{"id":27555,"date":"2025-01-01T08:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T08:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=27555"},"modified":"2025-01-01T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:04:19","slug":"relkeel-hurdle-2025-runners-and-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/relkeel-hurdle-2025-runners-and-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Relkeel Hurdle 2025 Runners and Trends As Golden Ace Heads Nine Cheltenham Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The standout race on New Year&#8217;s Day at Cheltenham is the Grade Two Relkeel Hurdle &#8211; where several Festival hopefuls will be at Prestbury Park in a bid to enhance their credentials for the big-four day meeting in March.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Relkeel Hurdle Runners See Golden Ace, Lucky Place, Salver and Langer Dan Entered<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just seven <strong>Relkeel Hurdle runners<\/strong> for the 2025 renewal at Cheltenham on New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211; but despite the small field we are still set for a decent renewal.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the small but select runners feature the only horse to have beaten recent Neville Hotels Hurdle winner Brighterdaysahead &#8211; <strong>Golden Ace<\/strong>, who is 2-from-2 at Cheltenham and landed the Mares&#8217; Novices&#8217; Hurdle at the Festival last term.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll be joined by <strong>Lucky Place<\/strong>, who was two lengths ahead of Golden Ace in the Ascot Hurdle back in November, plus Triumph Hurdle third <strong>Salver<\/strong>, the two-time Coral Cup winner <strong>Langer Dan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gowel Road<\/strong>, who has picked up three silvers at Cheltenham this season, <strong>Thunder Rock<\/strong> and<strong> Twig<\/strong> make up the seven Relkeel Hurdle runners for 2025 &#8211; in a race that cases can be made for the bulk of the line-up.<\/p>\n<p>The Relkeel Hurdle will also be part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/itv-racing-schedule-on-new-years-day-2025\/\">ITV Racing New Year&#8217;s Day schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Full Relkeel Hurdle Runners 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Lucky Place<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Langer Dan<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Salver<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Gowel Road<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Thunder Rock<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Twig<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Golden Ace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Relkeel Hurdle Trends and Stats 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>See below the key Relkeel Hurdle trends and stats to apply to the final runners on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>This will allow you to find the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/horse-racing\">horse racing<\/a> profiles of past of past winners of the Cheltenham race.<\/p>\n<p>Including 90% of the last 20 winners aged 8 or younger, 65% of the last 20 coming from the top three in the market with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus 16 of the last 20 having raced at Cheltenham before, while 40% of winners in the last 20 won last time out and also went to the favourite.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 18\/20 \u2013 Aged 8 or younger<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 18\/20 \u2013 Won by either a French (6) or Irish (12) bred<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 17\/20 \u2013 Raced within the last 6 weeks<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 16\/20 \u2013 Ran at Cheltenham before (note, 2021 running was at Kempton)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 16\/20 \u2013 Went on run in a race at the Cheltenham Festival (no winners)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 14\/20 \u2013 Won at least 4 times over hurdles<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 14\/20 \u2013 Won over at least 2m4f (hurdles)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 14\/20 \u2013 Priced 11\/2 or shorter in the betting<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 13\/20 \u2013 From the top 3 in the betting<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 12\/20 \u2013 Won at Cheltenham before<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 9\/20 \u2013 Went onto run in the Stayers\u2019 Hurdle later that season<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 8\/20 \u2013 Won last time out<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 8\/20 \u2013 Winning favourites<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 7\/20 \u2013 Raced at Cheltenham last time out<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 5\/20 \u2013 Trained by Nicky Henderson<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2 of the last 3 winners were Irish trained<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Bob Olinger (6\/4) won the race in 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Relkeel Hurdle 2025 Race Details<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Wednesday 1st January 2025<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 3:15pm <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Cheltenham<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd04Trip: 2m 4 1\/2f<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb7Winning Purse: <span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u00a3<\/span><\/span>39,865<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV \/ Racing TV<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who Was Relkeel The Horse?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Relkeel Hurdle is named after the horse <strong>Relkeel<\/strong>, who was trained for much of his career by David<em> &#8216;Duke&#8217;<\/em> Nicholson, before running his final four races for Alan King in 1999 and 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Relkeel&#8217;s career started in 1993 in a NH Flat race at Huntingdon, when finishing third, but won his next start at Towcester &#8211; on what was his first try over hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know, trainer Martin Keighley rode Relkeel in his first ever race?<\/p>\n<p>He went onto win five times at Cheltenham &#8211; including taking Bula Hurdle three times &#8211; which is now called the International Hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>However, he only ran at the Cheltenham Festival once &#8211; finishing 9th to Istabraq in the 1998 Champion Hurdle, which was his only defeat at Prestbury Park.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Relkeel Won 57% Of His Career Runs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In total, Relkeel won 12 of his 21 career starts &#8211; with his final win when trained by Alan King in the 1999 Bula Hurdle &#8211; which was his third win in the race, having also won the 1998 renewal.<\/p>\n<p>Jockeys Richard Johnson and Adrian Maguire rode Relkeel in the bulk of his races &#8211; with Johnson winning on him twice, Maguire winning on him nine times.<\/p>\n<p>The only other jockey to win on Relkeel was Richard Dunwoody, who rode him to his first of five Cheltenham wins back in 1994 &#8211; which was his only ride on the horse.<\/p>\n<p>Relkeel raced until he was aged 11 &#8211; with his final race when unplaced in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Kempton on February 25th 2000. He died aged 17 in 2006.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH: Relkeel Winning The 1997 Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"1997 Bula Hurdle Relkeel\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXfNq-ArGTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Recent Relkeel Hurdle Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2024 &#8211; Bob Olinger (6\/4 fav)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2023 &#8211; Marie&#8217;s Rock (11\/2)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2022 &#8211; Stormy Ireland (4\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2021 &#8211; McFabulous (10\/11 fav)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2020 &#8211; Summerville Boy (10\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2019 &#8211; Midnight Shadow (8\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2018 &#8211; Wholestone (9\/4 jfav)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2017 &#8211; Agrapart (16\/1)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2016 &#8211; Camping Ground (10\/1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Bob Olinger Winning The 2024 Relkeel Hurdle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"6 Race G 2 Cheltenham 1st January 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IlXr8rnzgTM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The standout race on New Year&#8217;s Day at Cheltenham is the Grade Two Relkeel Hurdle &#8211; where several Festival hopefuls will be at Prestbury Park in a bid to enhance their credentials for the big-four day meeting in March. 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