{"id":45434,"date":"2024-12-30T11:38:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/?p=45434"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:38:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:38:22","slug":"relkeel-hurdle-2025-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/blog\/relkeel-hurdle-2025-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Relkeel Hurdle Preview – Coral Cup & Dawn Run Winners Face Triumph Hurdle Third on New Year’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Golden\n

The Grade 2 Relkeel Hurdle headlines the New Year’s Day card at Cheltenham with a field of seven interesting runners declared. Two 2024 Festival winners return to Prestbury Park in Coral Cup hero Langer Dan and Dawn Run scorer Golden Ace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joining them in the line-up are Ultima Handicap Chase second Twig, who stays hurdling despite the Grand National being his target for the season, and Triumph Hurdle third Salver. Cheltenham regular Gowel Road and Coral Cup fourth Lucky Place also run, alongside Thunder Rock. In other words, the Relkeel Hurdle tests plenty of Festival form.<\/p>\n

Of the seven runners, the clear favourite among Cheltenham betting sites<\/a> is Jeremy Scott mare Golden Ace. She receives 4lb and upwards from the field all-round. Unbeaten in two starts at the track, it is easy to see why off these terms traders price up the market like that.<\/p>\n

Next to Golden Ace in the Cheltenham odds<\/a> for the Relkeel Hurdle is her Ascot Hurdle conqueror Lucky Place. Although meeting the mare off worse terms from their Berkshire encounter, trainer Nicky Henderson has four previous wins in this contest including with Marie’s Rock two years ago.<\/p>\n