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Cheltenham Plate Handicap Chase Tips, Odds, Runners, Riders & Betting Trends

Bill Gaine on Mar 14, 2024 at 03:29 PM
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In this post, we bring you Plate Handicap Chase odds plus tips along with a preview of the runners, riders and betting trends.

Plate Handicap Chase Odds  

Horse

Odds

Chance of Winning

Crebilly

     3/1

 25%

Theatre Man

     5/1

16.7%

Saint Felicien

     9/1

10%

Shakem Uparry

     10/1

9.1%

Il Ridoto

     14/1

6.7%

James Du Berlais

     14/1

6.7%

Arctic Bresil

     16/1

5.9%

Riaan

     16/1

5.9%

Glengouly

     16/1

5.9%

In Excelsis Deo

     16/1

5.9%

Frero Banbou

     22/1

4.3%

Plate Handicap Chase Runners & Riders

Number

Horse

Jockey

Trainer

1

James Du Berlais

Daryl Jacob

W P Mullins

2

Embittered

Mr R James

Gordon Elliot

3

Il Ridoto

Freddie Gingell

Paul Nicholls

4

Glengouly

Danny Mullins

W P Mullins

5

Saint Felicien

Jack Kennedy

Gordon Elliot

6

Mars Harper

Jordan Gainford

Gordon Elliot

7

Shakem Up’Arry

Mark Walsh

W P Mullins

8

Riaan

Danny Gilligan

Gordon Elliot

g

Watch House Cross

Darragh O’Keefe

Henry De Bromhead

10

Crebilly

Jonjo O’Neill Jr

Jonjo O’Neill

11

Life In The Park

Mike O’Connor

Henry De Bromhead

12

Hereditary Rule

Ben Harvey

John C McConnell

13

In Excelsis Deo

Jonathan Burke

Harry Fry

14

Theatre Man

Jack Tudor

David Pipe

15

Fighter Allen

Tom Cannon

Alan King

16

Ciel De Neige

Richie McLernon

Ben Haslam

17

Arctic Bresil

Rachael Blackmore

Henry De Bromhead

18

Straw Fan Jack

Sean Houlihan

Sheila Lewis

19

Frero Banbou

Charlie Deutsch

Venetia Williams

20

Killer Kane

Brendan Powell

Joe Tizzard

21

Torn And Frayed

Sam Twiston Davies

Nigel Twiston Davies

Plate Handicap Chase Preview

When is the Plate Handicap Chase?

The Plate Handicap Chase is set to take place at 16:10 today at Cheltenham.

Plate Handicap Chase Distance

The race is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres), and during its running, there are seventeen fences to be jumped.

Plate Handicap Chase Favourite

The favourite to win the 2024 Plate Handicap Chase is the Jonjo O’Neil-trained horse Crebilly for J P McManus, who will be ridden today by Jonjo O’Neill Jr at 3/1. Those odds imply that the horse has a 25% chance of winning the 2024 Plate Handicap Chase Chase.

Crebilly has a career record of 3 victories, 2 runner-up finishes and 1 third place from 9 races. Most recently the horse won last month at Exeter over the 2-mile 3 furlng trip beating 2 other horses including runner-up Tahmuras by 1 and ¼ lengths.

Plate Handicap Chase Betting

As mentioned above, Crebilly is the market leader for Jonjo O’Neill and J P McManus in the Plate Handicap Chase.  Theatre Man trained by Richard J Bandey for Burkes & Syders is 5/1 to land his third career success from his 10 th outing and Saint Felicien is 9/1 for the team of Gordon Elliot and Robcour. 10/1 Bar.

Plate Handicap Chase Tips

Keith Melrose: Won without having to show his all at Exeter last time. Has more to come

Tip: Crebilly

Plate Handicap Chase Betting Trends

Ahead of the Plate Handicap Chase, 8 of the last 12 winners were aged between 7 and 9.

While this is usually also a race for a outsider with only 4 of the last 12 winners favourites, 5/12 winners were in the top 3 in the betting

Only two of the last ten winners placed in one of the big 2m4f-2m5f handicaps at Cheltenham that season (Siruh Du Lac and Coole Cody).

Irish trainers have won 5 of the last 8 editions (their last winner before them was Doubleuagain in 1982).

*Prices are subject to fluctuation.

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