Cheltenham Races
Cheltenham
16:00
BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase (GBB Race)
Cheltenham
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Distance: 2m
Type: Chase
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £6
Place: £1.50 £1.20 £2.60
Exacta: £9.40
Tricast: £83.85
Trifecta: £181.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 | Marine Nationale (IRE) | 7 G | Elite | Barry Connell | 164 lbs | 5/1 | Won | In touch with leaders - went second 3 out - pushed along and disputed lead 2 out - left clear last - ran on well(tchd 9/2) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Jonbon (FR) | 9 G | Elite | Nicky Henderson | 164 lbs | 5/6F | 18 | In touch with leaders - bad mistake and dropped to last 9th - pushed along and no impression before 2 out - 14 lengths down last - stayed on run-in - went modest second towards finish (jockey said gelding made a mistake at 6th fence from finish)(tchd 4/5) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Captain Guinness (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 164 lbs | 25/1 | 1.25 | In rear - some headway 4 out - mistake 3 out - went third 2 out - 8 lengths down when not fluent but left in second last - weakened run-in - lost second towards finish (kicked railing in parade ring; having been checked by vet at start - gelding was deemed fit to race)(op 28/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Solness (FR) | 6 G | Good | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 164 lbs | 12/1 | .5 | In touch with leaders - led 5th - headed 7th - not fluent 8th - outpaced after 3 out - weakened gradually from 2 out(tchd 10/1) | ||
| 5th | 3 | Found A Fifty (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Gordon Elliott | 164 lbs | 11/1 | 5.5 | Soon prominent - lost position but in touch with leaders 6th - outpaced before 2 out - 10 lengths down and weakening when left in third last - lost two places run-in(tchd 12/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Quilixios (GB) | 8 G | Good | Henry De Bromhead | 164 lbs | 40/1 | - | Disputed lead - led clearly 3rd - headed but prominent 5th - led again just before 3 out - joined 2 out - ridden when fell last | ||
| 99th | 5 | Libberty Hunter (GB) | 8 G | Good | Evan Williams | 164 lbs | 33/1 | - | Raced in last - not fluent 2nd - in rear but only 4 lengths down when fell 3 out | ||
| 99th | 2 | Energumene (FR) | 10 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 164 lbs | 6/1 | - | Disputed lead - lost position but prominent 3rd - led 7th - lost position just before 3 out - weakened before 2 out - pulled up last (trainer's rep said gelding lost his action coming down the hill; vet had nothing to report)(op 11/2) |