Cheltenham Festival 2025: Lossiemouth now odds-on for Mares’ Hurdle

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Jockey J.W. Kennedy riding Brighterdaysahead wins the Turners Mersey Novices' Hurdle race on the third day of the Grand National Horse Racing meeting at Aintree racecourse, near Liverpool, England, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Organizers of Britain's biggest horse race have taken action to improve safety and avoid a repeat of the chaos sparked by animal-rights activists before last year's edition.

Lossiemouth is the 8/13 favourite with Ladbrokes for Tuesday’s Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival 2025 after her confirmation was announced on Sunday.

Willie Mullins’ grey was also entered into the Champion Hurdle, but after a week of speculation about where she would end up following Brightersdaysahead’s Champion declaration, Lossiemouth has been declared for the Mares’.

Second-favourite Jade De Grugy drifted to 4/1 on the back of the announcement.

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Mares' Hurdle 2025 odds

There are now four heavy favourites on Tuesday, leading the bookies to anticipate a repeat of the Festival’s opening day 10 years ago, when punters were on the verge of a £50m payout on the back of Douvan, Un De Sceaux, Faugheen and Annie Power four-folds before the latter fell at the final flight. 

This Tuesday’s favourites four-fold is a touch over 7/1.

Cal Gildart of Ladbrokes said: “After a week of speculation, Lossiemouth is a Mares’ Hurdle horse. It means that 10 years on from Annie Power’s dramatic fall at the last on Day 1 of Cheltenham, we’re primed for punters going big on a favourites four-fold.”
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2025 Mares’ Hurdle winner

  • 8/13 Lossiemouth
  • 4/1 Jade De Grugy
  • 12/1 Joyeuse, July Flower
  • 16/1 Kala Conti, Take No Chances
  • 20/1 bar

Day 1 favourites four-fold

  • Kopek Des Bordes (evens Supreme Novices’)
  • Majborough (4/7 Arkle)
  • Lossiemouth (8/13 Mares’)
  • Constitution Hill (8/13 Champion) – 7.2/1

For those interested, Ladbrokes has an 'everything you need to know' piece ahead of Cheltenham, as well as a beginner's guide to betting at the festival.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication.

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