Cheltenham Festival Stable Tour with Joe Tizzard & Brendan Powell
04 Mar 2025
In our latest Racing Exclusive, we get the low down from trainer Joe Tizzard and jockey Brendan Powell on their key contenders for this year's Cheltenham Festival.
Copperhead is still running his heart out at the age of 11, and he's got his head in front on three different occasions so far this season in Veterans' Chases, plus a fantastic second place finish at Cheltenham at their December meeting.
JPR One finished down the field in last year's Arkle, but on his return this season he won the Grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter in November, beating the Venetia Williams-trained Djelo who's since won two Grade 2's. He followed that up with a more than respectable performance in behind Jonbon in the Tingle Creek, and most recently finished third in another Grade 2 at Newbury when the ground possibly went against him.
Lord Of Thunder made his chase debut at Cheltenham in October when returning from a 294-day break, and he was travelling sweetly before coming down at the third last. Since then he's ran three times, and on each occasion he's taken a step forward, with his latest effort resulting in a comfortable victory in a competitive Class 3 Handicap at Newbury.
The Changing Man has been a revelation this season, and after finishing second in three premier handicap chase contests in a row, he finally got his head in front in the Grade 2 Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot last month.
Tune in to get the very latest on each of Joe's potential runners and find out which races they're likely to be targeting at this year's Festival.
Copperhead is still running his heart out at the age of 11, and he's got his head in front on three different occasions so far this season in Veterans' Chases, plus a fantastic second place finish at Cheltenham at their December meeting.
JPR One finished down the field in last year's Arkle, but on his return this season he won the Grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter in November, beating the Venetia Williams-trained Djelo who's since won two Grade 2's. He followed that up with a more than respectable performance in behind Jonbon in the Tingle Creek, and most recently finished third in another Grade 2 at Newbury when the ground possibly went against him.
Lord Of Thunder made his chase debut at Cheltenham in October when returning from a 294-day break, and he was travelling sweetly before coming down at the third last. Since then he's ran three times, and on each occasion he's taken a step forward, with his latest effort resulting in a comfortable victory in a competitive Class 3 Handicap at Newbury.
The Changing Man has been a revelation this season, and after finishing second in three premier handicap chase contests in a row, he finally got his head in front in the Grade 2 Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot last month.
Tune in to get the very latest on each of Joe's potential runners and find out which races they're likely to be targeting at this year's Festival.
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