Race cards · Sat 30 Oct
Saturday 30 October · Down Royal, Northern Ireland
14:50 Ladbrokes Champion Chase (Grade 1)
- Distance
- 3m 0f 0y
- Going
- Soft
- Class
- 1
- Prize
- EUR 125000
- Runners
- 5
Race preview
A race which witnesses the return of last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner MINELLA INDO, who held sway over his better-fancied stablemate A Plus Tard in the showpiece event back in March. The eight-year-old will no doubt be using this race as a springboard to success on an even bigger stage in the future but may just have too much class for his rivals, with the improving Galvin tipped to follow him home. Frodon is always a dangerous rival when getting into a good rhythm on the front end and shouldn't be ruled out.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frodon | 4/14151- | Bryony Le Clerc | P F Nicholls | 11 12 | 3-1 | |
| 2 | Galvin | 11111-1 | D N Russell | G Elliott | 11 12 | 3-1 | |
| 3 | Minella Indo | 2/11F41- | Rachael Blackmore | H De Bromhead | 11 12 | 5-4 | |
| 4 | Delta Work | 115/5U3- | Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 11 12 | 11-2 | |
| 5 | Ravenhill | F1/U683- | D F O'Regan | G Elliott | 11 12 | 125-1 |