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Venture Capital
Caroline Norris

Given the inexperience of the equine contenders, Wiki content is necessarily thin on the ground but there are some really solid statistics associated with this race. Perhaps the key pointer is the great record that Irish trainers have in this; the Emerald Isle providing the winner 14 times in 19 years. Like most stats, simple logic explains the situation easily and in Ireland, bumpers are taken a great deal more seriously than over in England. Such races are often run at an artificially slow pace, especially over here and so this huge field fast-run affair will be quite different to what many of the horses have been used to.

Age is another pointer with 5 and 6 years olds having a virtually unblemished record in recent times. Dunguib over to Cheltenham to win the Champion Bumper in 2009. That must be considered one more positive so in a race where wiki pointers are thin, there is still a strong case built around Venture Capital on what the history of this race tells us.

Recommendation: Venture Capital at 16/1