Matchbook Betting Podcast Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 26.40s

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Odds

Ballon Onabudget

9/1, 17/2, 8/1, 7/1, 6/1, 13/2

6/1

The Flying Sofa

10/1, 9/1, 8/1

7/1

Ballymountain Boy

12/1

10/1

New Agenda

14/1

16/1

Oleg

5/6, 10/11, 5/6, 10/11, 5/6, 10/11

1/1

Celtic Joy

10/1, 9/1

8/1

Tiffin Top

12/1

14/1

El Hageb Rose

33/1

The Premier Celtic

16/1, 18/1

20/1

SP Book Percentage 117.24

Non-Runners

Malangen²³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Oleg (1/1), Ballon Onabudget (6/1), The Flying Sofa (7/1), Malangen (7/1), Celtic Joy (8/1), Ballymountain Boy (10/1), Tiffin Top (14/1), New Agenda (16/1), The Premier Celtic (20/1), El Hageb Rose (33/1)

Ballon Onabudget doesn't necessarily face an easy task on his chasing debut, while the consistent four-year-old Malangen (David Pipe) is rising steadily in the weights. Tiffin Top and Celtic Joy shouldn't be discounted on their respective chasing debuts, although the Emma Lavelle-trained runner is the more logical option with race-fitness assured. However, it's difficult to escape the alluring claims of the former French-racer OLEG. He made a winning chasing debut for Paul Nicholls in a small-field affair at Wincanton (2m) and is fancied to kick on positively despite a 6lb rise in the weights.