We round up the main market movers in the Cheltenham Festival betting after the weekend.
Triumph Hurdle
- Lulamba (6/4 from 3s)
The well-touted Lulamba had already shortened dramatically for the Triumph Hurdle even before running this season – an entry and some pleasing work at home was enough – and the Auteuil winner shortened significantly once more (6/4 from a general 3s) after giving 10 lb and a three and a half-length beating to the well-touted Mondo Man at Ascot on Saturday.
It’s a little while since Nicky Henderson won this race – with 2015 winner Top Notch following in the footsteps of stablemate Grandouet who won the 2011 renewal – and it’s worth noting that both horses went on to be placed in the Triumph itself.
Saturday’s race would have provided the Triumph winner in 2020 had Goshen not tripped himself up at the last at Cheltenham two months later, so it’s a race that …