The Festival Bumper

I've backed Champagne James for this. I'd fancy him to reverse form with Union Dues given a fast pace to run at and his price makes him a nice e/w punt.
 
Think Empiracle is one hell of a horse...hopefully nice ground on the Wednesday and I can see this fella skating up. Scott knows where he's at with Melodic Rendevous also in the yard and he's been punted in recently.
 
trefflich said:
Think Empiracle is one hell of a horse...hopefully nice ground on the Wednesday and I can see this fella skating up. Scott knows where he's at with Melodic Rendevous also in the yard and he's been punted in recently.
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Been trying to keep that one quiet :lol:

Was deliberately put away after winning at Huntingdon in October and strongly fancied I gather. Nick Scholfield says it's peaking nicely at home.
 
Entries just announced

THE WEATHERBYS CHAMPION BUMPER

Grade 1, Class 1, £60,000 total prize fund. 5.15pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 2m. 110yds.

Form Horse Age Owner Trainer
22 A TWIST OF FATE (IRE) 6 Claire Simpson Claire Simpson IRE
1 BALLY RONE (IRE) 5 A J Rhead Rebecca Curtis
2212 BE BOP BORU (IRE) 6 The Oak Syndicate Tim Vaughan
221 BLACKMAIL (FR) 5 John Breslin Tony Martin IRE
1 BOB TUCKER (IRE) 6 Nigel Davies Brendan Powell
1 BRIAR HILL (IRE) 5 Andrea & Graham Wylie Willie Mullins IRE
CADDELLS ROW 5 Alan Lamont Karen McLintock
123 CALEDONIA 6 Lorimer Racing Jim Goldie
11 CENTASIA 6 Roger Brookhouse David Pipe
1 CLONDAW COURT (IRE) 6 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE
1 DIAMOND KING (IRE) 5 Diana Whateley Donald McCain
11 DOCTOR HARPER (IRE) 5 David Johnson David Pipe
1 DRUMLEE (IRE) 5 J P McManus Charlie Swan IRE
1 EMPIRACLE (IRE) 6 The Town & Country Partnership Jeremy Scott
FAMOUSANDFEARLESS (IRE) 5 The Bravo Partnership David Pipe
1-4 FASCINO RUSTICO 5 John Hales Paul Nicholls
1 GALLANT TIPP (IRE) 5 Mrs Edward O'Grady Edward O'Grady IRE
1 GOLANTILLA (IRE) 5 Barry Connell Tony Martin IRE
1 GRECIAN TIGER (IRE) 4 Joseph Higgins Dermot Weld IRE
11 HELLORBOSTON (IRE) 5 Thomson Fyffe Racing Donald McCain
1(5) I'M FRAAM GOVAN 5 Sir Alex Ferguson George Baker
1 JOHNNY OG 4 T Hanlon M Boothright S Hanlon N Martin Martin Keighley
22 KAYF MOSS 5 L H & Mrs T Evans John Flint
5(2)(2) LADY LECTRA 4 Robert Quinn John Flint
1 LE VENT D'ANTAN (FR) 4 Goliath Syndicate Liz Doyle IRE
1 MILO MAN (IRE) 5 William & Angela Rucker Evan Williams
142 MISTER NIBBLES (IRE) 5 David Gordon Roberts Stuart Crawford IRE
120 MONKEY KINGDOM 5 Gearoid Costelloe Rebecca Curtis
1 MOYLE PARK (IRE) 5 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE
333- OFF THE WALL (IRE) 6 Malcolm Denmark David Pipe
211 OSCAR ROCK (IRE) 5 Mr & Mrs G Calder Harry Fry
0/-31 OUR POLLYANNA (IRE) 6 The Dunkley & Reilly Partnership Alan King
0-012 POSIDEN SEA (FR) 5 Thistle Bloodstock Limited Dessie Hughes IRE
14 PURE SCIENCE (IRE) 5 Raymond Mould Nigel Twiston-Davies
1 PURPLE BAY (IRE) 4 Bloomfields John Ferguson
1 RATHVAWN BELLE (IRE) 6 J M Barcoe Dick Donohoe IRE
(1)-1 REGAL ENCORE (IRE) 5 John McManus Anthony Honeyball
1(1) SGT RECKLESS 6 Camilla Radford Mick Channon
4 SHIELD (IRE) 4 Annemarie O'Brien Aidan O'Brien IRE
16 SHIPTON 4 Nigel Davies Brendan Powell
4-11 SIZING TENNESSEE (IRE) 5 Ann & Alan Potts Partnership Willie Mullins IRE
TASRIH (USA) 4 Bloomfields John Ferguson
2 THE CLOCK LEARY (IRE) 5 A Brooks Venetia Williams
2-21 THE LIQUIDATOR 5 Roger Brookhouse David Pipe
11 UNION DUES (FR) 5 Allan McLuckie Willie Mullins IRE
1 UNOWHATIMEANHARRY 5 Miss S J Hartley Helen Nelmes
111 VIEUX LION ROUGE (FR) 4 Prof Caroline Tisdall & John Gent David Pipe
1122 VINSTAR (FR) 4 Tim Leslie Donald McCain
WESTERN COMMANDER (IRE) 6 Gearoid Costelloe Rebecca Curtis
2 WILLPOWER (IRE) 4 Alan Spence Mark Johnston
1 YES SIR BRIAN (IRE) 4 Thomas C O'Neill Garrett Power IRE

51 entries
17 Irish-trained
 
There will be an Irish horse in there somewhere that will be backed off the boards. tbh so many of their bumpers are a farce you wouldn't have a clue what te form is actually worth. I fell onto the winner in the last at Fairyhouse to today but I doubt if he was the best horse in the race..the jockeys could have got off and walked the first mile faster than the leaders went and the Mullins horse was pulling so hard you could have had the kitchen sink on him not getting home...it's like they are all sitting waiting on someone shouting go then they make a mad dash for home.



I much prefer to wait until the day and watching the market as I would rather trust the money than trust the form
 
Diamond Geezer said:
If the forecast rain arrives Empiracle will be kept for Aintree
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Lovely drying day today. Not sure any rain forecast will amount to much....wouldn't put much trust in John Kettley's forecasts anyway. The horse had a lovely spin round Exeter on Tuesday and, as far as we're concerned, is on course for Cheltenham.
 
I have a lot of respect for Kettley, but it is very early to be calling that much rain.

What is for sure is a dry (and drying) week from here to Tuesday next week.

It does look like rain alright next week. But a week is a long time in politics, sport and meteorology.
 
SlimChance said:
The important thing to remember is that both O'Briens horses today are absolutley useless. Any other trainer would have shot them. Talk of him upsetting ante post markets was fanciful. If they were any good they would at worst be racing in Hong Kong now or in Azerbaijan breeding.
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Shield won today. .
 
Not to worry. I backed the other one and I think he was overtaken by some of the work horses doing their bit after racing.
 
That looked a very average bumper today. What concerns me most was the Wexford Machine Le Vent Dantan didn't work after racing because of the ground....it's going to be quicker at Cheltenham - I would advise anyone backing him at this stage to go NRNB
 
It does appear that not everybody was put away by Gary O'Brien's IDing of various horses after racing (or should I say misidentifying of horses) ;)
 
Why is Golantilla favourite? Beating trees at Cork on heavy hardly equates to Cheltenham on good. Not for me.
 
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