Queen Mother Champion Chase 2012 - Sizing Europe Heads 19 Initial Runners
The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 Chase for five year old’s and above racehorses and is the feature race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. It is run over a distance of two tough miles over the Cheltenham Festival course and there are a total of twelve fences 4 feet high, to be jumped. Sizing Europe has won the Tingle Creek Chase in style at Sandown and has been slashed in the betting to win the Champion Chase for a second successive year.
The Champion Chase Odds are looking competitive behind Sizing Europe with 2010 winner Big Zeb one to keep an eye on. He was below his best in the race last season but may have enough in the tank for another successful campaign for trainer Colm Murphy and connections.
One exciting potential Champion Chase contender this season Finians Rainbow who is a horse full of class on his best day for trainer Nicky Henderson. The horse made his seasonal debut at Kempton over Christmas and managed to claim a good win and is clearly one to watch as the latest Queen Mother Betting highlights. Finians Rainbow was second in the Arkle last season and he is likely to be one of the Queen Mother Champion Chase Runners at the Cheltenham Festival later this season.
Champion Chase History
Due to the race not being run in 2001 this will be the 53rd running of this very prestigious race. Please see Queen Mother Chase Past Winners. Formerly known as the national Hunt 2 Mile Champion Chase, the late Queen Mothers name was added to it in 1980 as a celebration of her 80th birthday
In comparative terms, the race has a short history but it has been a pulsating one. The race brings together an exceptionally strong field, where a horse needs speed, strength and an excellent jumping technique to win. It was why a prize fund of over well over £300,000 is put up by the sponsors, Seasons Holidays.
Queen Mother Champion Chase Betting
Needless to say betting goes hand in hand with the Cheltenham Festival and the Queen Mother Champion Chase attracts on of the biggest betting markets in racing. Most of the horses in the races will be top quality and for that reason many of them will be well known to the racing public and will be closely followed. There will be a number of bookmakers offering a free bet service, which can be taken advantage by using our Queen Mother Champion Chase Free bet. The race attracts bets all year round and you can check out the current odds of your favourites in the Queen Mother Chase 2012 odds and we also have some very interesting Queen Mother Chase tips for your consideration.
Queen Mother Runners and Riders
As already stated, the race attracts a very high quality field, that is likely to be led once again by Sizing Europe, winner of the race in 2011 and 2010 Champion Big Zeb. Sizing Europe will once again be ridden by Andrew Lynch if he runs, but there will other top horse and jockey combinations that will try their utmost to stop him from winning again. On our Queen Mother Champion Chase runners page you can take a look at who is likely to run and who they will be ridden by.
We are also likely to see the likes of Finians Rainbow and Kauto Stone who have both aquitted themselves well this eason and will be hoping to improve in 2012 against the more fancied runners.
Queen Mother Champion Chase Tips 2012
The Champion Chase is one of the biggest races of the season and that means the betting turnover is massive for one of the main Cheltenham Festival races. The two mile Chase always provide a thrilling race for punters and the Queen Mother Champion Chase Tips make for essential reading before having a bet on the big race. The race trends will help punters narrow down what is always a competitive field of runners as we look to find the value both ante-post and on the day of the big race in March.
