Cheltenham Festival Day 2 - Queen Mother Champion Chase

Ok so I couldn't find a pic of my day 2 hero the great BADSWORTH BOY but I decided it was no reason not to include him in my hero's of yesteryear theme. He is the winner of 8 starts from 18 runs under NH rules and is the ONLY horse to ever win todays feature event three times in 1983, 1984 & 1985. Enough said.

Anyway after a bad 1st day - a few scanky favourites are not my style :( - I'm calling in some outside help. I bumped into Top Dog in the supermarket last night and inevitably the subject of Cheltenham came up. He & Mini Cooper are lucky enough to be down there for the spectacle so I've had them txt me their tips so you have a choice. As Top Dog had Go Native at 12's in the opener & Mini C had Forpadydeplaster in the Arkle at 8's and also fancied Punjabi in the parade ring so had a sneaky last minute EW on him; I'd follow their tips instead of mine! So without further ado, bring on the selections:-

TJ:- 1.30 Kornati Kid 2.05 Diamond Harry 2.40 Carruthers 3.20 Twist Magic 4.00 Lough Derg 4.40 Ski Sunday / Indian Groom 5.15 Shinrock Paddy

Top Dog:- 1.30 Cant Buy Time 2.05 Mikael D'haguenet 2.40 Gone To Lunch 3.20 Well Chief 4.00 Serabad 4.40 Simarian 5.15 Meath All Star

Mini Cooper:- 1.30 Le Beau Bai 2.05 Mad Max 2.40 Massini's Maguire 3.20 Petit Robin 4.00 Great Endeavour 4.40 Helium 5.15 Gagewell Flyer

FYI Top Dog says the Champion Bumper winner WILL be a Willie Mullins trained horse as he & I quote "farms this race every bloody year". It's just a question of "which one". Ciao for now

TJ