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Eye On Cheltenham 2025 - East India Dock and L'Homme Presse impress on Trials Day

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Last updated: 28 Jan 2025
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  • Week 13 of our Cheltenham Festival 2025 market movers series
  • Big meetings took place at Cheltenham and Naas this week
  • East India Dock, Maughreen and Dancing City are among this list of 17 market movers
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Sam Twiston-Davies riding East India Dock (yellow) clear the last to win The JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle. (Getty)
    Eye On Cheltenham Week 13
  • L'Homme Presse
  • Constitution Hill
  • Anzadam
  • Gowel Road
  • Rocky's Diamond
  • Jetara
  • East India Dock
  • Charlus
  • Palladium
  • Karbau
  • Sixmilebridge
  • Kawaboomga
  • Maughreen
  • Dancing City
  • Quai De Bourbon
  • Jagwar
  • Answer To Kayf

Here's week 13 of our Eye On Cheltenham series, highlighting Festival market movers from between January 21st and 27th.

Trials Day at Cheltenham hogged the headlines in the UK this week, with Naas, Fairyhouse and Gowran Park hosting big meetings over in Ireland. Here are 17 Cheltenham Festival market movers from the last seven days.

Eye On Cheltenham 2025 - Week 13


L'Homme Presse


Venetia Williams' former Brown Advisory Novices' Chase winner returned to the winners' enclosure at Cheltenham on Trials Day. L'Homme Presse saw off a spirited performance from Stage Star to win the Cotswold Chase and saw his odds for the 2025 Gold Cup clipped from 25s into 20/1 as a result.

Constitution Hill


Despite an awful error at the final flight, Constitution Hill cantered to an easy victory in the Unibet Hurdle on Saturday. Nicky Henderson's star was already odds-on to win the 2025 Champion Hurdle, but some were impressed enough to cut the former Champion Hurdler into 4/7 favouritism.

Anzadam


Anzadam made it two-from-two on Irish soil when powering to an easy victory in the Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas on Sunday. Willie Mullins' star was cut into 10/1 for the 2025 Champion Hurdle, but has drifted since Willie gave an interview stating the team might skip Cheltenham and head to Aintree instead.

Gowel Road


After a string of runner-up finishes, Gowel Road claimed a deserved victory in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday. Nigel Twiston-Davies' nine-year-old will now head to the Stayers' Hurdle and bet365 were quick to cut Gowel Road into 12/1 to win the Championship race on day three of the Cheltenham Festival.

Rocky's Diamond


Rocky's Diamond continued his incredible rise to prominence at Gowran Park on Thursday when collecting the Grade Two Galmoy Hurdle. Declan Queally's star, who began the season rated 123, is now a general 16/1 shot to win the 2025 Stayers' Hurdle with bet365.

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Nico de Boinville riding Constitution Hill (white, black cap) clear the last to win The Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham. (Getty)

Jetara


Jessica Harrington will have been delighted to see Jetara hold off favourite Kateira to claim victory in the Grade Two Yorkshire Rose at Doncaster on Saturday. Jetara was then cut into 16/1 to win the Mares' Hurdle.

East India Dock


James Owen's budding stable star put on another excellent performance around Cheltenham on Trials Day, winning the Finesse Juvenile Hurdle with plenty left up his sleeve. East India Dock will now take on Lulamba in the 2025 Triumph Hurdle and was cut into 3/1 second-favouritism after picking up his second Grade Two of the season.

Charlus


An expensive recruit from France, Charlus got off the mark for Willie Mullins at the first time of asking on Sunday, scoring  in the 4YO maiden hurdle at Naas. Charlus is now a general 20/1 shot to win the 2025 Triumph Hurdle.

Palladium


£1.4m purchase Palladium made a winning hurdles debut at Huntingdon last week. Nicky Henderson's star is unlikely to run in the Triumph Hurdle, but was still cut into 12/1 by most firms after his success on Thursday.

Karbau


Having finished fourth on his stable debut over two-and-a-half miles, Karbau relished the drop back down in trip when winning the opener at Punchestown on Monday. Willie Mullins' five-year-old was then cut into 20/1 for the 2025 Supreme Novices' Hurdle.

Sixmilebridge


The biggest upset on Cheltenham Trials Day came in the card-closing Classic Novices' Hurdle, where Sixmilebridge took down hot-favourite Potters Charm to claim a maiden Grade Two win. Fergal O'Brien's rising star was then cut into 16/1 for the Turners' Novices' Hurdle, as Potters Charm drifted out to the same price.

Kawaboomga


Another springer in the Turners' market was Kawaboomga, who claimed a comfortable maiden hurdle victory at Fairyhouse on Saturday. A runner-up to stablemate Kopek Des Bordes over Christmas, Willie Mullins' star was then cut from 25s into 12/1 to win the Turners' Novices' Hurdle.

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Kielan Woods riding Sixmilebridge win The AIS Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham. (Getty)

Maughreen


Maughreen didn't disappoint on her long-awaited hurdling debut at Punchestown on Monday. Willie Mullins' mare cruised to an impressive five-length victory over two-and-a-half miles, forcing BoyleSports to cut her price for the 2025 Mares' Novices' Hurdle into 7/4 from 5s.

Dancing City


Three-time Grade One-winning novice hurdler Dancing City won a Grade Three at Naas to make it two-from-two over fences. Dancing City is now best-priced at 9/2 to win the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase, for which Dancing City's stablemate, Ballyburn remains the 7/2 favourite.

Quai De Bourbon


Willie Mullins watched Quai De Bourbon get off the mark over fences at the second time of asking at Gowran Park on Thursday. Mullins' six-year-old was then cut into 25/1 to win the Brown Advisory and would need to run once more before the end of February to qualify for the National Hunt Chase.

Jagwar


Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero saddled the 1-2 in Saturday's opener on Trials Day at Cheltenham, as Jagwar saw off the well-backed Billytherealbigred. Jagwar is now the 6/1 favourite for the Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase.

Answer To Kayf


Fourth in last year's Martin Pipe, Answer To Kayf bolted up on his handicap debut over fences at Naas on Sunday. Terence O'Brien's novice was immediately cut into 14/1 for the both the Novices' Handicap Chase and the National Hunt Chase.

Verdict

Eye On Cheltenham Week 13 Key Movers:

Best Bet1: East India Dock 2025 Triumph Hurdle @3/1 at bet365 - 5 Units
Best Bet2: Maughreen 2025 Mares' Novices' Hurdle @7/4 at BoyleSports - 5 Units
Best Bet3: Dancing City 2025 Brown Advisory Novices' Chase @9/2 at Betgoodwin - 5 Units
Best Bet4: L'Homme Presse 2025 Gold Cup @20/1 at bet365 - 5 Units
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