
The Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of the four championship races of the Cheltenham Festival held in March. As the 'featured race' on the second day of the festival, it attracts much attention from the visitors to the event, bookmakers on and off course, punters and of course the media including television, newspapers and online interest. The sponsor of this race this year was Betway, and 10 horses competed (fewer than years previous) and there are twelve fence to traverse.
The total purse for the Queen Mother Champion Chase is a very healthy £350,000 with the winner of the race getting £199,325 - not bad for a day's work. Like most popular horse racing events in the UK, a large number of bets are placed on the Queen Mother Champion Chase from those in the know and those not so in the know (most of us!). Factors such as the owner, trainer, pedigree of the horse and current form can all play a part when deciding to have a punt, and of course the bookies have a close eye on all of those too! Most successful horse over the course's history is Badsworth Boy, winner in 1983, 84 and 85. 2016's winner was 10 year old Sprinter Sacre, ridden by Nico de Boinville, trained by Nicky Henderson and Caroline Mould.
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