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Champion Bumper 2025

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notsodancingbrave

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Didn't see a thread for this race and wondered what everyone's thoughts are on the potential winner.
Its always been one of my favourite races of the Festival ever since I managed to fall onto Joe Cullen back in 2000. I have had more winners than losers in the race over the years including some nice bets on Total Enjoyment ( tipped by everybody in Ireland in the weeks leading up to the race) and one of my favourite winners Silver Concorde for D.K. Weld.
This year I am starting to get drawn to Aqua Force, a 29 length winner of its only race and almost immediately snapped up by JP and now with WPM. It's odds have been contracting over the last week, from 33's into 12's on most books today. I have taken the plunge and had a bet as I dont think there are any particular stand outs in the field at the moment and I wouldnt be surprised if he goes off at single figures.
Thoughts anyone?
 
mhart221 said:
I've just read your post and then saw this: JP McManus reveals the one horse he has backed for the Cheltenham Festival - and it’s not even one of his own - JP backing a WPM horse in the bumper...but not his own. Could mean anything with him.
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Saw that this morning and not surprisingly Copacabana is the fav for the race, but I suppose a lot depends on when the interview was done and how much is a "small bet" in the JP world.....
Will be interesting to see what Patrick picks in the bumper and obviously a lot can change between now and Wednesday.
 
Timeform - latest update:

119WINDBENEATHMYWINGS
113pKALYPSO'CHANCE
110pBAMBINO FEVER (f)
110COLCANNON
109PGAMEOFINCHES
109pMYDADDYPADDY
109SOBER GLORY
108pCOPACABANA
108ELLEN KELLY (f)
107pAQUA FORCE (f)
107HE CAN'T DANCE
107IDAHO SUN
107KOKTAIL BRUT
107SORTUDO
106DALSTON LAD
106FORTUNE DE MER
105CLASSICAL CREEK
105GREEN SPLENDOUR
105HEADS UP
105KAISER BALL
105REALCO
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TOP BUMPER PERFORMERS THIS SEASON​
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I am happy about the fact Paul Townend will ride Copacabana.
Hopefully WPM will do the right thing by Patrick and allow him to ride Gameofinches.
on the day I reckon Patrick will steal a march on them by going earlier than expected and will hold the late challenge of Copacabana
 
The concern I would have about Gameofinches is that its debut run will only have been 20 days before Wednesday. My guess is they would prefer to have got him started sooner than that.

Bambino Fever’s DRF win got a nice boost at Naas this afternoon.
 
Final field....

Copacabana
Dalston Lad Tristan Durrell
El Cairos David Maxwell
Fortune de Mer Harry Skelton
Gameofinches
Heads Up Sean Bowen
He Can't Dance Harry Swain
Idaho Sun Bryan Carver
I Started A Joke P Byrnes
Kalypso'chance Jack Kennedy
No Drama This End Harry Cobden
Shuttle Diplomacy Sam Ewing
Sortudo
Aqua Force
Bambino Fever
Highland Haven Jonathan Burke
Caballero Cliff Ben Jones
Lancelot Allen David Noonan
 
Desert Orchid said:
Timeform - latest update:


119WINDBENEATHMYWINGS
113pKALYPSO'CHANCE
110pBAMBINO FEVER (f)
110COLCANNON
109PGAMEOFINCHES
109pMYDADDYPADDY
109SOBER GLORY
108pCOPACABANA
108ELLEN KELLY (f)
107pAQUA FORCE (f)
107HE CAN'T DANCE
107IDAHO SUN
107KOKTAIL BRUT
107SORTUDO
106DALSTON LAD
106FORTUNE DE MER
105CLASSICAL CREEK
105GREEN SPLENDOUR
105HEADS UP
105KAISER BALL
105REALCO

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TOP BUMPER PERFORMERS THIS SEASON

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I like this, You got these for every day ?
 
Given today's times, Aqua Force, by a Derby winner who broke standard by 3.87s the day he won on a road on Epsom Downs, might not be the one-dimensional soup monster his debut win by half a circuit of Gowran Park might suggest and while David Maxwell wouldn't quite make it into my all-time top one thousand Jump Jockeys, El Cairos has the distinction of having won on Good ground and might just carry his pilot into contention.
 
Ian_Davies said:
Given today's times, Aqua Force, by a Derby winner who broke standard by 3.87s the day he won on a road on Epsom Downs, might not be the one-dimensional soup monster his debut win by half a circuit of Gowran Park might suggest and while David Maxwell wouldn't quite make it into my all-time top one thousand Jump Jockeys, El Cairos has the distinction of having won on Good ground and might just carry his pilot into contention.
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I think you’ve been having a sneaky listen to the Final Furlong podcast because they tipped El Cairos up ( supposedly burning up the gallops)! Annoyingly it’s only 14/1 now. It would make my week if David Maxwell could win at the Festival.
 


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