Queen Mother Chase

Grade One Chase over 2 miles of the Old Course. 15.15 Wednesday March 17 2010. Speed jumping at its best. One mistake could cost a horse the race.

Champion Chase - Key Stats

All of the last ten winners had ran no more than four times that season

All of the last ten winners had won at least one race in that season

All of the last ten winners had won over at least 2m 1.5f

Nine of the last ten winners returned an SP of no bigger than 5/1

Only one of the last ten winners was older than nine years old

Eight of the last ten winners had previously competed at the festival

Queen Mother Chase - Analysis

As with so many races at the Festival, the last of our trends highlights the need for previous form at the course and, in this case, preferably form at the Festival itself.

The fact that eight of the last ten winners have returned an SP of 5/1 or shorter also indicates that this race has been a decent race for punters with only the 16/1 win of Newmill in 2006 a relative shock.

Champion Chase tips

Double champions of the Queen Mother Chase are pretty rare with only Master Minded able to retain his crown in 2009 since Viking Flagship did the same in 1995. This may make it tough for Big Zeb to follow up in 2011, especially as he will be ten-years-old by then and only one horse (Moscow Flyer) has managed to win this race at over nine years old since One Man in 1998.

So when looking for a horse to back for the Queen Mother in 2011 we need to look for a horse with experience at the Festival, aged nine or younger and winning stamina at around at least 2m 2f.

Champion Chase Odds 2010

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