Cheltenham 2025: Day One cards, top tips, TV details and all you need to know

Here’s the rundown on today’s races, including the cards and top tips from our panel of writers for Tuesday’s action.

1.20 Grade One Michael O’Sullivan Supreme Novices’ Hurdle 2m87yds

It has become an Irish tradition to follow Willie Mullins in the Surpreme and punters will be latching onto red-hot favourite Kopek Des Bordes in the first.

However, Mullins has only won it twice in the last nine years with his other five victories coming long before then and Kopek Des Bordes is far from bombproof despite his obvious class.

A first-time hood could help to negate doubts that the five-year-old may boil over before a hurdle is even jumped but there is no doubting his ability and Paul Townend’s mount was scintillating when taking a Grade One last time out.

The Mullins second string Salvator Mundi has been a talking horse for some time but his display in victory when taking the Grade Two Moscow Flyer left a lot to be desired while last year’s Champion Bumper second Romeo Coolio…