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Cheltenham - Betting preview - Wednesday 11th March (Monday, March 02, 2009)

Queen Mother Champion Chase - Wednesday 11th March

One horse many will be following is the classy Master Minded. He is a short priced favourite at 1/3 to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase on the 11th March with Paddypower. Yet another of Paul Nicholls quality horses and he is our pick of the meeting despite the short odds on offer. We simply cannot see any dangers and our confidence in the horse was given a major boost with Paul Nicholls recent comments about the condition of the Master Minded.

"He won the Tingle Creek and didn't come out of a canter to win the Victor Chandler at Ascot. He looks in fantastic form and I think he has improved enormously physically from last year," explained the champion trainer. It is great to see a trainer honest about his horses chances and with his comments in mind, the 1/3 does start to look more tasty.

The bookies have priced Voy por Ustedes as the only real contender for the Nicholls trained horse. He ran out an extremely impressive winner in his last race in Ascot's Betfair Chase. He won with 14 lengths to spare and the testing ground will only improve his immense stamina. It is still unsure as to whether Alan King will enter Voy por Ustedes into the Queen Mother Chase or the Ryanair Chase although he is 6/4 with Paddypower to win the latter race. Whichever one he does eventually ride in, he will almost certainly be thereabouts come the finish line.

The best of the rest could be the other Paul Nicholls trained horse in Twist Magic. Voy por Ustedes did beat Twist Magic in last seasons Arkle chase but Twist Magic was prominent and appeared to be in with every shout of winning the race were it not for a soft fall two out. He will certainly have a point to prove this time around and at 16/1 with Paddypower, looks a decent alternative to the odds on favourite.

Queen Mother Champion Chase Betting Market:

Master Minded - 1/3 Paddypower
Petit Robin - 10/1 Paddypower
Voy por Ustedes - 12/1 Paddypower
Big Zeb - 12/1 Paddypower
Tidal Bay - 14-1 Paddypower
Twist Magic - 16/1 Paddypower

16/1 Bar the rest

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