Champion Bumper ‘25

[Durham Edition]

Usually we end up hearing a leak about which bumper horses won a schooling race to sort the behind the scenes pecking order

Last year it was Romeo Coolio but then he flopped on track before 'bouncing back' on the days itself

I haven't heard any rumours this year though about schooling races

Although he was talking about hurdles schooling races I'm sure Ruby said they haven't done any this year due to the weather, think it was on the most recent RTC.

[RoadToCheltenham]

Usually we end up hearing a leak about which bumper horses won a schooling race to sort the behind the scenes pecking order

Last year it was Romeo Coolio but then he flopped on track before 'bouncing back' on the days itself

I haven't heard any rumours this year though about schooling races

Gordon's were due to go to Tipperary in September/October time but the ground was so quick, a few of the scheduled dates for those schooling days were cancelled. Vibes at home around that time were that Classical Creek and Theflyingking were the top two - fair to say that didn't work out too well!

[Hurricane fly]

I've seen Ksar Fatal has been pulled from Punchestown tomorrow.

Becoming less likely we see him?

[Studfarm254]

Surprise there’s been no mention of Aqua Force today. Bolted up by 28 lengths. Horse in 2nd was 9 lengths behind bambino fever and 14 behind William munny on his last 2 starts. Theres another horse ginny Weasley was 45 lengths behind Copacabana (the now crazy priced 4/1 fav for Cheltenham) last week, was 97 lengths behind this today. Yes granted these form lines are a bit wishy washy but you can’t argue with the manner of the victory. No doubt JP’s been on the phone already. 25s NRNB seems alright to me

[Quevega]

Surprise there’s been no mention of Aqua Force today. Bolted up by 28 lengths. Horse in 2nd was 9 lengths behind bambino fever and 14 behind William munny on his last 2 starts. Theres another horse ginny Weasley was 45 lengths behind Copacabana (the now crazy priced 4/1 fav for Cheltenham) last week, was 97 lengths behind this today. Yes granted these form lines are a bit wishy washy but you can’t argue with the manner of the victory. No doubt JP’s been on the phone already. 25s NRNB seems alright to me

I've backed her, was watching the second to see if it franked Bambino.
Trainer has hinted massively that he's looking to sell.
If the right type buys her then she may get an entry.

[Quevega]

Mullinahone-based trainer Michael Gunn was without a winner under Rules in over 28 years and was represented by his son Miguel who said, “I’ve been looking after things for a couple of years. I’ve only six in at the moment and I’ve a job in the morning.

“She was very impressive. I always thought a fair bit of her at home but that’s above and beyond what I thought to be honest.

“The phone is hopping in my pocket at the moment!

“She’s a mare with a pedigree, it goes back to Back In Front — the good horse of Edward O’Grady’s.

“I’d say someone might own her next time. She must be worth a fair few quid after that. It was a savage performance first time out in a bumper.

“She’s always been relentless and doesn’t know when she has enough done.

“She has a hunter cert. I was going to point-to-point her, and then I thought maybe she’s a bit better than a point-to-pointer.”

[Kevloaf]

Oh wow, I watched every race today and turned off just before the bumper

Watched the replay and backed, 25/1 NRNB is perfectly fair - that was a little bit special ... maybe because I remember Workforce so fondly


Aqua Force wins all - she's a weapon!



I see Brighterdaysahead won this race before - whilst that's not really relevant at all, it's nice to know a good'un has been in the same race for comfirmation bias too

Looks like the ones in behind Champagne Venture had no form of any significance whatsoever so time may prove she's just decent and they were all shite BUT I'm still very impressed

Thanks for flagging

[Eggs]

…Aqua 50-1 AP with BFSB.

[Black Dog]

I said only yesterday that Gameofinches was my last bet until the day and then I've just watched the replay of this based on your comments above. It seems I can resist everything but 28 length bumper winners that Will probably be JP owned tomorrow @ 50/1.

[Bayoffreedom]

Mullinahone-based trainer Michael Gunn was without a winner under Rules in over 28 years and was represented by his son Miguel who said, “I’ve been looking after things for a couple of years. I’ve only six in at the moment and I’ve a job in the morning.

“She was very impressive. I always thought a fair bit of her at home but that’s above and beyond what I thought to be honest.

“The phone is hopping in my pocket at the moment!

“She’s a mare with a pedigree, it goes back to Back In Front — the good horse of Edward O’Grady’s.

“I’d say someone might own her next time. She must be worth a fair few quid after that. It was a savage performance first time out in a bumper.

“She’s always been relentless and doesn’t know when she has enough done.

“She has a hunter cert. I was going to point-to-point her, and then I thought maybe she’s a bit better than a point-to-pointer.”

The scary thing is that I can hear Willie saying these exact words! (well..except for the 'only 6 in" part)

[Eggs]

…..Mullins;

’Looking at the winners of this race over the years it has produced some very nice horses and I’m hoping we have one such horse on Sunday. He won his point-to-point for Paul Cashman and I’m looking forward to getting this fellow out on the track for Professor Caroline Tisdall. He looks a real chasing type.

I was very impressed with the way Copacabana won his bumper in Navan, he looked a real old chasing type, a big, strong horse who came clear in testing conditions. It looked a deep bumper from pre-race chat. He will be one of our leading lights for the race at Cheltenham.‘

[Bayoffreedom]

I am reliably informed that Willie now has Aqua Force

[LeeOVO1988]

Bayoffreedom thanks for heads up. Noted it has moved already from the 50-s to mid 30-1 now. I imagine it’s going to crash further once this is made official publicly

[riccirich]

The 25/1 nrnb would be the much safer option, the 50s was worth the risk ante post but the 33s isn't really.

With him moving yards trainers can sometimes want to give them tine to settle in to a new way of training before running them, might depend on who the owner is and how keen they are to go to Cheltenham.

[Black Dog]

I'd say the news is out now looking at oddschecker.