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The final race of the day is the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase.
24 runners go to post for this Amateur Jockeys' race run over 3m 2f. You won't go far wrong going for the better jockeys in this race. Jamie Codd has won it twice in the last ten years, and other top amateurs like M R James, Derek O'Connor and Gina Andrews have all won too.
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Cheltenham 5:30 – Dunboyne 8/1 (0.5pt ew)
Gavin Cromwell's Stumptown is the market favourite, and I would be sweet on his chances in this if the ground wasn't on the soft side. He won nicely at Sandown, winning on the bridle like a well-handicapped horse, but I think he might be better on a quicker surface. The form worked out nicely with the runner-up winning next time out, but 4/1 seems a bit short considering he's up in the handicap and doesn't get his ideal ground, plus he has to prove he is as good going left-handed as he is right.
My dart landed on Dunboyne trained by Gordon Elliott. Gordon has a fair few horses in this race, but with Jamie Codd in the saddle, you'd like to think this is his main hope. I didn't go for him based on the jockey, but the form of his last run looks good in comparison to some in this field. He finished second in the Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park, which is a big pot handicap. He finished behind Carefully Selected, who was the class horse in the race, and he lost by a short-head that day. The third and fourth have boosted the form, both winning 50k prize handicaps in good style, so he gets the vote for me. He'll handle the ground, he's in good form and he'll stay the trip, as well as having the best jockey in the race.
Venetia Williams won this race last year and she has three in the race this time around. Farinet is a hit-and-miss horse, who has to bounce back to form, drastically. The same applies to Coo Star Sivola at the bottom of the weights. Fontaine Collanges is probably her main chance in this. She stays well and handles the ground, it just depends on whether she is good enough. She has some decent pieces of form. She has to be respected for the trainer who had the 40/1 winner last year.
Mr Incredible is the top weight carrier, and has good form from the Warwick Classic Chase behind last year's Welsh National winner. He looks like a true stayer and might find today's trip on the sharp side, and it'll be a tough ask off 12st.
Beauport is an interesting runner for Nigel Twiston-Davies who has won this race before. His best form is over much shorter, but he does look like a horse who would stay this trip. His jumping is decent for a novice and he's another who will enjoy the ground. The trip is a question which is too much of an unknown, but wouldn't surprise me if he runs well.
