{"id":69559,"date":"2025-11-12T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=69559"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:16:18","slug":"willie-mullins-champion-hurdle-runners-2026-cheltenham-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/willie-mullins-champion-hurdle-runners-2026-cheltenham-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle Options With State Man On The Sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the news State Man will miss the season with a tendon injury &#8211; this will leave horse racing punters wondering what Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle runners he&#8217;s got left.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lossiemouth Now Expected To Be The Main Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle Runner\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The State Man injury news on Wednesday 12th November prompted the bookmakers to shake up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/champion-hurdle-betting-odds-update-state-man-injury-news\/\">2026 Champion Hurdle betting odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortening up the favourite The New Lion and also making another Willie Mullins runner Lossiemouth the clear second best in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Lossiemouth has mopped up the last two renewals of the Mares&#8217; Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.<\/p>\n<p>But with no State Man &#8211; you feel she&#8217;ll now become the big Closutton Champion Hurdle hope.<\/p>\n<p>Her owner Rich Ricci has also toyed in the past with her running in the big day one Festival race.<\/p>\n<p>A prize he&#8217;s won twice in the past with Faugheen and Annie Power.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lossiemouth Will Get a 7lbs Mares&#8217; Allowance In The Champion Hurdle\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Plus, she will also get a handy 7lbs mares&#8217; allowance in the big Cheltenham Festival Tuesday feature.<\/p>\n<p>And will also potentially bring an unbeaten Prestbury Park record to the race. Providing, of course, she doesn&#8217;t lose at the track prior to the 10th March race.<\/p>\n<p>Lossiemouth is currently 4-from-4 at Cheltenham &#8211; having added the 2024 Unibet Hurdle and 2023 Triumph Hurdle to her two Mares&#8217; Hurdle successes.<\/p>\n<p>We can expect to see Lossiemouth next in action in the Hatton&#8217;s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on 30th November.<\/p>\n<p>A win there and we could even see the Lossiemouth Champion Hurdle odds contract even further.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"LOSSIEMOUTH oozes class to land second Mares&#039; Hurdle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iY0-sYhjwpA?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>Anzadam Could Be Another Big Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle Runner This Season<\/h2>\n<p>If the Lossiemouth connection decide to aim her at third tilt at the Mares&#8217; Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival &#8211; then Anzadam looks their most likely next best.<\/p>\n<p>This improving 5 year-old made a big splash at the end of 2024 and early 2025. But hasn&#8217;t been seen since winning the Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He bolted up by 11 lengths that day &#8211; with Beacon Edge back in second &#8211; and with age on his side looks a big prospect for the Irish champion trainer.<\/p>\n<p>Anzadam is also owned by Joe and Marie Donnelly, who have the injured State Man &#8211; so could help ease the blow of their 2024 Champion Hurdle winner missing the season.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent Champion Hurdle betting shake-up, the Anzadam Champion Hurdle betting odds are now into 6\/1.<\/p>\n<p>Anzadam is entered in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown on 22nd November.<\/p>\n<p>Plus also holds an entry in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle on 29th November.<\/p>\n<p>Which is a race Willie Mullins is yet to win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;The dream is alive&quot; - exciting ANZADAM remains unbeaten | Racing TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Q4vuU-1My4?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>When Is The 2026 Champion Hurdle?<\/h2>\n<p>See below the 2026 Champion Hurdle race details, with the contest set to be shown LIVE on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/itv-racing-schedule-today\/\">ITV Racing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Tuesday 10th March 2026<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 4:00pm<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Cheltenham<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb0Winner:<span class=\"rp-raceTimeCourseName__info_container\" data-test-selector=\"text-raceTitleAndInfo\">\u00a3255,006<\/span><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV\/ Racing TV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Possible Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle Runners\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Salvator Mundi\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Priced at around 28\/1, this possible Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle runner has an in-and-out profile.<\/p>\n<p>He landed the Grade Two Moscow Flyer Novices&#8217; Hurdle last season at Punchestown, but was only 5th in the Supreme Novices&#8217; Hurdle at the Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Salvator Mundi, who is owned by the Donnellys, has since bounced back to win the Grade One Top Novices&#8217; Hurdle at Aintree (watch below).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SALVATOR MUNDI saunters to Top Novices&#039; Hurdle glory to give Mullins Grade One five-timer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyfzbjDlSvU?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<h4><strong>Ballyburn\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Won the Gallagher Novices&#8217; Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2024, but has been campaigned over fences since.<\/p>\n<p>However, has only won two of his five starts over the bigger obstacles. Plus was a beaten odds-on favourite in the Brown Advisory Novices&#8217; Chase last season.<\/p>\n<p>There has been talk of a switch back to hurdles &#8211; but you feel if they do a longer trip than the Champion Hurdle might suit better.<\/p>\n<p>Ballyburn is 33\/1 in the Champion Hurdle market and a much lower 5\/1 for the Stayers&#8217; Hurdle at the meeting.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Kitzbuhel\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Another Donnelly horse but didn&#8217;t progress after winning at Punchestown and Gowran Park last season.<\/p>\n<p>Was well beaten, after pulling hard, in the Aintree Liverpool Hurdle back in April and was also a beaten jolly in the Select Hurdle at Sandown last season.<\/p>\n<p>This grey would need to step up on those runs to figure at Champion Hurdle level.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s 33\/1 in the 2026 Champion Hurdle betting odds market.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Kargese\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Useful mare on her day and so another that would get the handy 7lbs allowance.<\/p>\n<p>She has Festival form too, when winning the County Hurdle in 2025 (watch below). Which is the same race a former Champion Hurdle winner State Man took.<\/p>\n<p>Kargese was also runner-up in the 2024 Triumph Hurdle to stablemate Majborough, so does seem to like it at Prestbury Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Kargese Champion Hurdle odds are 33\/1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Classy KARGESE continues County Hurdle stranglehold for Mullins and Townend | Racing TV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8bgOgjVxpWU?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the news State Man will miss the season with a tendon injury &#8211; this will leave horse racing punters wondering what Willie Mullins Champion Hurdle runners he&#8217;s got left.\u00a0 Lossiemouth Now Expected To Be The Main Willie Mullins Champion 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