{"id":46009,"date":"2025-03-04T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/?p=46009"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:17:01","slug":"joyeuse-supplemented-festival-mares-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/blog\/joyeuse-supplemented-festival-mares-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressive Newbury Winner Joyeuse Supplemented for Festival Mares Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Joyeuse\n

Nicky Henderson revealed his intention to supplement facile Newbury Premier Handicap heroine Joyeuse for the Festival Mares’ Hurdle on the opening day of Cheltenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the same family as the yard’s six-time Grade 1 winner and 2020 Champion Hurdle scorer Epatante, the lightly-raced six-year-old also runs in the colours of JP McManus. Joyeuse will now have her connections pay a \u00a34,800 supplementary fee to put her in the mares only race on Tuesday, 11 March at the penultimate declaration stage.<\/p>\n

Leading Irish owner McManus is no stranger to this process. Just last year, he forked out a far greater fee so Iberico Lord could run in the Champion Hurdle. Joyeuse followed in the hoofprints of that owner-stable companion by landing the big handicap hurdle at Newbury, best known in recent years as the Betfair Hurdle.<\/p>\n

The assessor hit her with a 15lb rise in the weights, prompting connections to try her in graded company. Joyeuse has previous experience of Cheltenham races<\/a> with a second on the New Course during a mares only handicap in December.<\/p>\n

She was unlucky that day after finding herself short of racing room coming down to the final flight. By the time Joyeuse was in the clear, Gordon Elliott’s Irish raider Wodhooh had the contest won.<\/p>\n

This course form has been franked in the meantime, not just by the runner-up but the third and fourth as well. Take No Chances lowered the colours of Kargese in the Grade 2 Warfield at Ascot, while Royale Margaux landed a Listed event around Warwick.<\/p>\n

Joyeuse Decision Receives Mixed Reaction from Bookies<\/h2>\n

It depends on who you wager with as to the available prices on Cheltenham betting sites<\/a> for the Mares’ Hurdle. Following the announcement by Henderson, Joyeuse was as shot as 5\/1 and as big as 12\/1.<\/p>\n

This year’s edition of the Mares’ Hurdle, registered as the David Nicholson, looks up for grabs. This is because of high-profile defections expected by Elliott with Brighterdaysahead and Willie Mullins’ Lossiemouth from the race to the Champion Hurdle.<\/p>\n