Champion Novice Hurdle Betting Odds

There’s a Grade One encounter in the form of the Champion Novice Hurdle on Tuesday, with Kopek Des Bordes aiming to build on a succession of wins that have been achieved. The five-year-old has been installed as the strong favourite to land a victory, with the horse potentially achieving a comfortable victory at Punchestown.

Salvator Mundi has also managed some notable wins this season, with the five-year-old having won three of his four outings this term. There could be a third Mullins horse in the mix in the form of Irancy and the seven-year-old was successful in a previous showing. Workahead also has the capacity to go well for Henry de Bromhead.

2025 Champion Novice Hurdle Betting Tips

Kopek Des Bordes has achieved a hat-trick of wins this season, with the five-year-old having been a recent winner at the Cheltenham Festival. The 4/6 favourite was able to score in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle when landing the spoils by nearly two lengths. This came after winning at the Dublin Racing Festival and there was lots to like about that Leopardstown showing.

Sent off as the 4/5 favourite in the Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle, there was a stunning thirteen-length success on that occasion. That came after winning a Boxing Day encounter featuring twenty-three runners in a Maiden Hurdle. The bookies think that another big victory could be on the cards here and the horse will be in many an accumulator.

Salvator Mundi has won three of his four showings this term and also has the potential to go well for Willie Mullins. The last time the horse was victorious was at Aintree in early April, with the 7/2 shot winning the Top Novices’ Hurdle and there was lots to like about a seven-length success when fending off Romeo Coolio.

However, the horse needs to find an improvement of eighteen lengths to get onside with the favourite, with Irancy the third of the Mullins runners with the capacity to go well. The seven-year-old has won two of his previous three encounters, with the latest success being at Fairyhouse in April although the horse was well off the pace in the Supreme.