Cheltenham Races

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Cheltenham

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

Cheltenham Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 Distance: 2m½f Type: NH Flat Going: Good To Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf

Win: £5 Place: £2 £6.20 £13.20 Exacta: £138.40 Tricast: £7546.71 Trifecta: £4800

Non-Runners: Highland Haven (self certificate)

Previous Runs	Pos	Horse	Age/Sex	Status	Jockey	Trainer	Weight	SP	Beaten By	Formline
2m2½f 2m	1st	#15Bambino Fever (IRE) Midfield - headway on outer 4f out - pushed along over 1f out - led inside final furlong - ridden out(op 7/2)	5 M	Elite	Miss J Townend	W P Mullins	154 lbs	4/1	Won	2m½f 2m 2m2f
2m 2m½f 2m½f 2m	2nd	#6Heads Up (GB) Led - headed inside final furlong - kept on(tchd 40/1)	5 G	AVG	Sean Bowen	John C McConnell	161 lbs	33/1	1.5	2m 2m5f
2m 2m 2m½f	3rd	#12Shuttle Diplomacy (FR) Midfield - in touch with leaders halfway - headway home turn - drifted right from over 1f out - soon bumped rival - ran on final furlong - went third final strides(tchd 50/1 and tchd 125/1)	5 G	AVG	Donagh Meyler	Thomas Cooper	161 lbs	66/1	1.5	2m 2m½f 2m 2m
2m 2m1f	4th	#17Caballero Cliff (GB) Prominent - kept on final furlong - lost third final strides(tchd 250/1)	4 C	Poor	Ben Jones	Robert Stephens	151 lbs	150/1	0.2	2m½f 1m7½f
2m½f	5th	#3El Cairos (FR) Midfield - headway from 3f out - prominent when hung left and bumped over 1f out - soon short of room - kept on when in the clear towards finish(op 20/1)	4 G	AVG	Mr David Maxwell	Gary & Josh Moore	161 lbs	28/1	1.75	2m½f 2m
2m1f 2m	6th	#8Idaho Sun (IRE) Midfield - lost position and towards rear over 3f out - headway over 1f out - ran on final furlong(op 22/1 tchd 16/1)	5 G	Elite	Bryan Carver	Harry Fry	161 lbs	18/1	1.5	2m1½f 2m½f 2m1f
2m 2m 2m	7th	#13Sortudo (IRE) In touch with leaders - prominent home turn - outpaced from over 1f out(op 50/1)	4 G	Good	Danny Mullins	W P Mullins	161 lbs	33/1	.5	2m 2m 2m4f
2m 2m	8th	#7He Can't Dance (IRE) Prominent - outpaced over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 40/1)	5 G	AVG	Mr H C Swan	Gordon Elliott	161 lbs	33/1	1.25	2m5½f 2m6f 2m6½f
2m	9th	#11No Drama This End (IRE) Prominent - bumped home turn - soon lost position and weakened gradually(tchd 14/1)	5 G	Elite	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	161 lbs	12/1	.75	2m5f 2m4f 2m4½f
1m7½f	10th	#1Copacabana (GB) 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)	5 G	AVG	Mr P W Mullins	W P Mullins	161 lbs	9/2	1	2m½f 2m
2m1f 2m	11th	#10Kalypso'chance (FR) Took keen hold - prominent - bumped home turn - weakened from over 1f out(op 7/2 tchd 9/4)	5 G	Good	Danny Gilligan	Gordon Elliott	161 lbs	5/2F	0.2	2m½f 2m1f 2m4f 3m½f
2m	12th	#5Gameofinches (GB) Took keen hold - in rear - headway into midfield 3f out - outpaced from over 1f out(op 11/2 tchd 5/1)	6 G	Elite	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	161 lbs	6/1	0.05	-
2m2f 2m	13th	#9I Started A Joke (IRE) Towards rear throughout(op 50/1 tchd 66/1)	6 G	AVG	Philip Byrnes	C Byrnes	161 lbs	33/1	.75	2m 2m 2m 2m½f
2m½f 2m½f 2m	14th	#4Fortune De Mer (IRE) Held up in rear - some headway 3f out - no impression when short of room over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 25/1)	5 G	Good	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton	161 lbs	20/1	1.25	2m 2m½f 1m7½f 2m1f
2m 2m1f	15th	#2Dalston Lad (IRE) Midfield - lost position 2f out - weakening when hung right over 1f out	4 G	Elite	Tristan Durrell	Dan Skelton	161 lbs	66/1	6.5	2m4f 2m5f 2m4f
2m½f	16th	#18Lancelot Allen (FR) Midfield - weakened 3f out(op 150/1)	4 G	Elite	David Noonan	Jane Williams	151 lbs	200/1	0.3	-
2m1f	17th	#14Aqua Force (IRE) In rear - weakened over 3f out - tailed off(op 9/1)	6 M	Elite	Mark Walsh	W P Mullins	154 lbs	11/1	65	-