Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase Tips, Odds & Runners

The Kim Muir: Amateurs Take Centre Stage

The final race of Day is the Kim Muir, a handicap chase for amateur jockeys. It’s a wideopen race with runners. The market is headed by Road To Home (5/1), with one nap. Waterford Whispers (7/1) and Monbeg Genius (8/1) are the other main contenders.

The Contenders: Skelton's Nap vs The Field

Road To Home (17/1) - Pulled up over hurdles at Leopardstown (3m, heavy) last month and there's a stamina question to answer; however, his best form has come on good to soft ground over fences and the way he kept on for third at Newbury (2m4f, good to soft) in December hints he may have potential over a staying trip.

Waterford Whispers (7/1) - Runner-up in the Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle here (2m4f, heavy) in March 2024; 0-6 over fences but he returned to form when third in a big-field handicap at Leopardstown (extended 2m5f, soft) last month, when shaping as though this first crack at a staying trip could be right up his street.

Gericault Roque (17/1) - 10yo who has been lightly raced, with mixed results, since finishing second in the 2022 Ultima here (3m1f, good to soft); however, he returned to form when second at Ascot (3m, good to soft) last month in first-time cheekpieces (retained) and can be in the mix if backing up that effort.

Our 1-2-3 Prediction

1. Waterford Whispers (7/1) -  first crack at a staying trip could be right up his street.

2. Road To Home (17/1) - His best form has come on good to soft ground over fences and the way he kept on for third at Newbury (2m4f, good to soft) in December hints he may have potential over a staying trip.

3. Gericault Roque (17/1) - Second at Ascot (3m, good to soft) last month in first-time cheekpieces (retained) and can be in the mix if backing up that effort.