SELECTIONS FOR DAY 2 OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL - WEDNESDAY

1:30 (Diamond Jubilee National Hunt Chase)
Blenheim Brook
Four Commanders [e/w bet]

2:05 (Neptune Investment Novices' Hurdle)
Monksland

2:40 (RSA Chase)
Grands Crus

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Grands Crus
Invictus
Bobs Worth

3:20 (Queen Mother Champion Chase)
Sizing Europe (nap)

4:00 (Coral Cup)
Poole Master
Carlito Brigante [e/w bet]

4:40 (Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle)
Royal Bonsai

5:15 (Champion Bumper)
Circular Quay

Latest Odds for Queen Mother Champion Chase 2012

Sizing Europe and Big Zeb lead the way for this Chase for the Cheltenham Festival.

Colm Murphy's horse is currently at 5/1 and Henry de Bromhead's Tingle Creek champion leads at 5/2.

Kauto Stone (12/1) and Master Minded (16/1) follow close behind - it will be interesting to see where all these big names end up in the race.

Wishfull Thinking also spices up the mix at 33/1. Definitely an each-way bet.

Following the Tingle Creek chase at Sandown on Saturday, Sizing Europe and Kauto Stone look set to battle it out again for the punters.

 

SIZING EUROPE SEIZES VICTORY IN THE TINGLE CREEK AT SANDOWN

SIZING Europe has seized another victory today by winning the Tingle Creek at Sandown.

The 11/8F battled against Nicholls' Kauto Stone, half-brother to Champion horse Kauto Star.

Wishfull Thinking, ridden by Richard Johnson, started ahead of Sizing Europe, leading by 15 lengths at the seventh fence.

Sizing Europe and Kauto Stone galloped behind, both jumping fluently over the fences.

As the second half of the Chase came into action, Sizing Europe and Kauto Stone closed the gap with Wishfull Thinking.

Johnson may have raced ahead too quickly, leaving Wishfull Thinking less time to recover against the two horses battling against him.

The crowd roared as riders Andrew Lynch and Ruby Walsh reached the final furlong, yet by the last jump Sizing Europe was easily the best horse on form, leading by 5-6 lengths ahead of Kauto Stone.

Sizing Europe may have been a little slow on the fences on the back straight, but Andrew Lynch proved to the punters exactly why the horse is a champion chaser.

Full result:

1st -   Sizing Europe, 11/8F

2nd -  Kauto Stone, 7/2

3rd -   Cornas, 16/1