It’s the final race of the season for the speediest hurdlers in the game – and the 2021 Paddy Power Champion Hurdle looks set to be an absolute cracker. Paddy’s even dangled the carrot of a £100K bonus in front of the British runners to win the race!
The Paddy Power Champion Hurdle typically features horses that ran in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The upcoming race will be no different with Honeysuckle looking to follow up her Prestbury Park triumph and the likes of Epatante, Sharjah, Goshen and Aspire Tower among the other seven entries.
Faugheen – ridden by our very own Ruby Walsh – was the most recent horse to do the double way back in 2015, while the last renewal of this race in 2019 was won by the popular Buveur D’Air.
It’s the feature race on the fourth and penultimate day of the 2021 Punchestown Festival and a cool €147,500 is up for the grabs for connections of the winning horse – more than enough for a round of Guinnesses to celebrate.
PADDY POWER CHAMPION HURDLE ENTRIES AND RUNNERS
Abacadabras 7 12-0 Gigginstown House Stud Mrs Denise Foster Jack Kennedy
Aspire Tower 5 12-0 Robcour Henry de Bromhead Robbie Power
Darver Star 9 12-0 SSP Number Twentytwo Syndicate Gavin Cromwell Jonathan Moore
Goshen 5 12-0 Steven Packham Gary Moore Jamie Moore
Jason The Militant 7 12-0 Peter Michael Henry de Bromhead Darragh O’Keeffe
Sharjah 8 12-0 Mrs S Ricci W P Mullins TBC
Epatante 7 11-7 John P McManus Nicky Henderson Mark Walsh
Honeysuckle 7 11-7 Kenneth Alexander Henry de Bromhead Rachael Blackmore
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PADDY POWER CHAMPION HURDLE BETTING
Honeysuckle – 8/13
Epatante – 11/2
Sharjah – 8/1
Goshen – 10/1
Abacadabras – 11/1
Aspire Tower – 25/1
Jason The Militant – 25/1
Darver Star – 80/1
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*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.
PADDY POWER CHAMPION HURDLE TIPS
Ruby Walsh: “Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner HONEYSUCKLE is the star attraction and I fancy her to follow up ahead of the other mare and 2019 Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner, Epatante.”
Mick Fitzgerald: “SHARJAH has the ground conditions absolutely perfect for him and it could be his opportunity at a nice price to beat her – or at least finish second.”
Paddy Power: “HONEYSUCKLE is simply just too good. Goshen, Aspire Tower and Jason The Militant will make it a proper gallop which plays into her hands. Her jumping at Cheltenham was poetry in motion, more of the same please!”
*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change.
READ MORE ON THE PUNCHESTOWN FESTIVAL
- Everything you need to know about the Punchestown Festival 2021
- Punchestown Racecard for the fourth day of the 2021 Festival
- How to watch all the racing from Punchestown for FREE with Paddy Power
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