Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race).
Cheltenham · Saturday, 24 Jan · 16:05
· 2m 4f 127y
· Class 2
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:05
Off time
9
Runners
Soft
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
BARLOVENTO (IRE
🥈 Second
CALIFET EN VOL (IRE
🥉 Third
JORDANS CROSS (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.50
7/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
5
4/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
8
7/1
06 · —
10
9/1
07 · —
13
12/1
08 · —
17
16/1
09 · —
29
28/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | — |
Push The Button (G)
Useful winning hurdler for Nigel Twiston-Davies who made winning start to chase career for new connections in maiden at Carlisle in October. Better form in defeat twice since (second in 19f Ascot Grade 2 latterly) and looks on a workable m…
|
Jamie Hamilton | M Walford | 7 | 76.2 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 5th | 2 | — |
Califet En Vol (G)
Dual winner as a novice over hurdles, including a listed contest at Huntingdon. Has bettered that form in defeat in a couple of C&D novice chases this winter and capable of more again now moving into his first handicap.
|
N de Boinville | N J Henderson | 7 | 76.2 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 2nd | 3 | — |
Quebecois (G)
[T]
Dispatched pair of subsequent winners in 3m novice handicap hurdle at Ayr last spring. Returned with promising second on Exeter chase debut in November and something possibly not right when well held in 3m Sandown Grade 2 novice since. Dro…
|
Freddie Gingell | P F Nicholls | 7 | 75.3 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 1st | 4 | — |
Jordans Cross (G)
[T]
Might be unbeaten over fences but for a last-fence fall here in November. Gained compensation for that when landing 19f Doncaster handicap 6 weeks ago. Looks capable of even better.
|
Sam Twiston-Davies | A J Honeyball | 6 | 74.8 kg |
8
7/1
|
| 4th | 5 | — |
Kdeux Saint Fray (G)
FAV
[T]
Bumper/hurdle winner who was struggling when coming down on his course chase debut/reappearance but proved a different proposition back here next time, finding in front when left clear by the last-fence fall of reopposing stablemate Jordan…
|
G Sheehan | A J Honeyball | 6 | 72.1 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 8th | 6 | — |
Barlovento (G)
Bumper/hurdle winner who has taken well to fences, chasing home a next-time-out winner at Exeter in November before going one better in a 20.5f novice handicap at Kempton on Boxing Day. Open to further improvement.
|
S Bowen | O Murphy | 7 | 70.8 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 6th | 7 | — |
Secret Des Dieux (G)
Dual hurdle winner who struck at the first time of asking over fences in 4-runner Fakenham novice handicap (2m, good to soft) in October. Has bettered that in defeat since, latterly finishing 1½ lengths fourth of 10 to reopposing Barlovent…
|
Brendan Powell | James Owen | 6 | 69.9 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 3rd | 8 | — |
Scorsese (G)
[P]
Dual hurdle winner who has gone the right way over fences, although this is considerably tougher than the 19f Sedgefield Class 4 handicap he dominated on Boxing Day.
|
C O'Farrell | N P Mulholland | 8 | 68.5 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 9th | 9 | — |
Kaline Des Boullat (F)
Fair winning chaser in France who was successful in a mares' hurdle at Pau on her latest start at the end of December. Not obviously well handicapped.
|
Bryony Frost | M Seror | 6 | 65.8 kg |
29
28/1
|
Betting forecast: Kdeux Saint Fray (7/2), Califet En Vol (4/1), Barlovento (4/1), Push The Button (6/1), Jordans Cross (7/1), Secret Des Dieux (9/1), Quebecois (12/1), Scorsese (16/1), Kaline Des Boullat (28/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 21784.0 GBP |
| P2 | 10036.0 GBP |
| P3 | 5016.0 GBP |
| P4 | 2512.0 GBP |