The Red Mills Steeplechase is a Grade 2 race run over two miles four furlongs.
The star entry in the 2015 renewal is the two time Cheltenham Festival winner Champagne Fever. Jockey Ruby Walsh heads to Ascot to ride Ballycasey but wiring is his examiner column said:
The focus at Gowran will be on Champagne Fever and he should win. On any given day he should be able to beat these horses but the fact that Bright New Dawn only ran two weeks ago and Texas Jack a week ago, gives him a big advantage.
He has been working well since he fell in Thurles. We still don’t know what his best trip might be but knowing Willie, he’ll wait and see what turns up in the Ryanair and the Champion Chase before he commits to either.
2015 Race Result and Video
1st 2 Champagne Fever(P Townend, 8/15 fav)
2nd 3 Texas Jack(P Carberry, 8/1)
5 ran
4th1 Bright New Dawn(B J Cooper, 5/2 2nd-fav)
Distances: 4¼ lengths, 6 lengths, 4½ lengths
Winning trainer: W P Mullins.
Red Mills Chase Winners 2005-2014
- In the last decade 5 winners have gone on to run at the Cheltenham Festival finishing 33335 ( 1 Gold Cup, 4 Ryanair)
- Willie Mullins has trained just one winner in the last decade
- 4 Favourites have won but there hace also been 25-1 and 33-1 winners
- Andrew Lynch has won twice on Robbie Hennessy’s Rubi Light
Cheltenham Festival Race Stats and Trends
