Current ante-post favourite Sir Gino features among 16 entries for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.<\/p>\n
He leapt to the head of the market when making a successful return from a year on the sidelines and after a spell novice chasing when winning the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.<\/p>\n
As expected he\u2019s joined in the field by stablemate Constitution Hill<\/strong> with Nicky Henderson keen to keep the option open for the 2023 winner who looks set to make his debut on the Flat at Southwell<\/a><\/strong> next month.<\/p>\n Lossiemouth<\/strong> spearheads Willie Mullins\u2019 team of five. She\u2019s joined by Anzadam<\/strong>, Ballyburn<\/strong>, El Fabiolo<\/strong> and Poniros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Gordon Elliott has entered Brigtherdaysahead<\/strong> and Casheldale Lad<\/strong> with Henry De Bromhead\u2019s Workahead<\/strong> completing the Irish raiding party.<\/p>\n The home defence includes the defending champion Golden Ace<\/strong> and The New Lion<\/strong> plus Alexei<\/strong>, Lucky Place<\/strong>, Nemean Lion <\/strong>and Wilful<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Lossiemouth, Brighterdaysaheand and Golden Ace all also hold Close Brothers Mares\u2019 Hurdle<\/strong> entries in which Elliott has a strong team among the 25 strong field which includes Wodhooh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also in the Paddy Power Stayers\u2019 Hurdle<\/strong> on the same card alongside stablemate Teahupoo<\/strong> who won the race two years ago.<\/p>\n He was second to Bob Olinger<\/strong> in 2025 who he remains in the frame for the De Bromhead team and other leading fancies among a strong entry of 30 are Honesty Policy<\/strong> and Impose Toi.<\/strong><\/p>\n Champion Hurdle – Paddy Power & Sky Bet prices:<\/strong> 5\/4 Sir Gino, 7\/2 The New Lion, 6 Lossiemouth, 12 Constitution Hill, 14 Brighterdaysahead, 16 Golden Ace, 20 Anzadam, Ballyburn, 25 El Fabiolo, 33 Wilful, 40 Casheldale Lad, 50 bar<\/p>\n Mares\u2019 Hurdle – Paddy Power & Sky Bet prices: <\/strong>15.8 Lossiemouth, 2 Wodhooh, 5 Brighterdaysahead, 16 Jade De Grugy, 20 Feet Of A Dancer, Murcia, 25 Dream On Baby, Golden Ace, Kargese, La Pinsonniere, Lavida Adiva, Take No Chances, 33 bar<\/p>\n Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle – sponsors bet: <\/strong>7\/4 Teahupoo, 4 Honesty Policy, 11\/2 Impose Toi, 7 Bob Olinger, 16 Ballyburn, 25 Theleme, 33 Hiddenvalley Lake, Kabral Du Mathan, The Yellow Clay, Wodhooh, 50 bar<\/p>\n More from Sporting Life<\/strong>Safer gambling<\/strong><\/p>\n We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose.<\/p>\n If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline \/ GamCare<\/a><\/strong> on 0808 8020 133.<\/p>\n Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org<\/a><\/strong> and gamblingtherapy.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Current ante-post favourite Sir Gino features among 16 entries for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. He leapt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-693293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-horse-racing","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115888222535087915","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}