Ruby Walsh’s Cheltenham Tips 2025 Day 1 – Predictions for Today’s Cheltenham Races

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Ruby Walsh’s tips and predictions today’s racing and as we get close, we will add Ruby Walah’s ante-post 2025 Cheltenham Festival tips and predictions too.

He is an expert on the Irish racing in particular and with close links to Willie Mullins’ yard, you can also get some good info from Ruby Walsh to go alongside his Cheltenham Festival 2025 betting tips.

Ruby Walsh’s Cheltenham tips are always popular and he has landed some good odds winners in the past – also keep an eye out for the Ruby Walsh Grand National tips ahead of Aintree in March.

Since retirement, Ruby Walsh has been providing punters with some of the best horse racing tips out there. A man who knows the sport inside out, Walsh is the master of Cheltenham and has quickly taken his expertise into the world of punditry, lighting up TV coverage and beyond.

Here at thatsagoal’s Cheltenham coverage, we’re always interested in what Ruby has to say and follow his predictions closely, which we collate and bring to you right here.

 

Ruby Walsh’s Cheltenham Horse Racing Tips 

When Ruby Walsh has picked his tips for today’s racing you will see them above. Almost every weekend of the National Hunt season, he will pick out his best bets for the live ITV Racing in his role as an ITV pundit and if you are watching the coverage on TV, you will see his race analysis too.

RaceSelection
1.20pm - Triumph HurdleEast India Dock
2.00pm - County HurdleNdaawwi (ew)
2.40pm - Mares ChaseDinoblue
3.20pm - Albert BartlettJasmin De Vaux & Argento Boy (ew)
4pm - Gold CupGalopin Des Champs
4.40pm - Hunters ChaseAngels Dawn
5.20pm - Martin PipeKopek De Mee

 

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Ruby Walsh is a legend of the game and one of the best National Hunt jockeys ever – now he has given his 2025 Cheltenham tips to the Paddy Power blog listed them all below.

Walsh is one of the best known racing pundits around and after a glittering career in the saddle, he now gives his expert insight to Paddy Power and ITV Racing.

We’re still betting ante-post on the 2025 Cheltenham Festival but Ruby Walsh has already lined up some predictions for the big races and you can use one of the Cheltenham 2025 NRNB bookies to ensure you get a run for your money, or your money back.

 

Ruby Walsh’s Aintree Grand National Tips

Following the Cheltenham Festival we have the Aintree Grand National meeting which spans three days in Liverpool. The Grand National tips are what everybody wants from the pundits but the Ruby Walsh Aintree tips are always worth a look across the three days of racing too. Aintree is run on Thursday, and Friday and the Grand National takes place on the Saturday so as well as Ruby’s tips, we will also have all the pundit’s tips for the Grand National including Matt Chapman, Hugh Taylor and Kevin Blake.

Coming Soon – Ruby Walsh’s Grand National Tips!

 

Ruby Walsh’s Dublin Racing Festival (DRF) Tips

The Dublin Racing Festival is the newest of the major National Hunt Festivals and the Irish are always out in force to win some big prize pots. Willie Mullins is expected to have a few winners and that is perfect for Ruby Walsh’s tips today, tomorrow and the weekend at Leopardstown. He has a good knowledge of the Irish racing in particular and so his predictions and big race previews are worth a listen and a read.

The Dublin Racing Festival is run over two days and we will have Ruby Walsh’s Leopardstown tips as soon as he starts predicting the big races such as the Irish Gold Cup and Irish Arkle, ran in early February.

Coming Soon – Ruby Walsh’s Dublin Racing Festival Tips!

 

Who Does Ruby Walsh Provide Tips For?

Ruby Walsh is a prominent figure in the horse racing media these days, and he’s one of a number of pundit predictions we follow closely. He largely works for ITV Racing and Paddy Power, with his predictions coming from the latter.

He’s incredibly active with his tips for Paddy Power, with them found on the Paddy Power website as well as through social media. He offers predictions on racing right across the country, with predictions on the weekend’s meets particularly popular, as well as big festivals such as the Grand National and Cheltenham.

 

Who Is Ruby Walsh?

Anyone who has any remote interest in horse racing will know who Ruby Walsh is, and if you’re new to horse racing betting then you will soon.

Walsh is one of the greatest jockeys to ever race, with the Irishman the third most prolific jump jockey in Britain and Ireland, behind only Richard Johnson and Sir Anthony McCoy.

Across his career, he notched up a staggering 2,756 wins, including many major wins. Renowned for his performances at Cheltenham, he was leading jockey at the festival on a total of 11 occasions, while he also won Irish National Hunt Champion Jockey a total of 12 times.

In the Grand National, he won the race twice and is won all four Nationals in the UK, a rare feat in the sport.

At Cheltenham, he rode 59 riders, including winning the 2007 and 2009 Gold Cup with Kauto Star. His best years at the festival were in 2009 and 2016, where he won seven races, with his last Festival win coming in 2019 on Klassical Dream in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

Since he’s retired, he’s stayed in the sport, and is now one of the most revered pundits in the sport, while also being an ambassador for Paddy Power, in which he’s starred in some very funny commercials.

 

Ruby Walsh’s Tips Today

When Ruby Walsh has picked his tips for today’s racing you will see them above. Almost every weekend of the National Hunt season, he will pick out his best bets for the live ITV Racing in his role as an ITV pundit and if you are watching the coverage on TV, you will see his race analysis too.

 

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