14.15
HeavySavills New Year’s Day Chase (Grade 3)
- Prize money: £16969.03
- 2m 6f 170y
- 6 runners
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Runners: 6 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
13/2 (Won)
- Win: £6.90
- Place: £2.00
Form: 11/1/4
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 150
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 4 |
10th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 44y Class 1 |
11st 8lb |
Talented but delicate 12yo who has run just ten times over the years; conditions suit but he's been soundly beaten and pulled up in his two starts for new yard; will do very well to add to trainer's three wins in the race. |
40/1 |
|
2 |
17th Jan 2026 Good To Soft 2m 5f 13y Class 2 |
11st 11lb |
Low-mileage 12yo; had a record of 3-3 for Willie Mullins and 2-5 for Henry de Bromhead, but he was tailed off on stable debut at Cheltenham (22-1) on New Year's Day and needs to have come on a ton in the 16 days since. |
14/1 |
5/2
- Place: £1.10
Form: 3/14-1 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 3lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 4 |
1st Jun 2026 Yielding 2m 3f 0y |
11st 2lb |
Hasn't been at his best since winning last year's Grade 2 Red Mills at Gowran but a couple of subsequent runs read well, especially in the context of today's easier assignment; unlikely to be far away; any rain welcomed. |
4/1 |
|
8th 3 |
29th Apr 2026 Yielding 2m 4f 80y |
11st 10lb |
Grade 2 Red Mills Chase winner at Gowran last season hasn't recaptured that level of form this term, although third in same event was a solid run; last of three in 3m Grade 3 Cork conditions event on latest, back to probably his optimum trip here so considered. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
5th Apr 2026 Good To Yielding 3m 0f 100y |
11st 8lb |
Grade 2 chase winner was poor at Tramore on New Year's Day but was much better when third to a stablemate at Gowran last time; has to give away plenty of weight but is still the one to beat with a top rider aboard; hasn't won over this trip but looks likely to stay. |
4/9 |
15/2
Form: 32P-1P D BF
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 3lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 143
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
15th Apr 2026 Good 3m 1f 125y Class 2 |
10st 13lb |
Once very smart for Gordon Elliott but left that yard on a downer and has continued in similar vein for current team; too risky at the minute. |
25/1 |
|
11 |
11th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 5f 56y Class 2 |
10st 5lb |
Very useful at his best for Gordon Elliott but was pulled up in this race last year and changed hands after a heavy defeat over regulation fences at Punchestown festival; struggled when dropped back to 2m4f for last month's stable debut; 6lb wrong here and has too much to prove. |
100/1 |
|
1 |
21st Feb 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 19y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
His last win was at the Punchestown festival (3m, soft) in May 2024; right out of form in his last three starts (same Punchestown race last time) and this is his first start since leaving Gordon Elliott for £10,000 last May; probably best watched this time. |
20/1 |
100/30
Form: 2133-4 BF
Last run: 45 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 154
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
30th Mar 2025 Good To Yielding 3m 4f 120y |
11st 12lb |
Very useful for Willie Mullins, notably when placed in 3m1f Grade 1 novice events at Cheltenham and Aintree the season before last; lost form last season and yet to hit form in three runs for current yard, latest when faller in 3m1f Leinter National; 14lb off career-high but remains opposable and one of two runners for the owners. |
12/1 |
|
2 |
9th Mar 2025 Soft 3m 0f 174y |
11st 10lb |
Very useful for Willie Mullins, notably when placed in 3m1f Grade 1 novice event at Cheltenham and Aintree the season before last; lost form last season, pulled up final two outings; tailed off on stable/seasonal debut at Clonmel and pulled up in Grade 3 at Tramore; down 12lb from career-high mark. |
20/1 |
|
5 |
1st Jan 2025 Soft 2m 6f 170y |
11st 0lb |
in touch with leaders, dropped to rear 5 out, slow jump 3 out, soon detached, pulled up 2 out |
33/1 |
8/1
Form: 6U1U-9
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 154
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 4 |
4th May 2024 Yielding 3m 0f 90y |
12st 3lb |
Three chase wins include 2022 Thyestes and Down Royal conditions race last year (beating Roi Mage); yet to hit form this campaign, pulled up halfway after bad mistake in Thyestes; again failed to complete at Down Royal (Roi Mage second). |
12/1 |
12/1
Form: 3F27-1 D
Last run: 52 days
W: 11st 0lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 147
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 10 |
10th Jul 2026 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Smashing old boy won a cross-country chase at Craon last September, and the year before as well; this first hurdles run since 2022 is most likely a prep for another trip to France. |
80/1 |
|
2nd 1 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
11st 10lb |
Veteran who won 3m6f Listed cross-country race at Craon last September, repeating a 2024 success; finished seventh in the 2023 Grand National and ninth in 2024; pulled up the Becher in December on his most recent Aintree run; won this event in 2022 and second in 2023 and 2024; asking a lot now at the age of 14. |
33/1 |
|
36 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 4lb |
Bold show when seventh in this race in 2023 but he did not take to it so well when ninth last year; impressive in a French cross-country race in September but has not shone since, particularly back in France last Saturday, and he lacked any finishing punch when seventh in the Cheltenham cross-country; 13yo but the handicapper is showing very few concessions for his age. |
100/1 |
Non-runners
Monkfish
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €23.40 |
| Straight Forecast | €15.74 |
| Trifecta | €56.70 |
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