MASTER MINDED 7-4 TO EMULATE BADSBWORTH BOY WITH A CHAMPION TREBLE!
Master Minded still heads Champion Chase Market
Master Minded is among 24 entries for the Grade One Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase and aiming to become only the second horse to win the £320,000 two-mile championship three times, following Badsworth Boy in the 1980s.
The seven-year-old is one of five entries for champion Jump trainer Paul Nicholls along with Free World, I’msingingtheblues, Takeroc and Twist Magic.
Dual Champion-Chaser Master Minded remains at the head the betting for Cheltenham’s Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase after the entries were published today. William Hill make the seven-year-old a 7-4 chance to become the first horse since Badsworth Boy in the mid-eighties to rack-up three successive wins in the two-mile Championship race.
Forpadyplasterer rates as Hills’ second-favourite at 9-1, whilst fellow Irish-raider Big Zeb joins Kalahari King, and Twist Magic at 10-1. The race has been highlighted as a possible for the Sizing Europe, and Henry de Bromhead’s charge is available at 12-1 to become the first novice to win the race.
Kate Miller, spokeswoman for William Hill, said: ‘’Since the concerns about Master Minded were highlighted the Queen Mother betting has been fairly subdued, with punters unwilling to commit until the picture is clearer. All recent money has surrounded Petit Robin, and last year’s Arkle winner Forpadydeplasterer.’’
Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase: 7-4 Master Minded, 9-1 Forpadydeplasterer, 10-1 Big Zeb, Kalahari King, Twist Magic, 12-1 Sizing Europe, 14-1 Petit Robin, Well Chief, 16-1 Barker, Golden Silver, 20-1 Free World, Tranquil Sea, Voy Por Ustedes, 40-1 Cornas, 50-1 I’msingingtheblue, Mahogany Blaze, Oh Crick, 66-1 Fiepes Shuffle, Fix the Rib, Takeroc, Tartak, 100-1 Santa’s Son, 150-1 Lord Henry (EW 1/4 1,2,3)
