2025 Champion Chase

[The Fellow]

18 posts and slagging people off , not a great start really is it

[HoldenTheReins]

Big L is definitely Wayne Harrison

[Zachx02]

Big L is definitely Wayne Harrison

Haha you might be onto something here

[riccirich]

You are a two pound punter who backs 50/1 pokes that come tailed off, you aint beating the bookies lad, settle down and give it a rest

I would say people who do beat the bookies and make a shed load of cash, are probably not so irritable and easily wound up by an opposing opinion on a horse race, which seemingly also rules you out of the reckoning

[Carnage at Taunton]

Has absolutely no chance, you know nothing about racing

Hahaha, well thanks for that.
I look forward to your expert comments, maybe I will
learn something.

[Guinness Village]

All good natured banter I would hope. Anyway I reserve the right to be the forum’s idiot poster.

[Odin]

I backed 3 for the champion chase last year. Gentleman De Mee 66/1 e/w, Captain Guiness 16/1 e/w and El Fabiolo in multiple roll ups. I thought 2 of them had no chance but could get a place potentially.

El Fabiolo has it all to prove, Jonbon can't win at Cheltenham and Gaelic Warrior could go Ryanair. The race could set itself up for a repeat of a shock winner this year in a race notorious for producing shock results. If Enurgemene is back to near his best he is the pick of all of them for me. I have backed MN and will dip in again at 16s. He is being aimed at it and so will probably Quilixios. I will have them both in the CC team because its such an unpredictable race

Find this a reasonably surprising comment in all honesty.

In the last seven years, there have been two dual winners (energumene and altior) and one who won the Arkle the year before (put the kettle on). Admittedly in
the other two years (captain Guinness and politologue) were surprised winners, but is it all that unpredictable compared to other races?

Champion Hurdle - only honeysuckle has retained in the same time period (although the first year of my counting was buveur dairs second champion hurdle). In that time there's been espoir dallen and epatante who would never have been picked at the start of the year.

Stayers - I don't even wanna go into how unpredictable this one's been! 4 winners bigger than 10/1 on the day of the race in the last 7 years!

Ryanair chase - all over the place with the exception of allaho. Arguably protektorat, frodon and balko des flos all rogue winners at the start of the year.

Gold cup - probably the most consistent with 2 dual winners, one coming from the RSA and two who were placed in the race the year before.


I completely agree the race will cut up so your bets are still warranted in that regard, but I think it's unfair to say it's unpredictable - particularly compared to the other big championship races as I'd have it as one of the most consistent.

[Kevloaf]

Has absolutely no chance, you know nothing about racing

Hello

This comment isn't in keeping with the warm and fuzzy atmosphere that I enjoy to see on the forum

If you're going to use Barney Curley's line, remember the "quote marks" or use an emoji to at least pretend you're being humorous

[That Horse]

Hello

This comment isn't in keeping with the warm and fuzzy atmosphere that I enjoy to see on the forum

If you're going to use Barney Curley's line, remember the "quote marks" or use an emoji to at least pretend you're being humorous

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Dolly Parton.

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