2025-03-12 Cheltenham 17:20
Cheltenham

Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

Distance: 2m87y

Going: Good To Soft

Prize: £45,560

Runners: 17

Winning time: 3m 59.54s (slow by 15.54s)

Age: 4-6yo

Class: Class 1

15 Bambino Fever

J:Miss J Townend T:W P Mullins

Age:5 Weight:11st 0lbs

OR:130 SP:4/1

Midfield - headway on outer 4f out - pushed along over 1f out - led inside final furlong - ridden out(op 7/2)

2 1½

6 Heads Up

J:Sean Bowen T:John C McConnell

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:123 SP:33/1

Led - headed inside final furlong - kept on(tchd 40/1)

3 1½ 3

12 Shuttle Diplomacy

J:Donagh Meyler T:Thomas Cooper

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:122 SP:66/1

Midfield - in touch with leaders halfway - headway home turn - bumped over 1f out - ran on final furlong - went third final strides(tchd 50/1 and tchd 125/1)

4 hd 3¼

17 Caballero Cliff

J:Ben Jones T:Robert Stephens

Age:4 Weight:10st 11lbs

OR:112 SP:150/1

Prominent - kept on final furlong - lost third final strides(tchd 250/1)

5 1¾ 5

3 El Cairos

J:Mr David Maxwell T:Gary & Josh Moore

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:114 SP:28/1

Midfield - headway from 3f out - headway and bumped rival over 1f out - kept on final furlong(op 20/1)

6 1½ 6½

8 Idaho Sun

J:Bryan Carver T:Harry Fry

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:126 SP:18/1

Midfield - lost position and towards rear over 3f out - headway over 1f out - ran on final furlong(op 22/1 tchd 16/1)

7 ½ 7

13 Sortudo

J:Danny Mullins T:W P Mullins

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:123 SP:33/1

In touch with leaders - prominent home turn - outpaced from over 1f out(op 50/1)

8 1¼ 8¼

7 He Can't Dance

J:Mr H C Swan T:Gordon Elliott

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:123 SP:33/1

Prominent - outpaced over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 40/1)

9 ¾ 9

11 No Drama This End

J:Harry Cobden T:Paul Nicholls

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:118 SP:12/1

Prominent - bumped home turn - soon lost position and weakened gradually(tchd 14/1)

10 1 10

1 Copacabana

J:Mr P W Mullins T:W P Mullins

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:123 SP:9/2

Towards rear - headway into midfield 3f out - no impression when bit short of room over 1f out(op 4/1 tchd 7/2 and tchd 5/1)

11 hd 10¼

10 Kalypso'chance

J:Danny Gilligan T:Gordon Elliott

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:130 SP:5/2F

Took keen hold - prominent - bumped home turn - weakened from over 1f out(op 7/2 tchd 9/4)

12 nse 10¼

5 Gameofinches

J:Paul Townend T:W P Mullins

Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:124 SP:6/1

Took keen hold - in rear - headway into midfield 3f out - outpaced from over 1f out(op 11/2 tchd 5/1)

13 ¾ 11

9 I Started A Joke

J:Philip Byrnes T:C Byrnes

Age:6 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:120 SP:33/1

Towards rear throughout(op 50/1 tchd 66/1)

14 1¼ 12¼

4 Fortune De Mer

J:Harry Skelton T:Dan Skelton

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:125 SP:20/1

Held up in rear - some headway 3f out - no impression when short of room over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 25/1)

15 6½ 18¾

2 Dalston Lad

J:Tristan Durrell T:Dan Skelton

Age:5 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:123 SP:66/1

Midfield - lost position 2f out - weakening when hung right over 1f out

16 nk 19

18 Lancelot Allen

J:David Noonan T:Jane Williams

Age:4 Weight:10st 11lbs

OR:115 SP:200/1

Midfield - weakened 3f out(op 150/1)

17 65 84

14 Aqua Force

J:Mark Walsh T:W P Mullins

Age:6 Weight:11st 0lbs

OR:127 SP:11/1

In rear - weakened over 3f out - tailed off(op 9/1)

Highland Haven

J:Jonathan Burke T:Fergal O'Brien

Age:5 Weight:11st 0lbs

OR:117 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: £5

Tote place: £2 £6.20 £13.20

Exacta: £138.40

Trifecta: £4800

Tricast: £7546.71

CSF: £143.39