Jack Richards Novices’ Chase

The Jack Richards Novices Chase is the premier 2 mile 4 furlong race for novice chasers at the Cheltenham Festival.

2025 Jack Richards Novices’ Chase

The markets have been cautious about getting behind any one entry in the Jack Richards Novices’s Chase, with four horses priced between the 5/1 and 8/1 mark.

Springwell Bay is the only one of these coming into the race on the back of a win, having taken first place in a handicap chase at Cheltenham in January. With another win and a place from his four starts over fences he’s a strong option at 6/1.

He’ll need to beat the market favourite, Nurburgring who has yet to win a chase and has only managed to third places in smaller fields. At 11/2 he’s a good lay betting option.

Another entry who has shown some strong recent form is Insurrection who achieved a 16 length win at Musselburgh in February. At 33/1 he’s a long shot option but offers value on each-way bets.

13.03.2025 Good to Soft 20 2m 4f 127y

Result

POS Dist Runners
1 st

Caldwell Potter

J : H Cobden T : P F Nicholls SP : 7/1 WGT : 71
2 nd 6.5

Anyway

J : D J O’Keeffe T : D Budds SP : 125/1 WGT : 68
3 rd 2

O’moore Park

J : S F O’Keeffe T : W P Mullins SP : 66/1 WGT : 68
4 th hd

Nurburgring

J : J J Slevin T : J P O’Brien SP : 9/1 WGT : 69
5 th nk

Es Perfecto

J : Thomas Bellamy T : A King SP : 33/1 WGT : 66
6 th 6

Firefox

J : J W Kennedy T : G Elliott SP : 4/1 WGT : 73
7 th 0.75

The Other Mozzie

J : C Stone-Walsh T : G P Cromwell SP : 20/1 WGT : 66
8 th 2.25

Insurrection

J : J J Burke T : P F Nicholls SP : 25/1 WGT : 69
9 th 1.5

Asian Master

J : Mr Thomas Costello T : W P Mullins SP : 15/2 WGT : 67
10 th 2.5

Lord Of Thunder

J : Brendan Powell T : J Tizzard SP : 12/1 WGT : 66
11 th 1.75

Answer To Kayf

J : J P Shinnick T : T O’Brien SP : 14/1 WGT : 69
12 th nk

Dee Capo

J : D J Gilligan T : G Elliott SP : 50/1 WGT : 71
13 th 3.25

Pic Roc

J : Ben Jones T : B Pauling SP : 17/2 WGT : 67
14 th 17

Densworth

J : Callum Pritchard T : B Pauling SP : 50/1 WGT : 64
15 th 15

San Salvador

J : R Deegan T : J P O’Brien SP : 40/1 WGT : 68
B

What’s Up Darling

J : Tiernan Power Roche T : G Elliott SP : 22/1 WGT : 65
PU

Moon D’orange

J : S Bowen T : J C McConnell SP : 7/1 WGT : 66
PU

Shanbally Kid

J : B Hayes T : W P Mullins SP : 66/1 WGT : 66
F

Springwell Bay

J : Jonjo O’Neill Jr. T : Jonjo & A J O’Neill SP : 13/2 WGT : 75

Jack Richards Novices Chase

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About the Jack Richards Novices Chase

The Jack Richards Novices’ Chase (registered as the Golden Miller Novices Chase), is a 2 mile 4 furlong Grade 1 chase run over the Cheltenham New Course. The race features 14 fences and is open to 5-year-old and above novice chasers.

The Jack Richards Novices’ Chase is the UK’s premier novices steeplechase over 2 mile 4 furlongs. One of the more recent additions to the Cheltenham Festival, it has nevertheless produced a couple of impressive steeplechasers, including Irish champion chaser, Sir Des Champs, and Ryanair Chase winner, Vautour.

Highly rated racehorses with good recent form (a win last time out is virtually essential) are the best picks for the Jack Richards Novices’ Chase. These cues are so clear that the betting markets will usually have picked out the genuine contenders, and of the first two in the betting can be expected to go on to produce the race winner, with wins by antepost favourites common.

However, the pace of the race combined with the high number of fences can throw a spanner in the works. Furthermore antepost favourites will be under-priced thanks to downward pressure on prices from uneducated punters getting behind the popular entries. Try get your bets in as soon as no-runner no-bet rules are introduced to get the best price on the top candidates.

Recent Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainer
2024Grey Dawning7Harry SkeltonDan Skelton
2023Stage Star 7Harry CobdenPaul Nicholls
2022Bob Olinger 7Rachael BlackmoreHenry de Bromhead
2021Chantry House7Nico de BoinvilleNicky Henderson
2020Samcro8Davy RussellGordon Elliott
2019Defi du Seuil6Barry GeraghtyPhilip Hobbs