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\nAll seven runners in the Brown Advisory Novices Chase of 2025 at the Cheltenham Festival are Irish raiders. Such an approach from the home team hurts their hopes of wresting the Prestbury Cup back from the Emerald Isle.<\/strong><\/p>\n What has most trainers on side of the Irish Sea running scared, however, is the presence of Ballyburn. A breathless and facile winner of the Baring Bingham on the Style Wednesday Cheltenham race card<\/a> 12 months ago, he is one of four lining up here for Willie Mullins.<\/p>\n Ballyburn found Kempton Park too tight and sharp a test for his liking over Christmas, but has since completely rehabilitated himself stepping up in trip. A ready winner of a 2m 5f Grade 1 novice chase during the Dublin Racing Festival last time out, he tackles an even longer distance now.<\/p>\n The Brown Advisory Novices Chase in 2025 looks very much as though it takes place on a sound surface. No problem for Ballyburn, who began life under Rules running in yielding and good ground bumpers. For most punters, then, he looks one of the more solid Cheltenham favourites<\/a> at the Festival this year.<\/p>\n