Cheltenham Festival 2025: three horses to put in the tracker

Tony Keenan has proposed an extraordinary treble for the upcoming 2025 Cheltenham Festival, featuring three standout contenders from this year. Among them are Ballyburn, Lossiemouth, and State Man, all trained by the renowned Willie Mullins. 

While it seems unlikely that all three horses will participate in the Champion Hurdle, it would undoubtedly be a remarkable spectacle if they did.

"You can however do somewhat of a related treble with State Man going for the Champion Hurdle again, Lossiemouth going to the Mares' which to me would be very possible. She might just decide to go to the Mares' again or more likely she will run against State Man at Punchestown in one of those Grade 1 races and get beaten, and Ballyburn going over fences.” Keenan shared. 

"And if Ballyburn heads to the Turners it's about 79-1. You'd need an awful lot to go right but betting on splitting up Willie Mullins' best horses hasn't been the worst policy over the years."