2025 Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle Betting Odds at Cheltenham racecourse

Friday, 14 March 2025

We have a final handicap race to cap off Day Four of the Cheltenham Festival, with a big field anticipated for a race which will be run over two miles, four and a half furlongs. Sa Majeste is among the early favourites for a race where it’s worth studying the weights to understand which horses have been treated most favourably by the handicapper.

Mistergif is also among the favourites to win this race, with Iberico Lord and Harvard Guy also capable of producing strong performances. The plain truth is that there are lots of horses with a lively chance of landing a victory and it could be worth having three or four against the field, especially with the each-way boosts likely to be available.

The Yellow Clay
The Yellow Clay
11.00
The Yellow Clay
The Yellow Clay
Best Odds11.00
All Odds10/1
Waterford Whispers
Waterford Whispers
15.00
Waterford Whispers
Waterford Whispers
Best Odds15.00
All Odds14/1
Royal Infantry
Royal Infantry
15.00
Royal Infantry
Royal Infantry
Best Odds15.00
All Odds14/1
Answer To Kayf
Answer To Kayf
17.00
Answer To Kayf
Answer To Kayf
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
Cantico
Cantico
17.00
Cantico
Cantico
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
Lot Of Joy
Lot Of Joy
17.00
Lot Of Joy
Lot Of Joy
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
No Ordinary Joe
No Ordinary Joe
17.00
No Ordinary Joe
No Ordinary Joe
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
Ocastle Des Mottes
Ocastle Des Mottes
17.00
Ocastle Des Mottes
Ocastle Des Mottes
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
Bill Joyce
Bill Joyce
17.00
Bill Joyce
Bill Joyce
Best Odds17.00
All Odds16/1
Fishery Lane
Fishery Lane
21.00
Fishery Lane
Fishery Lane
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge
21.00
Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
What's Up Darling
What's Up Darling
21.00
What's Up Darling
What's Up Darling
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Steel Ally
Steel Ally
21.00
Steel Ally
Steel Ally
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Mercurey
Mercurey
21.00
Mercurey
Mercurey
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Jimmy Du Seuil
Jimmy Du Seuil
21.00
Jimmy Du Seuil
Jimmy Du Seuil
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
You Oughta Know
You Oughta Know
21.00
You Oughta Know
You Oughta Know
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Jingko Blue
Jingko Blue
21.00
Jingko Blue
Jingko Blue
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Yeats Star
Yeats Star
21.00
Yeats Star
Yeats Star
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Fleur Au Fusil
Fleur Au Fusil
21.00
Fleur Au Fusil
Fleur Au Fusil
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Handstands
Handstands
21.00
Handstands
Handstands
Best Odds21.00
All Odds20/1
Sounds Victorius
Sounds Victorius
26.00
Sounds Victorius
Sounds Victorius
Best Odds26.00
All Odds25/1
Uncle Bert
Uncle Bert
26.00
Uncle Bert
Uncle Bert
Best Odds26.00
All Odds25/1
Mel Monroe
Mel Monroe
34.00
Mel Monroe
Mel Monroe
Best Odds34.00
All Odds33/1
Union Avenue
Union Avenue
34.00
Union Avenue
Union Avenue
Best Odds34.00
All Odds33/1

2024 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Tips

There’s a typically wide open look about the betting market for the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle, with Sa Majeste the early favourite for the race. However, we should expect plenty of price movement as we get closer to the off, with the Willie Mullins-trained charge having won against three rivals last time out including Noble Yeats.

That was a triumph by four and a half lengths, with the victory coming over two miles, four furlongs on heavy ground. It therefore stands to reason that Sa Majeste will want lots of cut in the ground and the same applies to Iberico Lord who runs for Nicky Henderson. There was a stunning victory for the horse last time out and there could be more fireworks here.

The six-year-old was able to claim a victory against twenty other runners when winning the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury Racecourse over two miles, half a furlong. This was on heavy ground, with the horse landing a return at 11/2 and he’s trading at a similar price to Mistergif who is a five-year-old who could land Willie Mullins a final winner.

Mullins is likely to be top trainer at the Cheltenham Festival and his five-year-old is one of several runners who might cap off what is likely to be a successful meeting for the legendary Irish handler. He saw this charge land a victory at Limerick at the end of January and that came after a long lay-off, with punters recommended to watch out for odds movement on the day.


2023 Martin Pipe Hurdle Betting Tips

Much depends on the handicaps and which horse is most favourably weighted for this encounter, with Spanish Harlem carrying 11-2 and perhaps this is the runner to back each-way for the Martin Pipe on Gold Cup day. The five-year-old was beaten as the odds-on favourite at Thurles last time out and he was also chinned by Three Card Brag before that.

Perhaps Three Card Brag is the horse to therefore consider and Gordon Elliott has a stack of horses who are competing in this finale, with the six-year-old having multiple entries although his price is sure to shorten significantly if the runner is able to produce the same level of performance that we saw at Fairyhouse.

American Mike hasn’t been outside the top four in any of his four races this season although he was second last to Hunters Yarn at Navan in mid-February, with the horse struggling to build on an impressive second to Facile Vega in last year’s Cheltenham Festival Bumper, with other Gordon Elliott-trained runners preferred.

These include Cool Survivor who has landed a couple of wins this year and the horse ran a relative blinder when finishing fourth at 25/1 in the Novice Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival, with there being more to come from a runner who looks a decent each-way shout at the early prices. Make sure you compare the latest racing odds before going ahead with your wagers.


Langer Dan is a six-year-old who hasn’t been seen at a racecourse this season and that adds an element of doubt as to how he will perform. On the flip side, the horse won the 2021 Imperial Cup at Sandown Park before coming narrowly close to securing a big million double in the Martin Pipe and Skelton appears focused on trying to make this happen in 2022.

This is only a little horse who was able to win the Imperial Cup by four and a half lengths, with the runner being desperately unlucky to run into a horse like Galopin Des Champs considering that the latter has gone from strength to strength during the 2021-22 National Hunt season.

Chemical Energy runs for Gordon Elliott and there is plenty to recommend a horse that was last seen at a racecourse when claiming a Fairyhouse victory in a Novices Hurdle over the festive season. That was over two miles and four furlongs, with the horse being a potentially strong each-way bet to land the spoils here.

Saint Felicien is another interesting contender and it will be good to get enhanced place terms when it comes to the Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle. This is a five-year-old who has no Cheltenham experience, although the horse could only finish second to Darasso in the BetVictor Limestone Lad Hurdle.


If you haven’t backed any winners at the Cheltenham Festival 2020 at this point, then you only have one chance left and that comes in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle.

This is the final race of the 2020 meeting, with the race having been in operation since 2009, with Andytown winning the first ever heat, while recent winners have been Champagne Classic, Blow By Blow and Early Doors.

The hurdle race takes place over two miles and four furlongs, with Willie Mullins proving the most successful trainer thus far thanks to saddling Sir Des Champs, Don Poli and Killultagh Vic over the years.

Trainer Gavin Cromwell had a winner for JP McManus last year and perhaps it will be the same story this time around, with Ilikedwayurthinkin likely to trade among the favourites and the six-year-old put on an impressive showing at Leopardstown over Christmas.

The horse finished fifth on soft ground against a decent field of horses, with Barry Geraghty likely to be on board and the big question is to how the runner is going to adapt to Cheltenham considering he has never run there before.

Column Of Fire runs for Gordon Elliott, with the six-year-old having enjoyed a successful season and the latest performance saw the horse finish third out of a field of twenty-eight horses.

Jack Kennedy was on board the 5/1 favourite at the time, with Davy Russell having previously won at even money when landing a Maiden Hurdle victory over two miles and four furlongs at Punchestown.

There are other horses that could be in contention, with The Bosses Oscar another Gordon Elliott charge who is five-years-old and the horse hasn’t been out of the top two this season.

A victory at Leopardstown during the Christmas break was a highlight and that Maiden Hurdle win was followed by a second-placed finish in a Novice Hurdle at Thurles.