The 2025 Cheltenham Festival heads into Day Three, but have you heard about Paddy’s brand new free-to-play horse racing predictions competition for you to get stuck into?
Allow us to introduce you to ELIMINATOR.
We’ve got a comprehensive how to play eliminator guide ready for you, but the skinny is it’s pretty straightforward – over the course of six races on Thursday, you simply select 6-5-4-3-2-1 (21) runners in races 1-2-3-4-5-6.
All you need is ONE of your selections to win in each race, and you’ll progress to the next round – until you’re left with a single pick in the final race. Anyone who is still going in that final race and ends up picking the winner will get a share of the £/€250k pot.
To get stuck in, you’ll need to ENTER HERE, but before you do, to help you along the way, Andrew Halligan has shared his selections for all six races that feature in Thursday’s Eliminator game below, and Cheltenham legend Ruby Walsh and his From The Horse’s Mouth podcast pal Rory Delargy have chipped in with their verdicts too.
Thursday Eliminator predictions
RUBY WALSH
13:20 Sixandahalf, Galileo Dame, Aurora Vega, Karoline Banbou, Jubilee Alpha, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Asian Master, Firefox, Answer To Kayf, Springwell Bay, San Salvador
14:40 Karl Des Tourelles, Feet Of A Dancer, Win Some Lose Some, D Art D Art
15:20 Jungle Boogie, Fact To File, Il Est Francais
16:00 Teahupoo, Home By The Lee
16:40 Ginny’s Destiny
RORY DELARGY
13:20 Sixandahalf, Galileo Dame, Jubilee Alpha, Diva Luna, Just A Rose, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Firefox, Pic Roc, What’s Up Darling, Nurburgring, Springwell Bay
14:40 Feet Of A Dancer, Patter Merchant, Lucky Lyreen, Doddiethegreat
15:20 Fact To File, Protektorat, Jungle Boogie
16:00 Teahupoo, Lucky Place
16:40 An Peann Dearg
PP NEWS
13:20 Sixandahalf, Maughreen, Galileo Dame, Aurora Vega, Jubilee Alpha, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Caldwell Potter, Nurburgring, Firefox, Answer To Kayf, Moon D’Orange
14:40 Win Some Lose Some, D Art D Art, One Big Bang, Lucky Lyreen
15:20 Fact To File, Protektorat, Il Est Francais
16:00 Teahupoo, Home By The Lee
16:40 Jagwar
PADDY POWER NEWS’ VERDICT ON ALL 21 SELECTIONS
13:20 RACE ONE
Sixandahalf – Impressive on debut. More to come.
Maughreen – Will improve. Danger to all.
Galileo Dame – Will be bang there.
Aurora Vega – Don’t underestimate.
Jubilee Alpha – Interesting outsider.
Air Of Entitlement – Darkhorse.
14:00 RACE TWO
Caldwell Potter – Expensive purchase. Interesting.
Nurburgring – Liad out for this.
Firefox – Class angle. Danger to all.
Answer To Kafy – Things have clicked. Player.
Moon D’Orange – C&D winner. Player
14:40 – RACE THREE
Win Some Lose Some – The right profile. Massive player.
D Art D Art – Laid out for this.
One Big Bang – Lively each-way player
Lucky Lyreen – Eyecather last time. Interesting.
15:20 – RACE FOUR
Fact To File – Can prove hard to beat.
Protektorat – Defending champion. Danger to all.
Il Est Francais – Dangerious if left alone.
16:00 – RACE FIVE
Teahupoo – The one to beat
Home By The Lee – Big danger to all.
16:40- RACE SIX
Jagwar – Potential Graded horse.
Thursday Eliminator predictions
RUBY WALSH
13:20 Sixandahalf, Galileo Dame, Aurora Vega, Karoline Banbou, Jubilee Alpha, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Asian Master, Firefox, Answer To Kayf, Springwell Bay, San Salvador
14:40 Karl Des Tourelles, Feet Of A Dancer, Win Some Lose Some, D Art D Art
15:20 Jungle Boogie, Fact To File, Il Est Francais
16:00 Teahupoo, Home By The Lee
16:40 Ginny’s Destiny
RORY DELARGY
13:20 Sixandahalf, Galileo Dame, Jubilee Alpha, Diva Luna, Just A Rose, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Firefox, Pic Roc, What’s Up Darling, Nurburgring, Springwell Bay
14:40 Feet Of A Dancer, Patter Merchant, Lucky Lyreen, Doddiethegreat
15:20 Fact To File, Protektorat, Jungle Boogie
16:00 Teahupoo, Lucky Place
16:40 An Peann Dearg
PP NEWS
13:20 Sixandahalf, Maughreen, Galileo Dame, Aurora Vega, Jubilee Alpha, Air Of Entitlement
14:00 Caldwell Potter, Nurburgring, Firefox, Answer To Kayf, Moon D’Orange
14:40 Win Some Lose Some, D Art D Art, One Big Bang, Lucky Lyreen
15:20 Fact To File, Protektorat, Il Est Francais
16:00 Teahupoo, Home By The Lee
16:40 Jagwar
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