Cheltenham Festival 2025 Tips - March 11-14

Newspaper Racing Tips - Final Demand, Ballyburn and Jonbon the tipster's day two treble

Jon Vine

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Last updated: 12 Mar 2025

Jon Vine 12 Mar 2025

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Newspaper tips for day two of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival
Jonbon is fancied to win the Champion Hurdle
Final Demand and Ballyburn are also popular picks with the tipsters

Nico de Boinville riding Jonbon (green/gold) clear the last to win The Shloer Chase at Cheltenham. (Getty)

Newspaper Tips

Tom Segal Tips (Pricewise Tips)
Paul Kealy Tips (Racing Post)
Hugh Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)
Declan Rix Tips (AtTheRaces)
Lawrence Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)
Anthony Ennis Tips (AtTheRaces)
Timeform Tips
Matt Chapman Tips (ITV Racing)
Mick Fitzgerald Tips (ITV Racing)
Ruby Walsh Tips (ITV Racing)
Kevin Blake Tips (Betfair Blog)
Daryl Carter Tips (Betfair Blog)
Katie Midwinter Tips (Betfair Blog)
Rob Wright Tips (The Times)
Steve Ryder Tips (Robin Goodfellow Tips)
Templegate Tips (The Sun)
David Yeats (Newsboy Tips)
Greg Wood Tips (The Guardian)

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival continues on Wednesday and viewers have got another excellent card to take in on Ladies' Day. I've taken a look through the world of horse racing media to find out which horses the major media tipsters are backing on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.

Cheltenham Day 2 Card

Time	Wednesday Races	Status	Distance
13:20	Turners Novices' Hurdle	Grade One	2m 5f
14:00	Brown Advisory Novices' Chase	Grade One	3m
14:40	Coral Cup	Grade Three Handicap	2m 5f
15:20	Cross Country Chase	Class Two Handicap	3m 6f
16:00	Champion Chase	Grade One	2m
16:40	Grand Annual Chase	Grade Three Handicap	2m
17:20	Champion Bumper	Grade One	2m

Cheltenham 2025 Day 2 Tips - Newspaper Tips Round-Up

Tom Segal Tips (Pricewise Tips)

2.00 Gorgeous Tom

2.40 Be Aware & Ike Sport

4.40 Jazzy Matty

5.20 Bambino Fever

Paul Kealy Tips (Racing Post)

1.20 Potters Charm

2.40 Jimmy Du Seuil & Beat The Bat

3.20 The Goffer

4.40 Jazzy Matty & Primoz

Hugh Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)

2.40 Be Aware

4.40 Jazzy Matty & Unexpected Party

Declan Rix Tips (AtTheRaces)

2.40 Impose Toi

4.40 General Medrano

Lawrence Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Better Days Ahead

3.20 Chemical Energy

Anthony Ennis Tips (AtTheRaces)

2.40 Impose Toi

3.00 Busselton

4.00 Unexpected Party

Timeform Tips

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Be Aware

3.20 Stumptown

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 Gameofinches

Matt Chapman Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Ballyadam

3.20 Mister Coffey

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 Kalypso'chance

Mick Fitzgerald Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Dancing City

2.40 Be Aware

3.20 Busselton

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 El Cairos

Ruby Walsh Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Bunting

3.20 Vanillier

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Third Time Lucki

5.20 Copacabana

Kevin Blake Tips (Betfair Blog)

2.40 Comfort Zone

3.20 Busselton

4.40 Third Time Lucki

Daryl Carter Tips (Betfair Blog)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Be Aware

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party & Dancing On My Own

5.20 Kalypso'chance

Katie Midwinter Tips (Betfair Blog)

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Al Gasparo & Lossiemouth

3.20 Iwilldoit & Chemical Energy

4.40 Jazzy Matty

5.20 Shuttle Diplomacy

Rob Wright Tips (The Times)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Quai De Bourbon

2.40 Samui

3.20 Vanillier

4.00 Marine Nationale

4.40 Third Time Lucki

5.20 El Cairos

Steve Ryder Tips (Robin Goodfellow Tips)

1.20 The Yellow Clay

2.00 Dancing City

2.40 Impose Toi

3.20 Busselton

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 Bambino Fever

Templegate Tips (The Sun)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Gorgeous Tom

2.40 Comfort Zone

3.20 Busselton

4.00 Solness

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 Bambino Fever

David Yeats (Newsboy Tips)

1.20 The New Lion

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Beat The Bat

3.20 Late Night Pass

4.00 Solness

4.40 JPR One

5.20 Kalypso'chance

Greg Wood Tips (The Guardian)

1.20 Final Demand

2.00 Ballyburn

2.40 Beat The Bat

3.20 Stumptown

4.00 Jonbon

4.40 Unexpected Party

5.20 Bambino Fever

Verdict

Cheltenham Day 2 Top Newspaper Tips:

Final Demand

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