Brown Advisory Novices Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Cheltenham Festival)

2025 Brown Advisory Novices Chase Preview

The Brown Advisory Novices Chase is a Grade 1 run over three miles and one-hundred and ten yards at Cheltenham, previously known as the RSA Chase for sponsorship reasons over many years is the Gold Cup for novice chasers and plenty of future stars will make the lineup.

The 2012 winner of this race Bobs Worth and the 2013 winner Lord Windermere both went on to Gold Cup glory the following season. 2017 winner Might Bite went on to win the Boxing Day showpiece King George VI Chase at Kempton before finishing runner-up in the 2018 Gold Cup. Santini and Delta Work chased home Topofthegame in 2020 and yet again the form looks rock solid with Delta Work now a multiple Grade 1 chase winner.

With plenty of new rules from each bookie regarding BOG, familiarise yourself with which bookie offers what in the Best Odds Guaranteed article. Read on below for our preview including the race trends and form discussion to help you to find the winner of the Festival Novices Chase. Closer to the race, you can head over to the best bets for Cheltenham page to see what our expert racing tipsters are backing to win the race.

Brown Advisory Novices Chase Information:

• Brown Advisory Novices Chase Past Winners
• Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trainer Statistics
• Brown Advisory Novices Chase Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Cheltenham then head over to the Cheltenham tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below. We cover every race at the Cheltenham Festival and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

How competitive is the Brown Advisory Novices Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2021 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2007 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase, the over-round has been 116%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £116 which is bet.

Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trends:

• 2025 Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trends
• Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +8.12. Ahead of the 2025 Brown Advisory Novices Chase why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2024 renewal when Fact To File from W P Mullins under the guidance of Mark Walsh, won in a time of 6:41.82, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, OFaolains Boy, trained by Rebecca Curtis and ridden by Barry Geraghty set the quickest time of 6:00.32 in the 2014 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Brown Advisory Novices Chase over the last 20 renewals:

1. OFaolains Boy (6:00.32) in 2014
2. Blaklion (6:06.20) in 2016
3. Denman (6:06.80) in 2007

Brown Advisory Novices Chase Past Winners

Here are the Brown Advisory Novices Chase past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Brown Advisory Novices Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase have been based:

• GB: 11 winners with an additional 20 placings from 130 runners
• IRE: 9 winners with an additional 18 placings from 81 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 3 runners

Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trainer Statistics

There are two leading trainers in the Brown Advisory Novices Chase over the last 20 renewals with both W P Mullins and Nicky Henderson who have both won the race four times. W P Mullins winners have been with Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015), Monkfish (2021) and Fact To File (2024). Nicky Henderson winners have been with Trabolgan (2005), Bobs Worth (2012), Might Bite (2017) and Champ (2020). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Brown Advisory Novices Chase is Paul Nicholls (3 wins).

Here are some of the top Brown Advisory Novices Chase trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Brown Advisory Novices Chase Jockey Statistics

Here are some of the top Brown Advisory Novices Chase jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2025 Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 2, PU, 1, 1, 1, 5, 5, 4, 4, (2, 4), 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 20 / 20 (65%) - No bigger than 16/1
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Made 6 - 16 starts (Career)
• 20 / 20 (79%) - Ran over 2m3f - 3m (Last Win)
• 20 / 20 (81%) - Off a break of 24 - 77 days
• 20 / 20 (82%) - Achieved an RPR of 129+ (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (82%) - In a field of 2 - 8 (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Made 2 - 5 starts (Season)
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Not BB/BL/BR/GR in colour
• 20 / 20 (83%) - Ran over 1m7½f - 2m5½f (Debut)
• 20 / 20 (84%) - Beaten no more -9l (LTO)
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Highest Placed is not G3/LST/Cl3
• 20 / 20 (85%) - Made 3 - 7 starts (1 Year)
• 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved an RPR of 141+ (Season)
• 20 / 20 (88%) - No more than +2yrs (Vs Min Age)
• 20 / 20 (89%) - Carried 141 - 168lbs (Debut)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Cheltenham racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase. Did you know that we have an OLBG Betting School section on OLBG? It is a place to help you improve your betting experience with articles like How to Find Winners - 101 Tips to Choose A Winning Horse Racing Bet.

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Brown Advisory Novices Chase Trend Analysis

The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 5 career wins in Non-Handicap races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-34.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase is Leopardstown, there has been a total number of 7 winners of this race who ran at Leopardstown last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Ascot, there has been a total number of 3 winners of this race who ran at Ascot last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 205 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 9 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase:

• Oscar (2 Wins)
• Poliglote (2 Wins)
• Presenting (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Brown Advisory Novices Chase despite multiple attempts:

• Old Vic (0 Wins from 6 runners)
• Shantou (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Bostons Angel in 2011, winning for Mrs John Harrington at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of Robbie Power. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 9 winning favourites in the race. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Brown Advisory Novices Chase head over to see which other runners today are being backed by the best racing tipsters today.

Schedule for Tuesday at the Cheltenham Festival

Prepare for the ROAR of the Cheltenham Festival on the opening day when the tape goes up for the Supreme Novices Hurdle, the feature on Tuesday is the Champion Hurdle.

Schedule for Wednesday at the Cheltenham Festival

The dust has settled on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and now on to day two. The feature on the second day is the Queen Mother Champion Chase. We also have the cross country scheduled on Wednesday, a race like Marmite, some love it and some don't!

Schedule for Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival

Halfway through the festival and onto day three where the Stayers Hurdle is the feature race. A hurdle race to test the stamina and see how can last best up the Cheltenham hill.

Schedule for Friday at the Cheltenham Festival

The final day of the festival and feature race that we have all been waiting for, the Cheltenham Gold Cup in which the Irish have been fairly dominant in recent years.