Champion Bumper Records

Fastest Win: Joe Cullen 2000 ridden by CF Swan trained by WP Mullins finished in 221.2 s – 3 minutes 41.2 seconds

Leading jockey (3 wins):

Ruby Walsh – Alexander Banquet (1998), Missed That (2005), Briar Hill (2013)

Leading trainer (10 wins):

Willie Mullins – Wither or Which (1996), Florida Pearl (1997), Alexander Banquet (1998), Joe Cullen (2000), Missed That (2005), Cousin Vinny (2008), Champagne Fever (2012), Briar Hill (2013), Relegate (2018), Ferny Hollow (2020)

12 Year Trends and Statistics 

• Age – 11 of the last 12 winners were aged between 5 and 6.
• Sex – 10 of the last 12 winners were geldings. The 2 winning mares have come from just 12 runners.
• Trainer – Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott are the only trainers to saddle more than 1 winner in the last 12 years with 4 and 2 wins respectively. 
• Country – 7 of the last 12 winners were bred in Ireland, 2 in France and 3 in Great Britain.
• Colour – 11 of the last 12 winners were bay..
• Starting Price (SP) – 7 of the last 12 winners returned a SP of between 7/1 and 40/1.
• Starting Price Rank – 2 of the last 12 winners started as favourite and 5 were in the first 3 in the betting.
• Headgear – 11 of the last 12 winners wore no headgear
• Days Since Last Run – 10 of the last 12 winners had run between 32 and 74 days ago. 
• Last Run Form –All of the last 12 winners had won last time out.

SIR GERHARD – Unbeaten in 2 bumpers inbcluding a listed event at Naval in December. 

KILCRUIT – Won a Grade 2 bumper at the Dublin Festival with a degree of authority.

EILEENDOVER – Has brushed away the opposition in three runs so far. 

THREE STRIPE LIFE – Easy winner at Navan on debut will progress for the run.

What’s Keith’s Champion Bumper Tips for 2021?

Hard to split the leading contenders although EILEENDOVER may find things tough in this compant, last 4 year old to win was Cue Card in 2010. KILCRUIT was pretty impressive cruising past the opposition when winning at Leopardstown and at this current time just shades it for me.

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Here is Keith’s tip for the 2020 Weatherby's Champion Bumper.

Grade 2 bumper winner APPRECIATE IT ticks plenty of boxes and Willie Mullins knows what is required to win this race however the current odds of 7/4 puts me off and I am looking for a bit more value.

PANIC ATTACK won impressively on debut this is what I told the FRT Inner Circle members back in January:

“Impressive winner of a listed bumper at Market Rasen on debut, comfortably taking care of the field without breaking sweat. Probable Champion Bumper contender.”

Since that win she has been bought out of the Willie Mullins yard and moved to trainer David Pipe and while aged just four she misses the age vital statistic but we had a four year old in this race last year that finished second.

My selection for the Champion Bumper 2020 is: PANIC ATTACK 10/1 each way (NRNB).

As this article is written in advance of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, the likely contenders are expected to change as we get closer to Ladies Day. The picture also starts to get much clearer as we approach the festival, with trainers starting to show their cards in the weeks leading up to Day 2. 

Keith's on the day selection was PANIC ATTACK

How did he do?

 In the Champion Bumper PANIC ATTACK was held up and never even looked like getting involved.

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