CheltenhamSat, January 25, 2025

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12:40 Cheltenham

Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase (Gbb Race)

C2 | 5+

Winner GBP £20,812 - 8 runners

2m 4f 127y

Going: Soft

Surface: T

Race Tip

A terrible late mistake cost JAGWAR (5) any chance of finishing runner-up behind a subsequent G2 winner when third at Uttoxeter during December. He looked progressive in winning both starts over fences and can regain the winning thread. This track will play to the strengths of RESPLENDENT GREY (2) who chased home a high-class prospect in the G2 Esher Novices Chase at Sandown (3m). It is impossible to ignore the Alan King trained MASACCIO (1) on the back of his third attempting the G1 Kauto Star Novices Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. BILLYTHEREALBIGRED (8) is considered.