Sizing Europe favourite for Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase
Sizing Europe is likely to take victory in the Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase Grade 1 at Cheltenham in England on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The cash prize for the major event has been set as £182,240.
A total of eight runners will be up against each other in the 2 mile long race, which is scheduled to start at 3:20 GMT. The going will be good and the entries confirmed are: Sizing Europe, Finian's Rainbow, Big Zeb, Wishfull Thinking, Kauto Stone, Realt
Dubh, Gauvain and I'M So Lucky.
There are some quality runners taking part in this event, but the bookmakers have shown faith in Sizing Europe, who has been in terrific form over the past few months. If he gets a clear run, he might end up on the top of the table for his third consecutive
race.
The 10-year-old gelding has participated in 15 chases, winning nine of them. There has not been a single occasion, where he failed to make it to the top three. This will encourage the punters to invest more money on his victory at Cheltenham today.
Henry De Bromhead’s trained runner has shown impressive form in his most recent outings, as he was victorious in his last two races. He will be eying a hat-trick, but will have to work extremely hard in order to do so.
In his most recent race, Sizing Europe produced a dominant result, winning by a massive margin of 15 lengths. He was quick right from the start and did not allow the rest of the runner to come anywhere closer.
The favourite runner will be partnered by A. E. Lynch, who has earned 10 victories while chasing.
Another participant, who has been performing consistently well since making his debut, is Finian's Rainbow. He has managed to win five chase races out of the seven he took part in. In addition to that, he has got a couple of runner up finishes to his name,
which suggests that he has the ability to match the speed of his opponents.
Nicky Henderson’s trained gelding will be ridden by seasoned jockey, Barry Geraghty, who has won 91 chase races.
Other than the top two favourites, Big Zeb might also manage to make an impression. However, he lost a race to Sizing Europe recently, which means he will not have the confidence to challenge him.
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