Champion Bumper
17:20 Cheltenham Festival
2025-03-12
Winner: £45,560
Runners: 33
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles:
Distance: 2m0f87y
The Weatherbys Champion Bumper takes place on day two of the Cheltenham Festival and is the only race at the meeting during which no obstacles are jumped. It is for horses who are yet to begin their jumping careers and has been the starting point for many top-class hurdlers and chasers, including King George winners Florida Pearl and Cue Card.
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Verdict
CHAMPION BUMPER PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2024 | Jasmin De Vaux | 1 | 5 | 9-2 | Willie Mullins | Patrick Mullins |
| 2023 | A Dream To Share | 111 | 5 | 7-2 | John E Kiely | Mr J L Gleeson |
| 2022 | Facile Vega | 11 | 5 | 15-8F | Willie Mullins | Patrick Mullins |
| 2021 | Sir Gerhard | 1-11 | 6 | 85-40 | Willie Mullins | Rachael Blackmore |
| 2020 | Ferny Hollow | 221 | 5 | 11-1 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2019 | Envoi Allen | 111 | 5 | 2-1F | Gordon Elliott | Jamie Codd |
| 2018 | Relegate | 11 | 5 | 25-1 | Willie Mullins | Katie Walsh |
| 2017 | Fayonagh | 811 | 6 | 7-1 | Gordon Elliott | Jamie Codd |
| 2016 | Ballyandy | 1121 | 5 | 5-1 | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Sam Twiston-Davies |
| 2015 | Moon Racer | 1-1 | 6 | 9-2F | David Pipe | Tom Scudamore |
CHAMPION BUMPER KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Won last time out, 10/10
- Aged five or six, 10/10
- Won a bumper worth at least £4,000 or €4,000 to the winner, 9/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 138, 8/10
- Off the track for at least 32 days, 8/10 (four not seen since Christmas or earlier)
- Won a bumper with at least 12 runners, 9/10
Other factors
- Ireland has won eight of the last ten and 25 of the 32 runnings.
- Willie Mullins has had the most winners with 13 victories (five in the last ten years) but is often mob-handed. On four of the occasions he won, he saddled just one runner; on the other nine, the winner was not his most fancied in the market on all but two occasions (Facile Vega in 2022 and Jasmin De Vaux in 2024).
- Gordon Elliott has trained two of the last eight winners.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - CHAMPION BUMPER 2024
Willie Mullins celebrated his 100th Cheltenham Festival winner when Jasmin De Vaux scored under the trainer’s son Patrick. The Simon Munir and Isaac Souede-owned five-year-old was successful on his Naas debut for the trainer and stayed on best up the Cheltenham hill to win by a length and three quarters. Mullins, combined with Gordon Elliott, were responsible for the first seven home in a race that has been won by Irish-trained horses for the last eight years. The Dan Skelton-trained Royal Infantry fared best of the British challenge in eighth.