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DragonBet The Roar Before BOG At Cheltenham Novices' Handicap Chase.

Plumpton · Monday, 9 Mar · 18:30 · 2m 3f 166y · Class 5 · TURF

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Status

14:30

Off time

Runners

Good to Soft

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

RAP SOUL (FR

🥈 Second

CARPE DIEM (FR

🥉 Third

LUNAR OCEAN (IRE

Market prediction · 4 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Rap Soul

1.67

4/6

02 · 🥈 2nd

Lunar Ocean

4.50

7/2

03 · 🥉 3rd

Carpe Diem

5

4/1

04 · —

Goguenard

15

14/1

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

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
1st	1	—	Rap Soul (G) FAV Runner-up in an Irish point and left his bumper/maiden hurdle form behind when making a successful chase/handicap debut over C&D (soft) a fortnight ago. Did it easily and even a 12 lb rise may not stop him with further progress likely.	7-57011	Harry Bannister	R Bandey	7	76.2 kg	1.67 4/6
3rd	2	—	Carpe Diem (G) [V] Reacted well to a first-time visor when back to form to win 2½m Huntingdon handicap chase (heavy) last month. Showed enough to think he's still in good heart when 18 lengths second back there since.	1232-22	Tom Hutsby	D G Bridgwater	8	74.4 kg	5 4/1
2nd	3	—	Lunar Ocean (G) [V1] Runner-up for the fifth time over fences at Huntingdon (2½m, soft) just before Christmas but he isn't straightforward and ran no sort of race at Catterick since. His regular cheekpieces are now replaced by a first-time visor.	2524P-1	Kielan Woods	Billy Aprahamian	7	68.9 kg	4.50 7/2
4th	4	—	Goguenard (G) [B] Won 3 times over hurdles in 2024 but could only finish a remote fourth on both completed starts over fences last winter. Has also failed to find his best form reverted to hurdles since and goes back chasing with plenty to prove.	42-964P	R P McLernon	D J Jeffreys	10	66.7 kg	15 14/1

Betting forecast: Rap Soul (4/6), Lunar Ocean (7/2), Carpe Diem (4/1), Goguenard (14/1)