{"id":37172,"date":"2025-03-10T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=37172"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:46:22","slug":"champion-hurdle-trends-cheltenham-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/champion-hurdle-trends-cheltenham-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"83% Champion Hurdle Trend Brighterdaysahead Must Overcome To Beat Constitution Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are debating taking on the red-hot Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill with talented mare Brighterdaysahead – you might want to think again. This is because there is a BIG 83% Champion Hurdle trend that last season’s Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle runner-up will need to overcome first.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can also see Andy Newton’s best Cheltenham bets and hot stats<\/a> for ALL the DAY ONE<\/strong> Festival races.<\/p>\n

83% Of The Last 24 Champion Hurdle Winners Had Raced In The Last 60 Days
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Of the Champion Hurdle trends<\/strong> listed below, there are, of course, many that the Gordon Elliott-trained Brighterdaysahead ticks.<\/p>\n

Like winning last time out – just like 35 of the last 41 winners did.<\/p>\n

However, there is a big stat that this exciting mare will need to overcome.<\/p>\n

This Champion Hurdle trend in question for the day two Cheltenham Festival<\/a> feature surrounds having had a run that calendar year.<\/p>\n

In short – horses that HAVE HAD a run in either January or February before heading to the festival in March.<\/p>\n

Since 2000, ONLY FOUR<\/strong> winners of the Champion Hurdle HADN’T raced that same year.<\/p>\n

Something the Gordon Elliott-trained Brighterdaysahead<\/strong> will also need to overcome if she’s to topple the 2023 hero Constitution Hill – who is the favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK.<\/a><\/p>\n

Only Constitution Hill (2023), Epatante (2020), Faugheen (2015) <\/strong>and Rock On Ruby (2012)<\/strong> have won the Champion Hurdle off this lay-off.<\/p>\n

Brighterdaysahead Last Ran 72 Days Ago On 29th December 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n

See below the last run by Brighterdaysahead<\/strong>, which was a facile success in the Neville Hotels Hurdle at Leopardstown – with the 2024 Champion Hurdle winner State Man well back.<\/p>\n

This run will be 72 days ago by the time the Champion Hurdle comes around on Tuesday 11th March – meaning she’ll be looking to become only the fifth horse since 2000 to win having NOT raced that season year.<\/p>\n

We’ve listed the last 24 Champion Hurdle winners and their last races below.<\/p>\n