Tuesday Cheltenham Festival ante-post tips and best bets

talkSPORT have you covered with horse racing tips looking at the best bets on every day of Cheltenham Festival, starting off with Day 1 of the meeting on Tuesday 10th March.

talkSPORT’s horse racing tipster Tom Lunn has gone through the racecard, form, going, race replays, and much more to help guide your horse racing betting at Cheltenham Festival.

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Cheltenham Festival Tuesday Ante-Post Tips

• 1.20, Supreme Novices’ Hurdle: Old Park Star 5/2 & Mydaddypaddy 8/1 each-way (1pt each)
• 2.00, Arkle: Lulamba 7/4 (1pt)
• 2.40, Fred Winter Hurdle: The Mighty Celt 28/1
• 3.20, Ultima: Iroko 13/2 each-way (1pt)
• 4.00, Champion Hurdle: Lossiemouth 2/1

Old Park Star & Mydaddypaddy

Nicky Henderson has had some real misfortune with his horses in recent years, in general too not just at Cheltenham Festival, with fallers, refusing to race and a litany of injuries and illnesses.

But he’s back with a bang this year and now has the favourite for the Supreme.

Akin to 2021 when he had Constitution Hill as a 9/4 shot in the Supreme and we all know how that ended.

Old Park Star is his star this season and he’s proven to be a beast already, hard to ignore.

I’d also like a punt each-way on Mydaddypaddy who I highlighted as a horse to watch this year.

He’s won twice well, and finished second last time out but I think still has more to offer going forward.

Lulamba

It would be a huge occasion for the Brits if they take the first two races at Cheltenham Festival and that seems to be the current forecast given the odds.

But for Lulamba to win he will have to beat Kopek Des Bordes.

Both horses look absolutely incredible, Lulamba has now proven his potential over fences but Kopek Des Bordes has had just one run over fences when 2/9 at Navan in November.

But he won the Supreme last year in great fashion and there’s always that thought of not wanting to go against Willie Mullins at the festival.

Just on the evidence of this season so far and Kopek’s poor run two starts ago, the consistency of Lulamba just swings it for me.

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The Mighty Celt

The Fred Winter is a tough race to call and that’s been evidenced in the winners of this race in previous years – with just one favourite winning in any of the last ten renewals.

With two 33/1 victors, an 80/1 surprise in 2021 and a 25/1 winner in 2015 – this race could go a variety of ways with juveniles either relishing this big occasion or not quite living up to the expectations of their potential just yet.

Almost all runners have some kind of winning form this season or the last, which doesn’t narrow it down as previous winners have never won before Cheltenham, but did place.

One that might surprise each-way is The Mighty Celt for the Skeltons, the grey was nudged down 3lb after his British debut at Haydock.

But it has to be said he’s got potential for much more on his second run here, having been gelded and having a wind op in November and could really start to see the benefits of all these now he’s got the experience from last month.

Iroko

Iroko is set for this Cheltenham Festival run ahead of his attempt at the Grand National as the current favourite.

He follows in the footsteps of the likes of Corach Rambler who won so well at Cheltenham before going on to win the Grand National in 2023, so is worth following the money here.

He’s around 7/1 on the ante-post price currently but likely won’t be anywhere near that on the day or after more declarations are made.

Lossiemouth

The New Lion is the big favourite for the feature on the first day of Cheltenham Festival.

But that was since Constitution Hill was ruled out of jumps racing and so that leaves this Champion Hurdle wide open and if anything just as exciting with chances from all across the field.

One that stands out to me though is the ever consistent and tough mare Lossiemouth owned by Rich Ricci and trained by Willie Mullins.

This mare has Cheltenham form, Festival form and Grade 1 hurdle form to back her claims as a 7/2 shot and certainly won’t be shying away from the challenge.

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Tom Lunn’s Horse Racing Profit & Loss

• From October ’25: 26.15pts
• From March ’25: +96.28pts
• From May ’24: +266.66pts
• From Oct ’23: +306.13pts

All odds correct at time of writing

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