Queen Mother Champion Chase
The feature event on day 2 of the festival features a horse
that I really cannot see past: the mighty Sprinter Sacre. He’s a class apart from
any other 2 mile chaser at the moment, his speed and jumping ability really is
out of this world. Whoever turns up next Wednesday has got a mountain climb.
The current market reflects this with most betting firms making the ‘black
aeroplane’ a 1/4 shot.
Sprinter Sacre
picked up where he left off after the impressive Arkle win last year with some
very impressive performances at Sandown and Cheltenham this season where he has
seen off Kumbeshwar and Sanctuaire on
both occasions. Sanctuaire (SS main
rival this season) and Ruby Walsh tried two different tactics with neither prevailing
as Geraghty cruised past to take victory and I cannot see any reason why this
form will be reversed.
Sizing Europe
will be coming back to what could be a last hurrah at Cheltenham, the main
question is will he try and regain his Champion Chase crown or go to the
Ryanair which he has a much greater chance of winning. A tough defeat last year,
where I still think he wasn’t at his best and he would have won if they didn’t bypass
the final fence. Finians Rainbow who
has been a complete flop this season, may be in with a sniff for a place if the
ground comes up better as he clearly doesn’t like heavy ground being beaten by
many lower rated horses in his two appearances this season. I can’t be having Wishfull Thinking at all, he is one
horse I just can’t trust and his form says it all really, he’s just too inconsistent
(crashed out last season in this race). The same applies for Somersby who hasn’t backed up that
brilliant performance to beat Finians Rainbow at Ascot last season, so ill happily
strike a line through him from what I can see as the last possible challenger.
Advise: I cannot see any reason why Sprinter Sacre won’t win here with Ruby
walsh saying the only possible chance of SS getting beaten is if ‘the horsebox
breaks down on the way’ so sit back and watch this machine of a horse glide
round Prestbury Park.
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