RSA Chase

A grade one chase over three miles 110 yards this is the Gold Cup for novice chasers and plenty of future stars will make the line up.

RSA Chase Trends

10/10	finished 1st or 2nd last time out
10/10	ran at least three times over fences
10/10	did not run on the flat
10/10	last ran between 24 and 53 days ago
9/10	were aged seven or eight(8/10 were aged seven!
9/10	had nine to twelve total runs in hurdles and chases
8/10	raced prominently

RSA Chase Analysis

Make sure your RSA Chase selection has made the top four on all of his/her completed starts as RSA winning form with unplaced efforts are very rare, one unplaced effort in forty completed starts from the last ten winners tells a convincing story.

Seven-years-old looks to be the age for an RSA winner with only the five-year-old Star De Mohaison and the eight-year-old Rule Supreme stopping a clean sweep for those aged seven.

RSA Chase Last Ten Winners

Table below shows the last ten winners of the race, their age at the time of winning, trainer, jockey and odds (starting price).

Year	Horse	Age	Trainer	Jockey	Price
2011	Bostons Angel	7yo	Mrs J Harrington	R M Power	16/1
2010	Weapons Amnesty	7yo	C Byrnes	D Russell	10/1
2009	Cooldine	7yo	W Mullins	R Walsh	9/4F
2008	Albertas Run	7yo	JJ ONeill	AP McCoy	4/1F
2007	Denman	7yo	P Nicholls	R Walsh	6/5F
2006	Star De Mohaison	5yo	P Nicholls	B Geraghty	14/1
2005	Trabolgan	7yo	N Henderson	M Fitzgerald	5/1
2004	Rule Supreme	8yo	W Mullins	D Casey	25/1
2003	One Knight	7yo	P Hobbs	R Johnson	15/2
2002	Hussard Collonges	7yo	P Beaumont	R Garrity	33/1

RSA Chase Tips

This race had started to get a reputation for not producing chasers that go on and win big races but that negative view had been tempered in the last few years with a win in the Irish Hennessy for Rule Supreme, an English Hennessy for Trabolgan and a host of top class races including, of course, the Gold Cup for Denman

However, it can sometimes be that the need for stamina in this race outweighs the classier horses quality and speed so we should be looking predominantly for horses with grit, determination and stamina.

Jessies Dream failed by just a neck to give us another big winner last year and we will certainly be on the lookout in the early season for another RSA candidate to back ante-post. Make sure you check back to this page for details.