Cheltenham Festival 2025 Tips - March 11-14

Newspaper Racing Tips - The four favourites fancied on day one at Cheltenham

Jon Vine

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Last updated: 11 Mar 2025

Jon Vine 11 Mar 2025

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Newspaper tips for day one of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival
Constitution Hill is fancied to win the Champion Hurdle
Kopek Des Bordes, Majborough and Lossiemouth are also popular picks with the tipsters

Paul Townend clears the last on board Lossiemouth to win The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle. (Getty)

Cheltenham Day 1 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 begins this afternoon and viewers have got an excellent card to enjoy on Champions 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 1 Card

Time	Tuesday Races	Status	Distance
13:20	Supreme Novices' Hurdle	Grade One	2m
14:00	Arkle Challenge Trophy	Grade One	2m
14:40	Ultima Handicap Chase	Grade Three Handicap	3m
15:20	Mares' Hurdle	Grade One	2m 4f
16:00	Champion Hurdle	Grade One	2m
16:40	Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle	Grade Three Handicap	2m
17:20	National Hunt Chase	Grade Two Handicap	3m 6f

Cheltenham 2025 Day 1 Tips - Newspaper Tips Round-Up

Tom Segal Tips (Pricewise Tips)

2.40 Crebilly & Grandeur D'Ame

3.20 Joyeuse

5.20 Now Is The Hour

Paul Kealy Tips (Racing Post)

1.20 Romeo Coolio

2.40 Myretown & Malina Girl

4.40 Stencil

5.20 Transmission & Jupiter Allen

Hugh Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)

2.40 Sequestered & The Short Go

4.40 Beyond Your Dreams & Liam Swagger

Declan Rix Tips (AtTheRaces)

1.20 Workahead

2.00 Touch Me Not

3.20 Kala Conti

4.40 Stencil

Lawrence Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)

1.20 Tripoli Flyer

2.40 Myretown

Anthony Ennis Tips (AtTheRaces)

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Makborough

2.40 Whistle Stop Tour

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.40 Stencil

5.20 Haiti Couleurs

Timeform Tips

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Katate Dori

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Puturhandstogether

5.20 Haiti Couleurs

Matt Chapman Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Jango Baie

2.40 Henry's Friend & Happygolucky

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Hot Fuss

5.20 Transmission

Mick Fitzgerald Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Romeo Coolio

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Broadway Boy

3.20 July Flower

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Stencil

5.20 Transmission

Ruby Walsh Tips (ITV Racing)

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Whistle Stop Tour

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Brighterdaysahead

4.40 Beyond Your Dreams

5.20 Resplendent Grey

Kevin Blake Tips (Betfair Blog)

2.40 Crebilly

4.40 Beyond Your Dreams

5.20 Hasthing

Daryl Carter Tips (Betfair Blog)

1.10 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Katate Dori

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Puturhandstogether

5.20 No Time To Wait

Katie Midwinter Tips (Betfair Blog)

1.20 Tripoli Flyer

2.40 Henry's Friend & The Short Go

3.20 Kala Conti

4.40 Beyond Your Dreams

5.20 Now Is The Hour

Rob Wright Tips (The Times)

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Whistle Stop Tour

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Liam Swagger

5.20 Gericault Roque

Steve Ryder Tips (Robin Goodfellow Tips)

1.20 Workahead

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Broadway Boy

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Beyond Your Dreams

5.20 Haiti Couleurs

Templegate Tips (The Sun)

1.20 Workahead

2.00 Majborough

2.40 Broadway Boy

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Stencil

5.20 Transmission

David Yeats (Newsboy Tips)

1.20 Romeo Coolio

2.00 L'Eau Du Sud

2.40 Malina Girl

3.20 Jade De Grugy

4.00 Constitution Hill

4.40 Teriferma

5.20 Hasthing

Greg Wood Tips (The Guardian)

1.20 Kopek Des Bordes

2.00 L’Eau Du Sud

2.40 Sequestered

3.20 Lossiemouth

4.00 Brighterdaysahead

4.40 Liam Swagger

5.20 Now Is The Hour

Verdict

Cheltenham Day 1 Top Newspaper Tips:

Kopek Des Bordes

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Majborough

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Lossiemouth

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Constitution Hill

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