Some 33 horses feature among the 2022 Stayers Hurdle odds and betting after early closing entries for the 3m Grade 1 contest on Thursday, 17 March at the Cheltenham Festival were revealed. Just more than half of potential runners are trained in Ireland.
The Emerald Isle has only produced four Stayers Hurdle winners (formerly the World Hurdle) since 2005. However, those successes have all come since 2013. Willie Mullins has seven possible entries. Heading those and the betting is Klassical Dream (11/4). A ready winner of the 2019 Supreme Novices Hurdle on his last visit to Cheltenham, the eight-year-old goes well fresh and is two from two over this longer trip.