Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle Betting Offers 2025
The Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle provides us with one of the big highlights from the Cheltenham Festival each year, so get ahead of the game with a horse-by-horse run down, the trends that tend to make a Stayers’ Hurdle winner, and the best Cheltenham Festival Stayers’ Hurdle betting offers and free bets for 2025.
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle betting offers and free bets
This year’s Stayers’ Hurdle looks to be a competitive contest, with former Grand National winners Noble Yeats and I Am Maximus set to feature. Given the deep field, bookies may well choose to boost the odds of some of the Stayer Hurdle outsiders as part of their Cheltenham promotional offerings. We’ll be highlighting any race-specific offers right here, so check back before the post time on Thursday to make sure you don’t miss the best Stayers’ Hurdle betting offers and free bets available at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.
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Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle – What you need to know
The Stayers’ hurdle is the feature race on day three of Cheltenham. Let’s start by getting you up to speed with the key facts associated with the Stayers’ Hurdle.
How long is the Stayers’ Hurdle, when’s it held and where’s it run?
The Stayers’ Hurdle is a jumps race which makes up part of the prestigious Cheltenham Festival every March. It is the feature race on day three of the Cheltenham Festival, so will take place at 4pm on Thursday 13th March 2025.
The race has gone under a number of guises, with Ladbrokes notably sponsoring and renaming it the World Hurdle between 2005 and 2015, but Paddy Power have since reverted it to the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle.
The race stretches to just shy of 3 miles, which is significantly longer than both the Champion Hurdle and Champion Chase. It’s therefore not inconceivable for a horse to run in the Grand National too, as happened with More Of That, the 2014 Stayers’ Hurdle winner.
The 2024 Grand National victor I Am Maximus is set to be targeted at the race this year, so is certainly one horse to keep a close eye on. More common is for the leading contenders to turn out in the Liverpool Hurdle, which is run at 3.05pm at Aintree on Grand National day.
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle confirmed runners
Most bookmakers have been offering ante-post Stayers’ Hurdle betting odds for many months, with many punters monitoring the market to get the best odds they can. As of now, the following horses make up the field for the 2025 Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival:
- Teahupoo
- Home by the Lee
- Ballyburn
- Lossiemouth
- Corbetts Cross
- Crambo
- Lucky Place
- I Am Maximus
- Hiddenvalley Lake
- The Wallpark
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle favourites and tips
The leading horses in the Stayers’ Hurdle betting are listed below, alongside their biggest achievements to date, previous Stayers’ Hurdle form and current Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle betting odds.
| Horse | Most notable result | 2025 Stayers’ Hurdle odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Teahupoo | 2024 Stayers Hurdle winner | 13/8 |
| Home by the Lee | 2024 Savills Hurdle winner | 10/1 |
| Ballyburn | 2024 Gallagher Novices Chase winner | 14/1 |
| Lossiemouth | 2024 Mares Hurdle winner | 16/1 |
| Corbetts Cross | 2024 NH Challenge Cup winner | 16/1 |
| Crambo | 2023/24 Long Walk Hurdle winner | 16/1 |
| Lucky Place | 2025 Relkeel Hurdle winner | 16/1 |
| I Am Maximus | 2024 Grand National winner | 20/1 |
*All Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle odds last updated on 13th January 2025 and subject to change.
The head of the Stayers’ Hurdle market has a mixture of previous Cheltenham runners and some festival debutants. Let’s delve a little deeper to give you some more details on the runners, so you can pick your best bets for the race.
Teahupoo
Teahupoo successfully justified favouritism in last year’s Stayers Hurdle and followed it up with another victory at the Punchestown Festival in May. Began the new season with a second place over a much shorter distance, so hard to read to much into it, and therefore remains the one to beat.
Home by the Lee
Home by the Lee has yet to enjoy a big moment at the Cheltenham Festival, but connections will be hopeful after he started the new season with back-to-back victories in Ireland. Wins in the Lismullen Hurdle and Savills Hurdle, both times ahead of Bob Olinger, mean there will be confidence even at 10 years of age.
Ballyburn
Took the Gallagher Novices Hurdle on his Cheltenham Festival debut, and followed it up with another win at the Punchestown Festival a few weeks later. An impressive win to get the new season underway, but struggled last time out when beaten by Sir Gino at Kempton.
Lossiemouth
Lossiemouth would be catapulted up the betting if she runs here. A run of six successive victories finally came to an end when beaten by Constitution Hill in the Christmas Hurdle, and may encourage the two-time Cheltenham Festival winner to switch targets come March.
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle past winners
Teahupoo will target a second Stayers’ Hurdle victory this year, as he seeks to join a select group of horses to have won the race on two or more occasions. Flooring Porter is one of nine horses to have won the Stayers’ Hurdle at least twice, but Big Buck’s is the only four-time winner, while Inglis Drever is the other three-time winner on the Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle roll of honour.
- 2024 – Teahupoo (5/4 fav)
- 2023 – Sire Du Berlais (33/1)
- 2022 – Flooring Porter (4/1)
- 2021 – Flooring Porter (12/1)
- 2020 – Lisnagar Oscar (50/1)
- 2019 – Paisley Park (11/8 fav)
- 2018 – Penhill (12/1)
- 2017 – Nichols Canyon (10/1)
- 2016 – Thistlecrack (Evens fav)
- 2015 – Cole Harden (14/1)
- 2014 – More Of That (15/2)
- 2013 – Solwhit (17/2)
- 2012 – Big Buck’s (5/6 fav)
- 2011 – Big Buck’s (10/11 fav)
- 2010 – Big Buck’s (5/6 fav)
- 2009 – Big Buck’s (6/1)
- 2008 – Inglis Drever (11/8 fav)
- 2007 – Inglis Drever (5/1)
- 2006 – My Way de Solzen (8/1)
- 2005 – Inglis Drever (5/1)
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle betting trends
One way of trying to narrow down your Cheltenham Festival Stayers’ Hurdle bets is by looking through trends associated with past winners. Do favourites tend to perform well? Is coming to Cheltenham off the back of a win important? Do winners have any Cheltenham Festival experience? All will be revealed below.
Key Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle betting trends
- 11/12 – Had raced at Cheltenham previously
- 9/12 – Had previously won at least one race of 3 miles or more
- 7/12 – Had raced within the last 8 weeks
- 6/12 – Won their most recent race
- 6/12 – Won at single-figure odds (9/1 or less)
- 6/12 – Aged exactly 7 years old
- 5/12 – Had won at Cheltenham previously
- 3/12 – Aged exactly 6 years old
- 3/12 – Aged 8 years old or older
- 3/12 – Won by the favourite
Evidently gaining some Cheltenham experience is worthwhile, even if actually winning there previously has shown to be far less essential. Of the feature races at the Cheltenham Festival, the Stayers’ Hurdle is the one where longer priced horses have fared best, so don’t be put off if you’ve found a fancy further down the betting odds.
How to watch and stream the Stayers’ Hurdle
The Stayers’ Hurdle is one of the highlights of the Cheltenham Festival, so it’s worth the effort of watching the race, especially if you’ve placed a bet.
ITV screen the early races throughout the Festival, so that’s one way to watch the drama play out. However the later races aren’t available on free-to-air to TV, so we’d suggest looking to bookmakers as the best solution. The majority now provide a streaming service to their customers for free, and many even allow you to cash out any bets mid-race, which is a great perk of having a betting account for the Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle.
Cheltenham Stayers’ Hurdle FAQs
What is the Cheltenham Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle?
The Cheltenham Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle is one of the highlights of the Cheltenham Festival. It is considered to be the most prestigious long distance event for staying hurdlers on the racing calendar, and is run over approximately three miles on Cheltenham’s new course.
What day is the Stayers’ Hurdle 2025?
The Stayers’ Hurdle is scheduled to take place on the Thursday of the Cheltenham Festival. That means this year it will be run on Thursday 13th March 2025.
What time is the Stayers’ Hurdle?
The 2024 Stayers’ Hurdle will be run at 4pm on Thursday 13th March.
What was the prize money in the Stayers’ Hurdle?
The winner of the Stayers’ Hurdle will receive £182,877. The runner-up will win £68,900, with prizes being given to the top eight finishers in the race.
Who will win the Stayers’ Hurdle?
Teahupoo is the ante-post favourites for this year’s Stayer’s Hurdle, although Lossiemouth would be a huge contender if in the final line-up.
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