17:30 Cheltenham

Wednesday 16 March 2022

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

Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 4m 4.80s

1^st

Facile Vega

511-5

15/8f

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins

Mid-division, headway over 5f out, challenged 3f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well, readily op 6/4 tchd 2/1

2^nd

3 ¾

American Mike

511-5

5/2

T: G ElliottJ: Mr J J Codd

Mid-division on outside, closed over 6f out, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, switched left over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, stayed on op 2/1

3^rd

2 ½

James's Gate

511-5

16/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Chased leaders, headway on inside 5f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on, no impression on winner op 14/1 tchd 12/1 and 20/1

4^th

2 ¾

Seabank Bistro

511-5

18/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Brian Hayes

Held up towards rear, headway on outside 6f out, ridden over 3f out, close 3rd and ridden 2f out, 4th and held from over 1f out, kept on op 33/1

5^th

1 ¾

Authorised Speed

511-5

50/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Held up in rear, headway over 6f out, 5th and ridden over 2f out, unable to get on terms, kept on tchd 66/1

6^th

2 ¼

Poetic Music

410-2

33/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up in rear, headway towards outside from 6f out, ridden 3f out, stayed on but unable to get on terms op 40/1 tchd 25/1

7^th

Our Jester

611-5

50/1

T: H MorrisonJ: N de Boinville

Mid-division, headway over 5f out, outpaced 3f out, weakened from over 1f out tchd 40/1

8^th

4 ½

Music Drive

511-5

50/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Chased leaders on inside, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final 2f

9^th

8 ½

Spanish Present

611-5

250/1

T: M KeighleyJ: S Bowen

Prominent early, chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened from 2f out op 200/1 tchd 300/1

10^th

Viva Devito

511-5

25/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr Derek O'Connor

Held up towards rear op 66/1 tchd 18/1

11^th

Madmansgame

511-5

10/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Danny Mullins

Led or disputed lead until over 9f out, led over 5f out, headed over 4f out, weakened inside final 3f op 20/1 tchd 28/1

12^th

8 ½

Cillians Charm

511-5

250/1

T: A McCannJ: Jonathan Moore

Always towards rear op 200/1

13^th

Redemption Day

511-5

7/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

In touch in mid-division, closed 8f out, lost place on inside over 4f out, soon well beaten op 13/2 tchd 9/2

14^th

Ocean Of Mercy

611-5

125/1

T: P HennessyJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Prominent early, chased leaders, lost place over 5f out op 66/1 tchd 150/1

15^th

Houlanbatordechais

511-5

14/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Rachael Blackmore

Raced keenly and hung right, soon in touch, led over 9f out, clear over 7f out, headed over 3f out, soon weakened tchd 12/1 and 25/1

Also Ran

Ain't No Sunshine

611-5

125/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Danny McMenamin

In rear, struggling 7f out, soon well behind, pulled up after op 150/1

Call Me Harry

511-5

125/1

T: I JardineJ: C O'Farrell

Mid-division, struggling 8f out, well behind over 6f out, pulled up after op 100/1 tchd 150/1

Godot

511-5

250/1

T: A IrvineJ: Brendan Powell

Prominent or disputed lead until over 9f out, weakened from 6f out, pulled up inside final 3f op 200/1 tchd 400/1

Joyeux Machin

511-5

33/1

T: P NolanJ: B J Cooper

Mid-division, well beaten 6f out, pulled up inside final 3f op 25/1

Top Dog

511-5

50/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Thomas Bellamy

Prominent early, held up in touch, weakened from over 5f out op 66/1

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Non-Runners

Rosy Redrum³²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 4

T: M F Harris J: Mitchell Bastyan

Esperti¹⁵⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Kevin Sexton

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.88Pl:£1.60, £1.60, £3.20EX:£6.40Trifecta:£62.40Tricast:£59.56SF:£5.86Swingers:£2.00, £8.80, £11.00

Forecasts

Facile Vega (15/8), American Mike (5/2), Redemption Day (7/1), Madmansgame (10/1), Houlanbatordechais (14/1), James's Gate (16/1), Seabank Bistro (18/1), Viva Devito (25/1), Rosy Redrum (25/1), Poetic Music (33/1), Joyeux Machin (33/1), Authorised Speed (50/1), Our Jester (50/1), Music Drive (50/1), Top Dog (50/1), Esperti (100/1), Ocean Of Mercy (125/1), Call Me Harry (125/1), Ain't No Sunshine (125/1), Spanish Present (250/1), Cillians Charm (250/1), Godot (250/1)

A potentially strong renewal for which it's hard to oppose FACILE VEGA, who eased to victory on debut, then barely broke sweat to land a Grade 2 event at Leopardstown. American Mike did everything right when scoring by wide margins on his two Rules outings to date, so he's likely to be on the premises for another top Irish yard, and the selection's stablemate, Redemption Day, is also a player.

FACILE VEGA (IRE)
AMERICAN MIKE (IRE)
REDEMPTION DAY

Previous Winners

2021

Sir Gerhard

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 6

J: Rachael Blackmore | T: W P Mullins

85/40

Prize Money

1st: £45,560.002nd: £17,096.003rd: £8,560.004th: £4,264.005th: £2,144.006th: £1,072.00