{"id":46127,"date":"2025-03-12T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/?p=46127"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:02:21","slug":"triumph-hurdle-2025-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheltenhambettingsites.co.uk\/blog\/triumph-hurdle-2025-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph Hurdle 2025 Preview – Course Form of East India Dock & Potential of Lulamba on Display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After consecutive years of Irish winners, the Triumph Hurdle of 2025 may go to the home team if the betting has it right. At the top of the market for the four-year-olds only Grade 1 at Cheltenham on Friday, 14 March are two British hopefuls.<\/strong><\/p>\n East India Dock is the latest in a string of Flat converts sent jumping by owners the Gredley Family. He arrives at the Festival off the back of two victories for James Owen in official Grade 2 trials for the race held here earlier in the season.<\/p>\n On both occasions, East India Dock ran out a most impressive winner, storming well clear up the famous hill. That course form alone should be enough for him to be one of the clear Cheltenham favourites<\/a> on Gold Cup day. Nothing is ever that simple, though, is it?<\/p>\n Standing in the way of East India Dock in the Triumph Hurdle of 2025 is the talented and unexposed Lulamba for the Nicky Henderson stable. Nothing like as exposed as his main market rival, he made a very taking British debut when scoring on the bridle around Ascot.<\/p>\n