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Champion Bumper Tips
- H: Cantico (Each Way)
- J: P Townend
- T: W P Mullins
- H: Cantico EW
- J: P Townend
- T: W P Mullins
- Age:5
- Weight:11-7
- Form:1-31
- OR:121
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Champion Bumper Overview
The Champion Bumper is a Grade One race open to horses aged four, five or six years of age. The race is run on the old course with the distance being 2 miles and 87 yards. The winner is likely to take home around £46,000. This is a flat race where no hurdles will be jumped.
Champion Bumper Trends
In the thirty-one runnings of the race, Ireland has won twenty-four of the renewals.
The leading trainer is Willie Mullins who has amassed twelve victories in the contest.
The leading jockeys, both riding for Willie Mullins, are Ruby Walsh and Patrick Mullins with three winners a piece.
This winner can be crowned the best bumper horse around up until this part of the season and the winner often goes on to become a leading performer over obstacles in years to come with the likes of Florida Pearl and Cue Card being fine examples.
Champion Bumper History
The race was first introduced in 1992 when initially it was called the Festival Bumper.
It had various sponsors in its early years including the Tote and Guinness with current sponsors Weatherbys taking over in 1997.
Some notable winners this century include Cue Card (2010), Envoi Allen (2019), Sir Gerhard (2021) and Facile Vega (2022).
Champion Bumper FAQ
A Dream To Share, trained by John & Thomas Kiely and ridden by Mr J L Gleeson, won the 2023 renewal at odds of 7/2.
The prize money for the 2023 renewal was £46,000.
It is run on the second day of the Festival, usually as the last of seven races. The 2024 renewal will be run on Wednesday 13th March.
There is traditionally a big turnout for this race with the last three renewals hosting 21, 20 and 14 participants.
The race is open to horses aged between four and six years of age.