{"id":46046,"date":"2025-03-13T09:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/?p=46046"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:20:33","slug":"stayers-hurdle-2025-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/blog\/stayers-hurdle-2025-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Stayers Hurdle 2025 Preview – Teahupoo Trying to Retain Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The talking heads on the Cheltenham Festival preview circuit have been pretty lukewarm about firm favourite Teahpuoo in the Stayers Hurdle of 2025 despite him winning the race comfortably 12 months ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n Lightly campaigned and trained to peak in the spring by Gordon Elliott, what’s not to like? Not for him the winter slogs of the Long Walk at Ascot, Christmas Hurdle or Galmoy Hurdle in Ireland, and Cleeve Hurdle on Festival Trials Day.<\/p>\n Cullentra House has saddled the last two winners of the Stayers Hurdle. Aged eight, Teahupoo is by far the most likely, according to Cheltenham betting sites<\/a>, to mount a successful defence of the three-mile crown.<\/p>\n It’s not as though multiple victories in modern renewals of the race since its revival in 1972 are uncommon either. Crimson Embers, Galmoy himself, Baracouda, Inglis Drever, Big Buck’s and Flooring Porter all triumphed at least twice.<\/p>\n So, why the cold feet about Teahupoo adding his name to those and landing the Stayers Hurdle in 2025 again? Quicker going apart, experts don’t really have a reason, they just have feelings he might get beat.<\/p>\n