The Jack Richards Novices Handicap Chase Betting Odds

We’re excited to see a new race at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, with Jagwar, Croke Park and Firefox among the betting contenders to land a victory in the Jack Richards Novices' Chase. This race will be a welcome addition on Day Three of the meeting, with this being the second race and we’re expecting a big field to line up here.

The bookies are now going non-runner no bet for this encounter, with the betting sites already offering four places when it comes to each-way betting. There are likely to be extra places available as we get closer to the off, with lots of promising novice chasers likely to be lining up from the UK and Ireland.

Regent's Stroll

10/1

10/1

Lovely Hurling

14/1

14/1

No Questions Asked

16/1

16/1

Doyen Quest

16/1

16/1

Fingle Bridge

16/1

16/1

Speculatrix

20/1

20/1

Zurich

20/1

20/1

Bluey

20/1

20/1

Sixmilebridge

20/1

20/1

Jet To Vegas

20/1

20/1

Raffles Dolce Vita

25/1

25/1

Ol Man Dingle

25/1

25/1

Tripoli Flyer

25/1

25/1

Kingston Pride

25/1

25/1

All The Glory

33/1

33/1

Knight Of Allen

33/1

33/1

2025 Jack Richards Novices' Chase Tips

The 2025 Jack Richards Novices' Chase looks like being a wide open encounter, with a big field set to line up over two miles and furlongs. The Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero-trained charge was successful at Cheltenham at the end of January when claiming a victory in the Timeform Novices’ Handicap Chase, with that being a two and a half length success.

Croke Park has multiple entries and was able to line up in the Dublin Racing Festival, with the seven-year-old finishing just five lengths behind Ballyburn in the Ladbrokes Novice Chase when performing well. Previously to this, there were two successive victories at Fairyhouse and then came a success at Leopardstown.

Another Gordon Elliott-trained charge is Firefox and he was able to put up a decent showing when finishing third out of six horses when trailing Majborough by thirteen lengths in the Irish Arkle Novice Chase. That was over two miles and one furlong, with the horse previously finishing second out of five runners at Naas over two miles.

Henry de Bromhead could also have a lively contender in the form of Slade Steel, with the latest showing from the seven-year-old coming at Naas in the middle of December. However, the horse was odds-on to win that encounter and that came after fluffing his lines in November and there’s a nagging doubt that the horse might fall short here.