Frodon

Down Royal Racecourse is home to the only Grade 1 event in Northern Ireland, the 3m Down Royal Champion Chase, run this year on Saturday, 30 October (2:50). A stellar field of five runs with Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Minella Indo meeting the King George VI Chase scorer Frodon again. In a red-hot renewal of the race formerly known as the JNwine Champion Chase, past Down Royal races probably won’t help punters using horse racing betting sites to find the winner. This right-handed and undulating track suits galloping steeplechasers, and some of the best in training run here. Previous Down Royal results indicate that race-fit horses may have an advantage. Five of the last eight Down Royal Champion Chase winners had a run within a month before coming here. It is possible to land the spoils fresh...