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Ellenborough Park Hotel 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race).

Cheltenham · Thursday, 1 Jan · 16:50 · 2m 4f 127y · Class 2 · TURF

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Status

12:50

Off time

Runners

Good

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

REGENT'S STROLL (IRE

🥈 Second

CALIFET EN VOL (IRE

🥉 Third

EAGLE FANG (IRE

Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Regent's Stroll

2.50

6/4

02 · 🥈 2nd

Califet En Vol

3.75

11/4

03 · 🥉 3rd

Eagle Fang

5

4/1

04 · —

Miami Magic

7.50

13/2

05 · —

Knight Of Allen

11

10/1

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
5th	1	—	Eagle Fang (G) Useful hurdler who made a positive start in this discipline when winning 11-runner novice chase at Thurles (22f, good to soft) 42 days ago. May well do better yet and is not taken lightly.	Philip Byrnes	W Durkan	6	73.9 kg	5 4/1
4th	2	—	Knight Of Allen (G) Posted a personal best, on just his second start over fences, when landing 9-runner handicap chase at Newbury (19.8f, good to soft, 9/2) 15 days ago. Remains open to improvement but asked a bigger question now.	C Gethings	Mrs J Williams	6	73.9 kg	11 10/1
2nd	3	—	Regent's Stroll (G) FAV [H] Dual bumper/hurdles winner who shaped well on his debut in this sphere at Newbury in November and benefited from the reapplication of headgear when easily winning a 2-runner minor event chase at Wincanton (20.2f, soft) 16 days ago. Holds l…	H Cobden	P F Nicholls	7	73.9 kg	2.50 6/4
3rd	4	—	Califet En Vol (G) Dual winner as a novice over hurdles, including a listed contest at Huntingdon (19.6f) in February, and signed off with respectable effort in Aintree Grade 1 in the spring. Lots to like about his chase debut second over C&D (good) last mon…	N de Boinville	N J Henderson	7	71.7 kg	3.75 11/4
1st	5	—	Miami Magic (G) Useful winner at 16f over hurdles who shaped much better than on debut in this sphere when third of 5 in minor event chase (7/2) at Kempton (18f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Will need more to play a part here, however.	Charlie Hammond	S Edmunds	7	71.7 kg	7.50 13/2

Betting forecast: Regent's Stroll (6/4), Califet En Vol (11/4), Eagle Fang (4/1), Miami Magic (13/2), Knight Of Allen (10/1)