16:05 Cheltenham
Saturday 25 October 2025
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William Hill Extra Places With BOG 'Chasing Excellence' Novices' Chase (GBB Race)
- 5YO plus | Class 2 | 3m 1f | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:09 | Winning time: 6m 27.47s
T: A J HoneyballJ: Rex Dingle
Prominent, led 11th, joined final bend, soon ridden, headed bypassing omitted last, led again flat, stayed on tchd 4/1
T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy
Held up towards rear, not fluent 5th, mistake 9th, not fluent 10th, headway next, challenged final bend, led bypassing omitted last, ridden and headed flat, held towards finish tchd 7/1
T: G ElliottJ: Danny Gilligan
Held up in rear, headway after 11th, challenged final bend, 3rd and held before bypassed last, kept on op 11/1 tchd 11/2
T: D BuddsJ: Darragh O'Keeffe
Chased leaders, slow 1st, outpaced in 5th final bend, no impression after, went 4th and plugged on flat op 11/2
T: J C McConnellJ: A Harvey
Prominent, led 2nd, headed 11th, ridden final bend, soon outpaced, 4th and no extra before bypassed last, weakened flat op 7/4
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Led until 2nd, prominent, ridden after 7th, soon began to struggle to hold place, well beaten after 11th, tailed off op 9/2
T: W DurkanJ: Patrick M O'Brien
In touch in mid-division, lost place before not fluent 4th, some headway on outside 6th, struggling when mistake 10th, well behind from after next, tailed off tchd 33/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.40, £2.50EX:£30.00Trifecta:£137.60SF:£31.37Swingers:£5.10, £4.90, £4.60
Forecasts
Intense Approach (2/1), Welcom To Cartries (4/1), Leave Of Absence (9/2), Sporting Glory (6/1), Pied Piper (13/2), Anyway (17/2), Baltic Bird (40/1)
INTENSE APPROACH will be suited by the return to 3m+ and is taken to enhance his excellent strike-rate and make it 2-2 over fences. Leave of Absence was a decisive winner in handicap company at Newbury when last seen in the spring and is second choice ahead of Welcome To Cartries, who should find this a bit easier than the Graded races he contested on both chase starts last season.
- INTENSE APPROACH
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE (FR)
- WELCOM TO CARTRIES (FR)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £21,784.002nd: £10,036.003rd: £5,016.004th: £2,512.00
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