Dissecting The Favourites To Win The Queen Mother Champion Chas

The feature race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, promises to be a remarkable contest, with an incredibly gifted field lining up for the two-mile masterpiece.


Majborough heads into the race as the favourite, with the Willie Mullins-trained runner boosted from 4/5 to 7/4 with Sky Bet.


It's simple to see why the six-year-old has actually brought in such strong support in the betting, having travelled to a dominant 19-length success in his newest outing at Leopardstown last month.


Majborough likewise boasts strong course form, with the gelding landing the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2024.


Should he prevail, it would mark yet another winning favourite in the day's function race, following Lossiemouth's commanding success in the Champion Hurdle yesterday.


Sky Bet guide: Dissecting the favourites to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase today


In the betting, Il Etait Temps and L'Eau Du Sud complete the 3 market leaders, priced at 3/1 and 11/2 respectively.


With the exception of a disappointing revealing at Ascot earlier this year, where he fell 2 out, Il Etait Temps had actually remained in exceptional form, winning 5 straight races prior to that by a combined margin of more than 43 lengths, four of which came in Grade 1 company.


Meanwhile, L'Eau Du Sud has actually been solid without being spectacular in current times, tape-recording 2 wins, 2 third-place surfaces and a 4th throughout his last five starts.


Despite that somewhat inconsistent run of outcomes, he looked especially outstanding at Cheltenham last time out, winning a Grade 2 contest there last November by an emphatic 15 lengths from a talented field that consisted of Jonbon, Matata and Edwardstone.


While the three favourites make certain to dominate the betting conversation, there's plenty to enjoy in other places in the field, with full odds for the rest of the below.


Sky Bet chances for the Queen Mother Champion Chase:


Majborough - WAS 4/5 NOW 7/4


Il Etait Temps - 3/1


L'Eau Du Sud - 11/2


Irish Panther - 14/1


Quilixios - 14/1


Found A Fifty - 33/1


Captain Guinness - 33/1


Saint Segal - 40/1


Libberty Hunter - 66/1


Brookie - 150/1