We move on to the second act of Cheltenham’s four-part drama, with the BetMGM Queen Mother Chase headlining the rising action.
National Hunt traditionalists across the Irish Sea likely baulk at the juxtaposition of a US sports betting outfit in expansionary mode with the old dear, in terms of the name of the contest, but she’d have been cool with it. If there was one thing the Queen Mother loved more than a gin and Dubonnet, it was a bet on a two-mile chaser, or so the rumours go.
The column on day one flagged a winner and a second (both recommended each-way) from two bets after a needlessly lengthy – and slightly paternalistic – treatise on the perils of betting at odds-on. The shock winner of the…