CHAMPION BUMPER

Seems that word has been out for a while now hence why he’s prominent in the ante post market, but SIR GERHARD is the talking horse for the Champion Bumper already. Trained by Gordon Elliott and owned by Cheveley Park, who bought him with a view to winning the race 3 years in a row.

Not many would have been too interested in the last at Galway this evening but the conditions were awful. The bumper was run in a full pelt galway storm. The winner was one of Willies, very smart accelerated away top of the hill in a matter of strides. Ideal Cheltenham bumper horse , see what happens now, if willie puts him away for the winter that will be the mullins bumper horse for the festival. If you owned the horse I guess your view might be a little different .

rare I jump in this early but I have backed Kilcruit at 20/1 for this. Interesting he has moved to WM from TM.Form of the first bumper is ok. He hacked up today on a course I love for grooming good Cheltenham candidates. Worth ago I think

ginto runs tomorrow.cost the morans 470.i could see it sharing favouritism tomorow evening if its impressive. the way the market is going at the moment the chelt bumper could be run in cullentra

Very interesting Ambush. Worth a pop at 20/1 on sports book. There is £700 waiting to be matched on exchange at 15.5 which is promising.

possibly because it was tipped up in the racing post

Backed into 14/1 now and plenty of money for him for today as well.

Mari wilson not what you wanted

Not for £470k

Not a disaster , had a bit of 40s .

Galway bumper winner Grangee , referred to above turns up for Willie Mullins at Market Rasen today, its been punted in recent weeks for the bumper from 40s down to 20s on BF . 33\1 with the books. Sending it to run in UK as he did with PANIC ATTACK last year, changed hands shortly afterwards and flopped since. Strange when owners have to pay 19% v a t on valueof horse.coming over after brexit, plus staff will have to isolate for ten days..... Something smells

Eileendover looks different gravy to me. 10/1 with a run AFTER today’s astonishing performance was utter madness, shame betfair sports book would only take a measly tenner.

Sounds very unlikely she will run. She could be a useful tool on the flat

Nrnb is the way forward. Who knows...if her new owner (if sold to JP for £500k or more) runs her here. But, she's undoubtedly very good.

the itv team are hyping the fook out of it ,youd think it was frankle !

frankel

I wouldn’t be running at Cheltenham if she was mine. £40k race around Newbury in May against 5 opponents much more like it.

I'd not sell her, breed from her yes given her age. Unless an offer of £1m, and that will put right so many issues at her stable and more. If she jumps hurdles and/or fences with aplomb she'd be a serious Champion Hurdle and/or Gold Cup contender receiving 7lbs from the boys.

Doubt you’ll ever see her run in a NH race again. No chance going hurdling with that ability.
The flat is her future Imp.

You'd know better than me 'Hibore'. I only have an interest in horse racing in my leisure. And, even then mainly the good ones. I've to admit I'm an elitist. Also, I can just about tell the difference between a horse and a pony!

very impressive today Eileendover 7/1 with a run sportsbook there is a max stake but just bet it at lower stakes until it says no, non runner no bet. you only get one chance for a bumper winner at cheltenham especially a small stable like that if that was trained by mullins would be 2/1, the great frankel should have run in the derby i got 100/1 thinking its to good to miss, so i got the last one wrong which is why nrnb is great,

I’m not trying to be clever. The horse will be more lucrative in the flat sphere rather than staying in bumpers and hurdles.
The bumper is worth £30 or £40k not sure. It can bottom a horse so why risk it.
I think she would win if she ran but money and longer term goals should be taken into account.

We can always claim we had the best horse never ran whatever the result

Agreed. She’s a flat-bred daughter of a high-class miler and granddaughter of an Oaks winner with a July Cup winner in the pedigree. It’s remarkable she can stroll through 2 miles on heavy then show a turn of foot. NH fans are lucky to have seen her in bumpers. I don’t see her running at Cheltenham. The Aintree mare’s bumper could be on the agenda then top flat tracks. One to look forward to and a credit to the owners/trainer/breeder.

Eileendover is well bred. Any price for Eileendover in the Long Distance Cup or Ascot Gold Cup given Stradivarius could be retired or on the decline?

What are you smoking?

If only. I think she'd be a freak. According to Horse Pedigree her Dosage Index is 1.67 - not even likely to stay 12f. And, she romped home over 15f on heavy ground. I'm surprised, given her breeding, she's not running on the Flat. If connections have a rethink I'd back her for one of the staying races eg Yorkshire Cup, etc, if she's entered.

What are you injecting ?

It’s difficult to equate NHflat race form to flat proper form. Not many seem to do both.

Clever Cookie was a decent NH flat racer and was unbeaten in 2 such races getting a RPR of 109. His best ever flat proper RPR was 117.

Eileendover certainly looks as good as Clever Cookie and got a RPR of 112 for her amazing run on Saturday.

My best guess is that she is probably capable of a flat race rating of at least 112 and maybe as high as 120. This obviously makes the Cheltenham bumper a real possibility. She is unproven on decent going though and does seem to love soft or heavy going.

In terms of her potential for the flat proper, she would be a really interesting contender in a soft ground Yorkshire Cup.

cryoftruth, I know not many go from n/h flat to proper flat races. But what about Collier Hill for Alan Swinbank.

I remember Mellottie trained by Mary Reveley in the early 90's. His first 2 or 3 wins were in NH flat races and then went on to run 2nd in the Cambridgeshire before winning it the following year - pretty unusual to say the least

Eileendover to miss Cheltenham  https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/eileendover-to-miss-cheltenham/188425

A sensible move by Pam Sly. This is a 4yo, and the Cheltenham Bumper can knock the stuffing out of young horses. Cue Card was a bit of an exception.

The Aintree options are more suitable.

Weld won it a few years back with decent flat horse

They’ll want to breed from her. The Cheltenham bumper is a stepping stone for future hurdlers and chasers and this horse won’t be jumping so I can understand why they don’t feel the need for it on the CV. The Aintree mares race as a prep for a flat campaign, bringing hope for more black type, seems sensible.

I made my notes on the race before I saw Pam Sly's interview.  I doubt the suitabilty both of the course, and, chiefly, of the hurly burly. I have no idea why they would go to Cheltenham.

Any reason Noble **** doesn't show up on the markets anywhere??

Not going?
Not qualified?

Three Stripe Life impressed me just then, took the 33's immediately after the race.

You must have been quick, 20s best price now and 16s NRNB

I was

Only a tenner

Hard to see past Elliotts other horse to be honest, but best of luck

To be honest the Bumper isn't a race I even bother to pay any interest in and certainly don't know the ins and outs of the form, I just liked the way he toyed with the challenger before quickening away and just wondered what price he was, even accepting I didn't know the form of the others, on balance I thought that 33's was likely to be too big.

Yep, looked impressive doing that in that ground.
Trainer talked him up before the race yesterday.
They think a lot of him.

16s across the boards now, including NRNB, so I have had a nibble myself

“I was disappointed with her at Market Rasen. The winner looked a very good mare. However, she was a young mare travelling away for the first time and probably learned a lot from there.

“She enjoys being ridden that way. Patrick rode that way in Galway the first day, and that renews my faith in her.

“We’ll have a chat about where she goes and I’d always be keen to go to Cheltenham.”


Following in relegates footsteps

Why didn't this one stay in England,inthe words of his father (it's not fkn useless)

Well he lobbed panic attack out of his stable to pipe , obviously something happened there, same owner bought her for less than 10k.

Syndicates mob are English and Irish , pile of them drinking in Galway after racing last October. Grangee is a little black mare loved Galway took the 50s and the 33s for the bumper, total guess last october but just thought with one of Willies anything could happen.

ttt

grangree looks to have a decent chance at 20's, came from way off the pace in leopardstown

Well done paterson !

Imagine a trainer in ireland running a horse he has known all winter is a bit special.
He saves it and saves it until three weeks before the big day
Wins its prep 5 lengths goes to cheltenham and upsets willies annual applecart
He has done it before
Imagine !

It's a great idea, but where would ye bet it?

Nicely bred too