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Brown Advisory Novices' Chase
14:10 Cheltenham Festival
2024-03-13
Winner: £102,400.82
Runners: 6
Going: Soft
No. of hurdles: 19
Distance: 3m0f110y
The Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (formerly the RSA Chase) takes place at 2.10pm on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival and is the most prestigious race of the jumps season for staying novice chasers. It is the novices’ equivalent of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and several winners have gone on to triumph in the Gold Cup itself in later years, including most recently Denman, Bobs Worth and Lord Windermere.
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1(0)
74-141
American Mike
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J: Jack Kennedy
T: Gordon Elliott
7
11-7
147
160
Second in the 2022 Champion Bumper; won at Navan over fences this season in a maiden in November (2m4f, soft to heavy; Fact To File second) and Grade 2 in February (3m, heavy); jumping still not polished for most recent win and this will ask an even harder question, but conditions will hold no fears.
4(0)
21P-31
Monty's Star
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J: Rachael Blackmore
T: Henry De Bromhead
7
11-7
147
162
Lightly raced sort who took a big step forward to comfortably account for the smart Three Card Brag at Punchestown in December (3m, heavy); jumped and travelled superbly that day and both his connections and pedigree (half-brother Monalee was fourth in the 2020 Gold Cup) suggest he will keep improving as a staying chaser; major player.
5(0)
31-422
Sandor Clegane
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J: Sean O'Keeffe
T: Paul Nolan
7
11-7
140
147
Third to Stay Away Fay in last year's Albert Bartlett at big odds; yet to match that level in three runs over fences, brushed aside by Embassy Gardens when wearing first-time tongue-tie (retained here) at Naas 45 days ago; return to this track needs to bring about serious improvement.
6(0)
14-113
Stay Away Fay
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J: Harry Cobden
T: Paul Nicholls
7
11-7
159
169
Won last year's Albert Bartlett and has developed as expected switched to fences this season; won at Exeter and Sandown (3m Grade 2, soft) before third in Cotswold Chase here (3m1f, good to soft) against more experienced sorts; fast finish that day would not have suited and cheekpieces go on now; the one to beat if stamina comes into play, as it often does in this race.
3(0)
-U12P1
Giovinco
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J: Stephen Mulqueen
T: Lucinda Russell
7
11-7
146
156
Strong traveller who has won two small-field handicaps this season but Stay Away Fay had too much for him in 3m Sandown Grade 2 on soft ground in December; pulled up in Kauto Star at Kempton later that month on his other attempt at Graded level; playing for minor honours unless his form takes a leap forward.
2(0)
22-211
Fact To File
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J: Mark Walsh
T: W P Mullins
7
11-7
159
171
Straight over fences after finishing second in last year's Champion Bumper; impressive in small-field events the last twice, sole finisher in Grade 1 match race at Leopardstown last month (2m5f, yielding to soft) with stablemate Gaelic Warrior running badly; a serious talent whose jumping still leaves a little to be desired, while he is unproven over this far but is bred to stay.
RACING POST TIP
Stay Away Fay
The buzz around Fact To File is understandable, given not only his connections but his obvious engine. He is still pretty raw and this race is often won by toughness and being street-smart over ability, just like last year when The Real Whacker beat Gerri Colombe. Preference is for STAY AWAY FAY, who has winning Cheltenham Festival form and bags of stamina. He will need a test, the fitting of cheekpieces acknowledges as much, but he showed when beating Giovinco at Sandown that he is not a complete slowcoach. The main threat could come from the unexposed Monty's Star, who is a half-brother to Monalee but brings to mind the same connections' Minella Indo even more strongly.
BROWN ADVISORY NOVICES CHASE PREVIOUS WINNERS
| Year | Horse | Previous Form | Age | Price | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2023 | The Real Whacker | 011 | 7 | 8-1 | Patrick Neville | Sam Twiston-Davies |
| 2022 | L’Homme Presse | 6-1111 | 7 | 9-4F | Venetia Williams | Charlie Deutsch |
| 2021 | Monkfish | 11-111 | 7 | 1-4F | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2020 | Champ | 21-11F | 8 | 4-1 | Nicky Henderson | Barry Geraghty |
| 2019 | Topofthegame | 412-22 | 7 | 4-1 | Paul Nicholls | Harry Cobden |
| 2018 | Presenting Percy | 13112 | 7 | 5-2F | Pat Kelly | Davy Russell |
| 2017 | Might Bite | 7-21F1 | 8 | 7-2F | Nicky Henderson | Nico de Boinville |
| 2016 | Blaklion | 4F121 | 7 | 8-1 | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Ryan Hatch |
| 2015 | Don Poli | 11-211 | 6 | 13-8F | Willie Mullins | Bryan Cooper |
| 2014 | O’Faolains Boy | 14-2P1 | 7 | 12-1 | Rebecca Curtis | Barry Geraghty |
BROWN ADVISORY NOVICES CHASE KEY TRENDS AND STATS
Key trends
- Contested a Graded chase, 10/10 (six won)
- Top-two finish last time out, 9/10 (exception fell)
- Six to 12 hurdle and chase runs, 9/10
- Aged seven or eight, 9/10
- Adjusted RPR of at least 165, 9/10
- Rated within 5lb of RPR top-rated, 9/10
- Ran three to five times over fences, 8/10
Other factors
- Of the combined 40 chase starts of winners, only 2016 scorer Blaklion had finished outside the first three when completing (five had fallen).
- Seven winners had previously run at the festival – four in the Albert Bartlett (4P1), one in the Ballymore (2), one in the Martin Pipe (1), one in the Pertemps Final (1) and one in the Coral Cup (2).
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR - BROWN ADVISORY NOVICES CHASE 2023
THE REAL WHACKER took it up another notch to make it 3-3 in course novice chases from the front this season, good jumping a feature again, seeing off his long-time closest pursuer before just holding on from the strong-finishing second. Gerri Colombe was just touched off in second, clear of Bronn in third.