Each year at the Cheltenham National Hunt (Jumps) Festival in March there is a particular race which is run without obstacles and specifically for relatively inexperienced horses – The Weatherby Championship Bumper Race.
The top trainers such as Willie Mullins, Paul Nicholls etc target this race, as well as a great number of other Irish based Trainers, and many of the runners go on to win in the following months and years, however……
BUMPER PROFITS concentrates on those runners from outside of the top trainers and also the Irish based ones, by selecting those trained by the likes of Paul Webber, Victor Dartnall etc. The rationale behind this method is quite simple. To run a horse in this Championship status race, against so many of the top trainers, our selection must be held in very high regard by its connections. The race is a tough and competitive one, and not an occasion for a “schooling” session in public.
Of the 26 horses that fit our criteria during the period 2005 up to and including the 2009 race, 20 horses went on to win a race within their next few starts. By simply placing a £10 win bet on each of our qualifier’s next runs, stopping the sequence when the horse won, we would have placed 48 bets.
Total stake £480.00
Total return £1116.73
Overall profit to SP +£636.73
Return on investment +132%
Now that we have Betfair SP’s I am certain that the overall profit would be significantly greater still.
A full breakdown of the qualifiers and results are as follows:-
Looking at the runners in the Weatherby Championship Bumper ignoring the top trainers & following all other runners
2009
|
Horse |
Trainer |
Result |
|
Benbane Head |
M Keighley |
3rd 5/4 – Won 8/1 |
|
Latin America |
N J Gifford |
Unraced since run |
|
Henry King |
V R Dartnall |
2nd 13/8 – Fell 15/8 |
|
Double Dash |
George Baker |
2nd 7/2 – 3rd 5/2 |
|
Lightening Rod |
M W Easterby |
Won 11/2 |
|
Bygones of Brid |
Karen McLintock |
Unp 33/1 – Won |
2008
|
Horse |
Trainer |
Result |
|
Shoreacres |
B G Powell |
Won 5/2 |
|
Corkage |
Miss Lucinda Russell |
Unp 4/1 – Unp 9/1 – Unp 13/2 – Unp 8/1 – Won 10/1 |
|
Lord Generous |
Miss H Lewis |
Unp 12/1 – 2nd 11/2 – Won |
2007
|
Horse |
Trainer |
Result |
|
One Gulp |
P R Webber |
Unp 13/2 – Won 7/2 |
|
Lodge Lane |
V R Dartnall |
W 11/8 |
|
Tot O’ Whiskey |
J M Jefferson |
Unp 12/1 – Won 8/13 |
|
Sir Harry Ormesher |
C J Down |
Won 9/1 |
2006
|
Horse |
Trainer |
Result |
|
Pressgang |
P R Webber |
Off track 22 months |
|
Wind Instrument |
T R George |
Unp 11/2 – 2nd 9/2 – 3rd 7/1 -Won 5/2 |
|
Burnt Oak |
C W Fairhurst |
4th 2/1 – 4th 18/1 – Won 6/1 |
|
Nightfly |
M Pitman |
Won 7/4 |
2005
|
Horse |
Trainer |
Result |
|
De Soto |
P R Webber |
4th 3/1 – Unp 11/8 – Won 11/1 |
|
Mister Quasimodo |
C L Tizzard |
2nd 7/1 – Won 6/4 |
|
Rasharrow |
L Lungo |
Won 4/9 |
|
Snakebite |
M Pitman |
2nd 3/1 – Won 5/2 |
|
High Tech Made |
C R Egerton |
Off Track 2.5 years (Injury) |
|
Karanja |
V R Dartnall |
2nd 6/5 – 2nd 5/2 – Won Evs |
|
Wee Robbie |
N J Gifford |
2nd 5/2 – 2nd 5/2 – Won 12/1 |
|
The Mick Weston |
R T Philips |
Won 4/11 |
|
Oscardeal |
C T Pogson |
Unp 8/1 – Off track |
Stop Press
Double Dash (2009 qualifier) ran on Mon 25th Jan and WON @ 15/8(bfsp 3.41)
So another +2.28 points profit….
Steve Carter
