RSA Novices 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

All of the last ten winners finished 1st or 2nd last time out

All of the last ten winners ran at least three times over fences

All of the last ten winners did not run on the flat

Nine out of the last ten winners were aged seven or eight

Nine out of the last ten winners raced prominently

RSA Chase Analysis

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 five 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 from 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.


Irish challengers have a poor record in this race unless trained by three time winner Willie Mullins. Antarctic Bay in 1985 was the last Irish trained winner not to be trained by Mullins.

2010 RSA Chase Tips

Long Run meets all bar one of the trends outlined above and given that he looks an exceptional talent it may pay to take his young age with a pinch of salt.
Nicky Henderson has said this week that Long Run and stablemate and RSA opponent Punchestowns were "as good as I've had" - high praise indeed.
Long Run could turn out to be the stronger of the two Henderson stars here and could be a Gold Cup winner of the future.

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RSA Chase Odds

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