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Betfair Cotswold Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race).

Cheltenham · Saturday, 24 Jan · 18:25 · 3m 1f 56y · Class 1 · TURF

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Status

14:25

Off time

Runners

Soft

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

GREY DAWNING (IRE

🥈 Second

L'HOMME PRESSE (FR

🥉 Third

SPILLANE'S TOWER (IRE

Market prediction · 4 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Grey Dawning

2

1/1

02 · 🥈 2nd

Spillane's Tower

3.75

11/4

03 · 🥉 3rd

L'Homme Presse

5

4/1

04 · —

Flooring Porter

9

8/1

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Grey Dawning (G) FAV Likeable and top-class chaser who returned with an impressive success in 5-runner Betfair Chase at Haydock (25.6f, good to soft) in November, always going well and just shaken up to go 2¾ lengths clear of Royale Pagaille. The 2024 Golden M…	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	9	74.4 kg	2 1/1
2nd	2	—	L'Homme Presse (G) Lightly raced in recent seasons but took this prize 12 months ago and showed he is still a high-class chaser when resuming with a good second of 9 in 3m2f handicap here last month. Goes really well at Cheltenham and is very much one to con…	Charlie Deutsch	Miss V Williams	11	74.4 kg	5 4/1
4th	3	—	Flooring Porter (G) [T] Dual Stayers' Hurdle winner at Cheltenham. Has come relatively late to fences but still showed smart form when a ready victor of 3m handicap chase at Listowel 16 months ago. Off since though and this is a very tough ask on his comeback.	Keith Donoghue	G P Cromwell	11	71.7 kg	9 8/1
1st	4	—	Spillane's Tower (G) Grade 1-winning novice chaser who showed top-class form in November 2024 when runner-up in the John Durkan at Punchestown. Campaigned sparingly since and posted a creditable third in 2m3f conditions hurdle there 24 days ago. No surprise to…	Jack Kennedy	J J Mangan	8	71.7 kg	3.75 11/4

Betting forecast: Grey Dawning (1/1), Spillane's Tower (11/4), L'Homme Presse (4/1), Flooring Porter (8/1)