The Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of the finest and most prestigious races to be staged during the Cheltenham Festival. Two mile steeple-chasing on the Cotswold’s undulations is a real test of the equine – twelve fences must be jumped with precision at a scorching gallop meaning there is no room for error.

He was a little before my time, but the great Badsworth Boy is the only horse to win the Queen Mother three times. Master Minded was cruelly denied this feat in 2010, by the Gods, when Cheltenham’s racing turf was deemed too quick for the dual winner and he finished out of the frame. Quick

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