Champion Bumper Race Card

Below you will find the runners and entries for the Champion Bumper for this year's Cheltenham Festival.

As a reminder, this is a full list of entries. However, there are further declarations five days before the race, and final declarations 48 hours before.

Here you can find all of our Champion Bumper betting tips for the Cheltenham Festival. Looking for tips for some of the other races? Head over to our daily tips page.

The Champion Bumper is the concluding race on Ladies’ Day, which is the Wednesday of the Festival.

The bumper is the last race of the week that is run on the Old Course. This is because, on the Thursday and the Friday of the Festival, racing switches to the New Course.

The race is run over a distance of about two miles and horses must be aged four to six in order to run. The Champion Bumper is the most prestigious flat race or ‘bumper’ in the National Hunt calendar and it has a history of featuring horses that go on to become leading performers over obstacles, such as Florida Pearl and Cue Card.

The race often uses a mixture of jockeys, including both amateurs and leading jockeys from flat racing.

The Champion Bumper offers a total prize fund of £80,000, with the winner receiving £45,560. This is the lowest amount available for any of the Festival’s Grade 1 races.

The Champion Bumper was first run in 1992, when it was known as the Festival Bumper.

Over the years, the race has been sponsored by a number of different businesses, including both Guinness and Tote. However, since 1997 it has been sponsored by Weatherbys. For this reason, the race is officially titled the Weatherbys Champion Bumper.

Historically, the Champion Bumper has been dominated by Willie Mullins, who has won the race 12 times since his first winner in 1996. His wins have come from the following horses:

• Wither or Which (1996)
• Florida Pearl (1997)
• Alexander Banquet (1998)
• Joe Cullen (2000)
• Missed That (2005)
• Cousin Vinny (2008)
• Champagne Fever (2012)
• Briar Hill (2013)
• Relegate (2018)
• Ferny Hollow (2020)
• Sir Gerhard (2021)
• Facile Vega (2022)

So, if you’re in the market for any Champion Bumper tips, it’s hard to look too far past any horse that has been trained by Willie Mullins.

Two jockeys have enjoyed three Champion Bumper victories each with Willie Mullins-trained horses. The first of these was Ruby Walsh, who rode Alexander Banquet (1998), Missed That (2005) and Briar Hill (2013).

The second of these is his own son, Patrick Mullins. An amateur jockey, Patrick Mullins has won the race with Cousin Vinny (2008), Champagne Fever (2012) and Facile Vega (2022).

With three victories apiece, Walsh and Mullins are the leading jockeys in the history of the Champion Bumper.

Some fine horses have romped to victory in the Champion Bumper over the years. Looking for some Champion Bumper betting tips for this year’s race? Take a look at this list of the winners from the last decade and see if you can spot any patterns that might help you make a decision.

Looking for our latest Champion Bumper betting tips? Just scroll up this page. Alternatively, head over to our Day 2 Tips page. Here we reveal every horse we’re backing on this day of the Cheltenham Festival.

In addition to this, you can also see all the latest odds for this race on our Champion Bumper Odds page. This allows you to see which bookmakers are offering the best price on each horse in the race.