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Cheltenham Festival 2025 tips and full race card for Day Three - a list of Thursday's runners
Mar 12, 2025
The Stayers' Hurdle is the feature race of Day Three at the Cheltenham Festival with Gordon Elliott's Teahupoo bidding to retain his crown
After the drama of Day One, Day Two at the Cheltenham Festival was an emotional one as Marine Nationale and Jazzy Matty won back-to-back races.
The pair had given Michael O’Sullivan a memorable opening day double in 2023. On Wednesday, both horses came home in front at Cheltenham just one month on from the Cork native’s tragic passing.
Marine Nationale’s victory over Jonbon was the second upset of the week in feature race and last year’s winner Teahupoo will be hoping to buck that trend when he bid to defend his Stayers’ Hurdle crown.
The Ryanair Chase will be as keenly-contested as ever with the Willie Mullins-trained Fact To File opting to take his chance here rather than face stablemate Galopin Des Champs in Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Here's a list of the runners and riders, as well as our selections for each race. . .
1.20 PM Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle 2m 179y
Air Of Entitlement Age: 6 Weight: 11-4 J: Rachael Blackmore T: H De Bromhead Form: 311-71
Aurora Vega Age: 7 Weight: 11-4 J: P Townend T: W P Mullins Form: 4-31P11
Bluey Age: 6 Weight: 11-4 J: Ben Jones T: Miss E C Lavelle Form: 11-4121
Brendas Asking Age: 7 Weight: 11-4 J: Thomas Bellamy T: K Bailey & M Nicholls Form: 2-P1325
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