{"id":37431,"date":"2025-03-01T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=37431"},"modified":"2025-03-01T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T08:35:41","slug":"morebattle-hurdle-runners-and-cheltenham-festival-bonus-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/morebattle-hurdle-runners-and-cheltenham-festival-bonus-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Morebattle Hurdle Runners Chasing The \u00a3100k Cheltenham Bonus and Their Festival Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This Saturday&#8217;s bet365 Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso racecourse in Scotland carries a first prize of \u00a361k &#8211; however, for the winning connections there is a bigger carrot dangling &#8211; which is a cool \u00a3100k bonus should the winning horse go into land ANY race at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We take a look at the 18 runners that will be chasing the Morebattle Hurdle bonus in 2025 &#8211; and which ones hold entries at Cheltenham.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Shunter Scooped The Morebattle Hurdle Bonus In 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It was only four years ago when we saw trainer Emmet Mullins shrewdly plot<strong> The Shunter<\/strong> to win the 2021 <strong>Morebattle Hurdle<\/strong> at Kelso and then 12 days later go onto win the Plate Handicap Chase at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/cheltenham-festival-2025-dates-race-times-tv-and-new-running-order\/\"><strong>Cheltenham Festival<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, the horse scooped the \u00a3100k bonus for his then owner Paul Byrne, who actually went onto sell the horse to top Irish owner JP McManus.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the Plate Handicap Chase is one of just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jp-mcmanus-cheltenham-festival-winners\/\">five Cheltenham races that JP McManus is yet to win<\/a> &#8211; if only he&#8217;d bought Thee Shunter a month earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Trainer Emmet Mullins is back for <em>&#8216;more-battle&#8217;<\/em> in 2025 too as he sends over his recent Dublin Racing Festival winner <strong>Vischio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Danny Mullins rides and the horse also has entries in the Coral Cup, County Hurdle and Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys&#8217; Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n<p>In a competitive-looking renewal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>, make Vischio one of the market leaders.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Paddy_Power_Plate_2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZzxG-e7HykQ?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<p>Simonsig won the Morebattle Hurdle in 2012 and went onto win the Turners&#8217; Novices&#8217; Hurdle (Baring Bingham).<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s unclear if the bonus was in place back then.<\/p>\n<p>While other Kelso winners that went close at the Festival were Peddlers Cross (2011, 2nd Champion Hurdle) and We Have A Dream (2019, 2nd County Hurdle).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Morebattle Hurdle 2025 Race Details<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 1st March 2025<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 3:30pm <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Kelso<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd04Trip: 2m<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb7Winning Purse: <span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u00a3<\/span><\/span>61,728<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV \/ RTV<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Morebattle Hurdle Runners 2025 and Their Cheltenham Entries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are 18 entries for Saturday&#8217;s 2025 Morebattle Hurdle.<\/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> Favour And Fortune &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Tellherthename &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Alnilam &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Vischio &#8211; County Hurdle, Martin Pipe, Coral Cup<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Cracking Rhapsody &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Milldam &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Aucunrisque &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Petrol Head &#8211; County Hurdle, Martin Pipe, Coral Cup<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Slugger &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Gentleman Bill &#8211; County Hurdle, Martin Pipe, Coral Cup<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Ginger Mail &#8211; No entries<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Florida Dream &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Cormier &#8211; County Hurdle, Martin Pipe, Coral Cup<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Here Comes Georgie &#8211; No entries<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Wilful &#8211; County Hurdle<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Old Gregorian &#8211; No entries<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> N&#8217;Golo &#8211; No entries<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Rock House &#8211; No entries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>When Is The Cheltenham Festival 2025?<\/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> \ud83c\udfc7Tuesday 11th March 2025: Day 1 &#8211; Champion Day<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> \ud83c\udfc7Wednesday 12th March 2025: Day 2 &#8211; Style Wednesday<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> \ud83c\udfc7Thursday 13th March 2025: Day 3 &#8211; St Patrick&#8217;s Thursday<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> \ud83c\udfc7Friday 14th March 2025: Day 4 &#8211; Gold Cup Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Morebattle Hurdle Winners (Last 10 Years)<\/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; Cracking Rhapsody<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2023 &#8211; Benson<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2022 &#8211; Cormier<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2021 &#8211; The Shunter<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2020 &#8211; Abandoned<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2019 &#8211; We Have A Dream<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2018 &#8211; Cyrus Darius<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2017 &#8211; Cyrus Darius<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2016 &#8211; Top Notch<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2015 &#8211; Glingerburn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Cracking Rhapsody Winning The 2024 Morebattle Hurdle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"CRACKING RHAPSODY strikes a chord in bet365 Morebattle Hurdle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZGpWUbmz7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; 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