The Queen Mom Champion Chase is the function race on day two of the Cheltenham Competition and the Unbridled duo of Matt Chapman and Paddy Brennan have made their picks.
Willie Mullins’ Majborough is the horse to beat, having impressed on the Dublin Racing Competition final month, however his leaping has been known as into query by a number of pundits, together with Brennan.
He faces 9 rivals, with the primary problem coming from Dan Skelton’s L’Eau du Sud and stablemate Il Etait Temps.
Talking on the Unbridled podcast, Brennan mentioned: “I think Majborough needs a bit of rain. There are people out there who see him as a banker but don’t forget he won on heavy ground.
“I simply assume L’EAU DU SUD is coming right here with a greater preparation, having been freshened up, and he’ll love the bottom.
“He is in nice kind at dwelling and I am going to keep on with him on the costs.
“In the event that they’re using to win, they’re going to need to keep watch over Majborough, but when Willie Mullins’ horse makes one mistake, I would be leaping proper upsides him.
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“Majborough is his own biggest danger.”
It is going to be no shock to common followers of Unbridled to be taught that Chapman disagrees together with his co-host.
“I think MAJBOROUGH will win but I was also wondering about LIBBERTY HUNTER at a massive 66/1. It seems to me that there’s going to be a horse at a big price hitting the frame.
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“Captain Guinness has been here before and done rather well in this race – the winner in 2024.
“If the Majborough that turns up on the Dublin Racing Competition turns up right here, the race is over.
“He sometimes whacks a fence too hard but he doesn’t fall.”
