Cheltenham Festival 2025 LIVE: Latest tips, racecards and results from Day Two as snow hits Gloucestershire

After some smash successes yesterday – including Lucinda Russell’s Myretown – Mail Sport’s tips are required reading ahead of day two.

Why not leaf through them at your leisure, below.

There’s a veritable bounty of football-related figures set to be present in the paddock today, and some will hope the winner’s enclosure too.

Ballyburn, as mentioned moments ago, is the pride of noted agent David Manasseh, whose clients have included Jack Grealish and Gareth Bale – and five players on the books at Brighton.

Seagulls owner Tony Bloom saw his Ile Atlantique defeated by Ballyburn last year, but will have higher hopes for Bunting in today’s Coral Cup.

And then there’s Sir Alex – keen Man United fans should keep an eye on Potters Charm in the Novices’ Hurdle. Even if, like this season’s team, he might be a bit of a long-shot.

After a barnstorming win in the Novices’ Hurdle on day two of the Festival last year, the Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old will be keen to make a permanent mark on Cheltenham Wednesday in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase.

This race is a traditional hunting ground for future Gold Cup winners – could this be the perfect next test for the Closutton bay?

While it may have looked hazardous this morning under its blanket of white, there’s been little actual change to the ground conditions since yesterday.

The means, as per Clerk of the Course Jon Pullin, going is good to soft on the Old Course, and good in places and soft on the top loop of the Cross Country Course.

There has been some – one day’s – let-up in the seemingly relentless battering British trainers have taken from across the Irish Sea at the Festival.

Wins from the yards of Nicky Henderson, Rebecca Curtis, Jeremy Scott, and Lucinda Russell have given the hosts the edge going into day two, while the Irish wins were supplied by Willie Mullins (inevitably) and Joseph O’Brien.

Here’s today’s edition of your Cheltenham Breakfast, courtesy of Mail Sport’s DOMINIC KING – aptly named as I wouldn’t recomment attempting Cheltenham without a serving of it to start your day.

Here, Dominic takes in successful owner Sir Alex Ferguson’s Wednesday tests, and reviews some of the bigger storylines from an eventful opening day.

The jockey – whose face has seen better days after he was kicked by a foal in the build-up to the Festival – weighs in on a Champion Hurdle like no other on ITV Racing:

I don’t think a lot of us have seen anything quite like it. It was just unbelieable.

First and foremost, like Jeremy Scott said, happy that Constitution Hill and State Man and the two jockeys are absolutely fine, but what a day. I think you prepare for everything, and can expect nothing sometimes.

Someone had to win that race, and yesterday it was Jeremy Scott and Lorcan Williams.

(Scott) is a fantastic man, and well done to him and Lorcan.

Grade One and Cheltenham Festival winning jockey Lizzie Kelly and Mail Sport’s Dominic King are back to take you through the seven races with both taking on Jonbon in the Champion Chase – but who else have they tipped for glory?

You’d be a fool not to give their picks a peruse, below.

Much like Constitution Hill’s return after missing 2024’s iteration of the Festival, Nicky Henderson’s Jonbon will return for the day’s showpiece race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase – and the yard will hope for a better result than yesterday’s Champion Hurdle misstep…

But beyond the 4pm standout, there’s a raft of other action today, kicking off at 1.20pm.

• Turner’s Novices’ Hurdle – 1.20pm
• Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase – 2.00pm
• Coral Cup Hurdle – 2.40pm
• Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase – 3.20pm
• Champion Chase – 4pm
• Grand Annual Chase – 4.40pm
• Champion Bumper – 5.20pm

Hello and welcome to day two of Mail Sport’s live coverage of Cheltenham Festival – where the gates were opened today to a very different scene than yesterday.

After snow fell overnight, the view at Prestbury Park was a far more wintry one than last week’s brief glimpse of good weather might have had us expecting. But as the morning has progressed, the ice has melted away and – fingers crossed – the inclement weather shouldn’t pause proceedings.

What a shame that would have been – after yesterday’s Majborough shock and drama in the Champion Hurdle, I’m sure you’re champing at the bit (sorry) for ‘Style Day’ to get underway in the West Country.

So, without further ado…