2025 Solicitors Novice Hurdle Betting Odds at Leopardstown racecourse

Saturday, 01 February 2025

There’s a wide open look about the betting market when it comes to the Knights Solicitors Handicap. City Of Delight has caught the eye with a couple of wins already this season, with the charge bidding for a consecutive hat-trick. The bookies regard the leading contenders as being similarly matched, with French Duke bidding to win on his seasonal debut.

Tony Montana was second in a previous showing and the five-year-old can land a victory for trainer Michael Bell, with Salamanca having had a couple of outings on the all weather. There is also Stressfree and Thunder Run who can make an impact and this certainly looks like an each-way betting race.

2025 Knights Solicitors Handicap Betting Tips

There are three horses heading the betting market for the Knights Solicitors Handicap on Friday, with City Of Delight looking to land another victory. The four-year-old has been busy racking up wins already this season and the last one came at Epsom towards the end of April. The 9/4 favourite was able to oblige by half a length in the end.

That success came after the David Menuisier-trained charge was able to score at Doncaster at the end of March when fending off five other runners. However, he’s only trading at similar odds to French Duke who will return to the track for a seasonal debut. Roger Varian saddles a runner who was last seen finishing second out of nine horses at Ascot.

That was back in September, with the win coming after a Goodwood success at the end of July. There was also a solid effort in the King George V Stakes at Ascot when finishing sixth out of nineteen runners, with Tony Montana another horse who merits consideration. Michael Bell’s five-year-old was second out of eleven horses at Goodwood in early May.

Salamanca was successful on the all-weather last time out, with that win coming at Newcastle over one mile and two furlongs. There was something of a surprise that the 14/1 shot was able to win, especially after finishing fourth out of ten runners at Chelmsford previously. Stressfree and Thunder Run are other contenders at similar prices.


2025 Solicitors Novice Hurdle Tips

Final Demand has passed both assignments in his career to date and there could be more to come from a horse who is favourite to land a victory here. At Limerick in December, there were ten other runners fended off when the 4/7 favourite was able to oblige, with that fifteen-length win making the racing circles sit up and take notice.

Sounds Victorius was able to score last time out and Willie Mullins will have high hopes for a runner who was able to oblige at Fairyhouse when obliging over two miles and five furlongs. This came after finishing second out of seven runners at Punchestown, with the horse looking like a backable each-way price.

Supersundae is also available at a decent price and it would be no surprise to find this Mullins horse beating the rest of the field. This charge actually has an official rating and was last seen running at Naas when finishing second behind The Yellow Clay. He now has eight lengths to find on a horse who might be overpriced for the encounter.

After all, it’s been four successive victories for a horse trained by Gordon Elliott and the horse actually boasts the highest official rating in the field. There was a success at Down Royal before a double at Navan and that came before that runaway triumph at Naas which means that there’s plenty of value in the price.