Cheltenham 2010 – Champion Bumper

The Weatherbys Champion Bumper is the leading National Hunt flat race of the season. A number of runners that win or place in the Champion Bumper go on to greater success at the Cheltenham Festival as well as other top races in future seasons. Florida Pearl is probably the biggest success story to come out of the race, having won multiple Grade 1 events.

Irish horses are the ones to follow in the Champion Bumper with those trained and bred in Ireland dominating the event since it began in 1992. The race has been sponsored by Weatherbys since 1997.

Champion Bumper Details

Trip: 2 Miles

Class: Grade 1

First Run: 1992

Next running: Wednesday 17th March 2010

2010 Champion Bumper Betting

Champion Bumper Trends

Trainer Willie Mullins has saddled 6 of the last 13 winners.

The last ten renewals were won by either a five or six year old.

9 of the last 10 winners were bred in Ireland.

No French bred runner has ever been placed.

2010 Champion Bumper

Bumper form is harder to assess than other Novice races because the top horses tend to avoid each other and usually only have one or two runs before arriving at the Festival. At this stage, a number of the leading contenders are likely to not have even seen the racetrack yet so it makes any Ante Post betting more difficult.

If you are having and Ante Post wager on the Champion Bumper, the big plus point is there are some very big prices available on runners from the top yards. Although it’s a tough puzzle to solve, bookmakers always get the race priced up early because it’s a popular one for race course whispers and rumours about the best horses. Look for Irish bred as well as Irish trained runners and concentrate on horses aged 5 or 6 years old.

Tavern Times trained by Thomas Mullins, brother of Bumper King Willie Mullins, is just about favourite with most firms. He was a well backed favourite on his only start to date at Fairyhouse in October and justified his odds in very impressive fashion. There is a certain amount of guess work involved at this stage but he does meet a number of the trends and it’s not often you get 12/1 about the favourite less than two months before the big race. It could look a very good price come the 17th March.

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