lightly campaigned since by his astute connections, and seems sure to have been laid out for this race with conditions to suit under regular rider Jonjo O’Neill jnr.

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Vincent Finegan

Vincent, who lives on the Curragh in Co. Kildare, is the editor of irishracing.com and has almost 40 years experience in the horse racing industry. He writes a weekly blog on this website covering all aspects of the sport and presents our Irish Angle video show on Mondays. He is a dual winner of The Irish Field naps table.

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• Day 2 Cheltenham tips

• Day 4 Cheltenham tips

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• Cheltenham ante-post tips and trends