Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase

Date	Time	Class	Distance
Wed 13th March 2024	14:10	Grade 1	3m 110y

The highest quality novice chasers in the UK and Ireland compete in this championship steeplechase over a gruelling 3 mile 110 yard course.

2024 Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase Preview

The Brown Advisory Novices Chase has produced a short priced favourite in 2024, with Fact To File trading at around Evens for the race. This pricing is a reflection of a win in the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Novices Chase at Leopardstown in Feburary, where only two racehorses competed.

Stay Away Fay also looks underpriced at under 4/1 in the betting markets, given that he finished 3rd over the same distance at Cheltenham in January.

Monty’s Star looks like the value bet amongst the favourites. He won by 5 lengths over heavy ground and 3 miles last time out and will pay out a profit on each-way bets if he places and you can still get him at over 4/1.

Race Card

2024 Brown Advisory Novices Chase Tips & Analysis

Our featured tipsters are roughly split on whether to back Monty’s Star or Stay Away Fay.

Adrian Wall, one of our featured tipsters who is currently turning a profit on his predictions, falls in the latter camp.

If you choose to back Stay Away Fay then ensure you place your bet at Boylesports, who will refund your stake as a free bet if he loses to the favourite.

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Odds Comparison

About the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase

The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (formerly known as the RSA Chase) is the UK’s premier stayers chase for novices, and is an important proving ground for horses with aspirations of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The RSA Chase is run over 3 miles ½ furlong over the Cheltenham Old Course, and features 19 fences. Entry is open to 5-year-old novice racehorses.

The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase pulls in some of the top rated novice talent in European jumps racing. A number of horses have won the race before winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup. These include the legendary Arkle, Florida Pearl, Denman and most recently, Lord Windmere.

The intensity and distance covered in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase places major demands on the field of novices that compete in it. With a high attrition rate, it’s common to see horses drop out of the race or suffer falls. These factors have had a substantial impact on the accuracy of the betting markets, with the race frequently going to horses priced over the 10/1 margin, with lower priced and higher rated racehorses frequently failing to follow through.

To complicate matters it’s not unusual for the winner to find form in this race. With all this in mind you’re best off not going along too enthusiastically with the markets on this one, and keeping your bigger bets for more bankable races. This is instead a good opportunity to look outside the obvious candidates for outsider candidates that may not be in good form but have shown potential over this course or distance in earlier races.

Recent Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
2023	The Real Whacker	7	Sam Twiston-Davies	Patrick Neville
2022	L’Homme Presse	7	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams
2021	Monkfish	7	Paul Townsend	Willie Mullins
2020	Champ	8	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2019	Topofthegame	7	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls