| Date | Time | Class | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 14th March 2025 | 16:40 | Ungraded | 3 miles 2.5 furlongs |
The St James’s Place Festival Hunter Chase is the Cheltenham Festival’s signature foxhunter chase, run over Cheltenham’s Gold Cup course.
2025 Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase Preview
Two recent wins in Irish Point to Point races have propelled Angels Dawn to the top of the Foxhunter Chase betting markets. He starts the race at 3/1, underpriced given the strong quality of the opposition.
A better looking option is Willitgoahead, who has a win and a place from his two starts over fences and a record of 5 wins and a 2nd place from his 9 starts in Point to Point races. At 13/2 he’s stronger value than the favourite.
However, Shearer looks like the value bet in the field at 9/1. He’s won all four of his starts over fences, and was in the same imposing form he showed in 2023 when he returned to racing from a 601 day break with two consecutive wins in February.
14.03.2025
Good to Soft
24
3m 2f 70y
Result
| POS | Dist | Runners |
|---|---|---|
| 1 st |
Wonderwall
J : Mr R James
T : S Curling
SP : 28/1
WGT : 76
|
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| 2 nd | nk |
Its On The Line
J : Mr Derek O’Connor
T : E Mullins
SP : 4/1
WGT : 76
|
| 3 rd | 3.25 |
Willitgoahead
J : Mr J L Scallan
T : G Elliott
SP : 13/2
WGT : 76
|
| 4 th | 9.5 |
Music Drive
J : Miss Ellie Callwood
T : Miss K Morgan
SP : 33/1
WGT : 76
|
| 5 th | nse |
Shearer
J : Miss Olive Nicholls
T : P F Nicholls
SP : 6/1
WGT : 76
|
| 6 th | 1.75 |
Carnfunnock
J : Mr Stephen Connor
T : S R B Crawford
SP : 100/1
WGT : 76
|
| 7 th | 2.25 |
Plan Of Attack
J : Mr B O’Neill
T : H De Bromhead
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
| 8 th | 2 |
Ontheropes
J : Mr C Mullins
T : T Mullins
SP : 33/1
WGT : 76
|
| 9 th | nk |
Angels Dawn
J : Mr P A King
T : S Curling
SP : 3/1
WGT : 73
|
| 10 th | 0.5 |
Ryehill
J : Mr L P Shanahan
T : R O’Sullivan
SP : 17/2
WGT : 76
|
| 11 th | 28 |
Bardenstown Lad
J : Mr E Mahon
T : D Loughnane
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
| 12 th | 1 |
What A Glance
J : Mr Toby McCain-Mitchell
T : Tom Britten
SP : 40/1
WGT : 76
|
| 13 th | 18 |
Lift Me Up
J : Mr Jack Andrews
T : Miss M Filby
SP : 33/1
WGT : 76
|
| 14 th | 6.5 |
D’jango
J : Mr D Andrews
T : Miss V Collins
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
| 15 th | 14 |
Rocky’s Howya
J : Mr D L Queally
T : D Queally
SP : 11/1
WGT : 76
|
| 16 th | 12 |
Go On Chez
J : Mr T Hutsby
T : F Hutsby
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
| 17 th | 9.5 |
Au Fleuron
J : Miss Aimee Jones
T : Max Comley
SP : 200/1
WGT : 76
|
| PU |
Fairly Famous
J : Miss Gina Andrews
T : Mrs G Andrews
SP : 17/2
WGT : 76
|
|
| PU |
Haven’t Time
J : Miss Lucy Turner
T : Miss S McQueen
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
|
| PU |
Allmankind
J : Mr Alex Chadwick
T : Mrs J Owen
SP : 20/1
WGT : 76
|
|
| PU |
Angels Breath
J : Mr Edward Vaughan
T : Tim Vaughan
SP : 66/1
WGT : 76
|
|
| PU |
Lisleigh Lad
J : Mr Darragh Allen
T : Ms E Broderick
SP : 200/1
WGT : 76
|
|
| F |
Take All
J : Mr Martin McIntyre
T : M Osborne
SP : 125/1
WGT : 76
|
|
| U |
West Of Carrig
J : Mr A J Browne
T : Don Browne
SP : 125/1
WGT : 76
|
St Jame’s Place Chase Tips
*Note: Betting tips are only displayed on the day of the race.
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Indicated odds were updated on 2025-03-20 4:38:54 UTC. Please note that
odds are subject to change.
Tips cannot guarantee betting success. Review tipsters performance and bet responsibly.
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About the St James’s Place Chase
The St James’s Place Festival Hunter Chasefeatures 5-year-old and above racehorses and amateur jockeys. Because the race is run over the same 3 mile 2½ course as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, it is sometimes referred to as the Amateur Gold Cup.
22 fences are jumped during the race. The St James’s Place Festival Hunter Chase has a tendency to produce repeat winners, with several horses taking the title twice in a row. One of these, Earthmover, performed the unusual feat of winning back the title after a five year interval.
The combination of amateur riders with horses of modest ability makes for a particularly unpredictable race. The accuracy of the market in picking genuine contenders can vary wildly – favourites do win with reasonable frequency, but so do horses priced over 10/1. Looking at recent winners, decent form is a requirement to take this race.
A win last time out is not essential, but a place is, and the horse should have won within its last three races. Not all contestants will have run over 3 miles previously, but those that have, and did so recently, deserve special attention.
Recent Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sine Nomine | 8 | Mr John Dawson | Fiona Needham |
| 2023 | Premier Magic | 10 | Bradley Gibbs | Bradley Gibbs |
| 2022 | Billaway | 10 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2021 | Porlock Bay | 10 | Lorcan Williams | Will Biddick |
| 2020 | It Came To Pass | 10 | Miss M. O’Sullivan | Eugene O’Sullivan |
| 2019 | Hazel Hill | 11 | Alex Edwards | Philip Rowley |
