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15:30 Cheltenham

Wednesday 15 March 2017

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 55.3s

1^st

Special Tiara

1011-10

11/1

T: H De BromheadJ: N D Fehily

Jumped well, led after 1st, clear 5th until given breather on downhill run to 3 out, stayed on gamely flat, just held on

2^nd

Fox Norton

711-10

7/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Aidan Coleman

Tracked leaders, pecked 6th, outpaced after 3 out, rallied approaching last, went 2nd flat, stayed on well, just failed op 6/1

3^rd

Sir Valentino

811-10

33/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan

Held up in rear, headway 4 out, 2nd 2 out until after last, stayed on same pace final 100 yards just held onto 3rd op 25/1

4^th

Top Gamble

911-10

20/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: D N Russell

Mid-division, in touch 4 out, outpaced next, stayed on flat, finished well and just failed to get 3rd op 25/1

5^th

God's Own

911-10

6/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up in mid-division on outside, headway 8th, mistake and lost place 4 out, rallied to chase winner 3 out, bad error 2 out, lost 2nd last, one pace and no impression flat op 7/1 tchd 8/1

6^th

Traffic Fluide

711-10

50/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Held up towards rear on inside, outpaced 3 out, stayed on flat, unable to get competitive op 33/1

7^th

Douvan

711-10

2/9f

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Led until after 1st, tracked leaders, went 2nd 6th, hit 3 out, lost 2nd and soon beaten, well held 2 out tchd 1/4 and 2/7 in places

8^th

Garde La Victoire

811-10

14/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Prominent, lost 2nd when not fluent 6th, mistake 4 out, soon weakened op 16/1

9^th

Simply Ned

1011-10

33/1

T: N G RichardsJ: Brian Harding

Mid-division, not fluent 2nd, in touch 4 out, weakened after next

Also Ran

Sizing Granite

911-10

50/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

In rear, behind 8th, pulled up before 4 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.50Pl:£3.10, £2.20, £6.20EX:£201.60Trifecta:£2,413.50Tricast:£2,558.29SF:£90.95Swingers:£5.80, £28.10, £15.20

Forecasts

Douvan (2/9), God's Own (6/1), Fox Norton (7/1), Special Tiara (11/1), Garde La Victoire (14/1), Top Gamble (20/1), Sir Valentino (33/1), Simply Ned (33/1), Traffic Fluide (50/1), Sizing Granite (50/1)

DOUVAN will more than likely be one of the shortest priced favourites of the week and a Festival banker for many. His unbeaten record over fences is once again on the line but he’s already shown he can handle all that Cheltenham entails and, bar a fall, it would be hard to see him not adding to his already impressive chasing record. The likely race for the placings should provide a good test though and both God’s Own and Fox Norton would have claims in that contest. Marginal preference would be for the former who often comes to life at this time of year although both should be suited by the likely strong pace that should come from the habitual front-runner Special Tiara. He once again bids for a place in this event and, given his previous form with some of these and in this race, that is probably the limit of his ambitions this time around. Garde La Victoire would also have a say in the argument for the places but his jumping will be under pressure more than usual here and we saw what happened in that scenario in the JLT last year.