| Date | Time | Class | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thur 14th March 2024 | 17:30 | Ungraded | 3 miles 1.5 furlongs |
Cheltenham Festival races don’t come more unpredictable than the Kim Muir Challenge Cup, a stayer’s handicap chase for amateur jockeys.
2024 Kim Muir Challenge Cup preview
A favourite has emerged for the 2024 Kim Muir Challenge Cup in Inothewayurthinking. Priced around 4/1, he’s carrying top weight in the race and has three places from four starts over fences – but no wins.
The rest of the field is priced some way off the favourite, and this is as good a race as any to get behind one of the longer odds entries.
Of these Demnat looks fairly impressive. In six chases he’s finished outside the top three once, and the 11-1 he’s going to be carrying in the Kim Muir is well within his comfort zone.
Race Card
14.03.2024
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| POS | Dist | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 st | Inothewayurthinkin | Mr Derek O’Connor | G P Cromwell | |
| 2 nd | 8 | Git Maker | Mr William Biddick | Jamie Snowden |
| 3 rd | 18 | Whacker Clan | Mr J L Gleeson | H De Bromhead |
| 4 th | hd | Where It All Began | Mr B O’Neill | G Elliott |
| 5 th | 2 | Daily Present | Mr J W Hendrick | P Nolan |
| 6 th | nk | Grozni | Mr Alex Chadwick | James Owen |
| 7 th | 4.25 | Annual Invictus | Miss Gina Andrews | C Gordon |
| 8 th | 1.75 | Dom Of Mary | Mr F Maguire | D G Bridgwater |
| 9 th | 1 | Demnat | Miss A B O’Connor | Miss V Williams |
| 10 th | 0.75 | Whistleinthedark | Mr Joe Wright | L Morgan |
| 11 th | 17 | Bowtogreatness | Mr Jack Andrews | B Pauling |
| 12 th | 4.25 | Flash De Touzaine | Mr J C Barry | Miss Doyle |
| 13 th | 30 | Cool Survivor | Mr Harry Swan | G Elliott |
| PU | Fakir D’alene | Mr R James | G Elliott | |
| PU | A Wave Of The Sea | Mr D G Lavery | B Haslam | |
| PU | Chavez | Mr P W Mullins | W P Mullins | |
| PU | Cepage | Mr Zac Baker | Miss V Williams | |
| PU | Cloudy Glen | Miss Lucy Turner | Miss V Williams | |
| PU | City Chief | Mr James King | N J Henderson | |
| F | Rapper | Mr Anthony O’Neill | H D Daly | |
| F | Angels Dawn | Mr P A King | S Curling | |
| U | Celebre D’allen | Mr Callum Pritchard | P Hobbs & J White |
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Cup Tips
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2024 Kim Muir Challenge Cup Tips & Analysis
Amirite is the only entry in the 2024 Kim Muir Challenge Cup to attract two backers, with the Irish Sun and Moatt Polley of the Ipswich Star getting behind this entry.
For the rest, the pundits are all over the place, reflecting the fact that this is one of the most unpredictable races at the Festival.
Given the nature of the race you’ll want to place your bet at the bookie offering the most places, with Boylesports offering to pay 5 places instead of 4 in the 2024 Kim Muir Challenge Cup.
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About the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup is the Cheltenham Festival’s steeplechase showcase of amateur jockeys in the UK. Open to 5-year-old and above steeplechasers, the race covers a distance of 3 miles 1½ furlongs and features 19 fences. The race is a handicap, and despite having been contested at the Cheltenham Festival since 1946 carries no grading.
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup tends to pull in fields of grizzled but otherwise ordinary handicap veterans with solid staying power. However, it I has produced one famous alumni, with 2010 winner, Ballabriggs, going on to win the Grand National the following season. It has also produced two multiple race winners, with both Chu-The and Glyde Court taking a pair of victories.
The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup defies educated bets. With relatively unknown riders up against average horses levelled out by handicaps, picking a winner is largely guesswork. This is reflected in the starting prices of recent winners, which range from 9/2 to 40/1.
The only notable trend in the rate is that top weight has not proven a problem to a few recent winners, which means the best horse in the field as rated by the handicapper could be worth getting behind. Also stay clear of younger horses, no horse younger than 7 has won this race since 1971.
Recent Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 2023 | Angels Dawn | 8 | 11-00 | Pa Kelly | Sam Curling |
| 2022 | Chambard | 10 | 10-12 | Lucy Turner | Venetia Williams |
| 2021 | Mount Ida | 7 | 11-09 | Mrs D. Foster | J.W Kennedy |
| 2020 | Milan Native | 7 | 11-08 | Mr P. James | Gordon Elliott |
| 2019 | Any Second Now | 7 | 11-11 | Derek O’Connor | Ted Walsh |
