Christmas Hurdle 2024: Big Guns set for Boxing Day Showdown at Kempton

The 2024 Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day could be a dress rehearsal for the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival next March.

Constitution Hill and Lossiemouth may go head-to-head in a race that would generate massive interest on horse racing betting sites over the festive period.

Read on as we assess whether the mouthwatering clash will come to fruition and how it could impact the ante-post market for Champion Hurdle.

Constitution Hill is progressing well after a setback ruled him out of a return to action in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle last month.

The 2023 Champion Hurdle winner has been sidelined with various problems this year, but trainer Nicky Henderson has confirmed he could return at Kempton.

The unbeaten seven-year-old is a 3/1 shot for the Champion Hurdle on numerous betting apps, but those odds would vanish if he triumphs at Kempton.

Top Irish trainer Willie Mullins is reportedly ‘leaning towards’ sending Lossiemouth to Kempton rather than running her at Leopardstown over the festive period.

The five-year-old was installed as the 7/4 favourite for the Champion Hurdle by several new betting sites after winning the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse earlier this month.

With Mullins likely to run reigning two-mile champion hurdler State Man at Leopardstown, he will likely send Lossiemouth for the Christmas Hurdle.

Champion Hurdle 2025 Betting (via Fitzdares)

• Lossiemouth – 7/4
• Constitution Hill – 3/1
• Sir Gino – 9/2
• State Man – 9/2
• Brighterdaysahead – 14/1
• Anzadam – 16/1
• Burdett Road – 33/1
• Majborough – 33/1
• Mystical Power – 33/1
• Absurde – 33/1
• Slade Steel – 33/1
• Dysart Enos – 66/1
• Golden Ace – 66/1
• Nemean Lion – 100/1
• Pied Piper – 100/1