| Date | Time | Class | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thur 13th March 2025 | 14:00 | Grade 2 | 2m 4f 127yds |
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
*Note: Betting tips are only displayed on the day of the race.
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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
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Grey Dawning | 7 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
| 2023 | Stage Star | 7 | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls |
| 2022 | Bob Olinger | 7 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2021 | Chantry House | 7 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2020 | Samcro | 8 | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2019 | Defi du Seuil | 6 | Barry Geraghty | Philip Hobbs |
