RSA Chase 2019

[Scooby91]

I can't see what The World's End official rating is now on the BHA website.

Is anyone else struggling to access horses details on there?

Iv just messaged max McNeil to ask if he's going 4 miler. And if They've contacted any amateurs yet.

I know G&P have asked will biddick for Mr whipped

[Kevloaf]

https://www.britishhorseracing.com/r...20worlds%20end

Thanks, not sure why that didn't work when I did it earlier.

Still 155 but not been updated since 18th December

[Kevloaf]

Iv just messaged max McNeil to ask if he's going 4 miler. And if They've contacted any amateurs yet.

I know G&P have asked will biddick for Mr whipped

Certainly would have more interest there than the Ultima off the mark he has now.

[Scooby91]

Certainly would have more interest there than the Ultima off the mark he has now.

"No decision has been made. Would be quite nice to run well in an Ultima as well"

[archie]

Thanks, not sure why that didn't work when I did it earlier.

Still 155 but not been updated since 18th December

They wouldn't change his mark for a single poor run.

[somer1]

Just seen this


Antepost Angle: 2019 Cheltenham Festival tips as Matt Brocklebank previews the RSA Chase
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Matt Brocklebank · Tipster
12:52 · January 07, 2019 · 5 min read

Matt Brocklebank has already nailed 33/1 and 12/1 winners this National Hunt season and kicks off his 2019 Cheltenham Festival portfolio with a bet in the RSA Chase - Sky Bet have enhanced the NRNB price to 16/1.
Recommended bets: RSA Chase, March 13

1pt win Vinndication in RSA Chase at 16/1 (Sky Bet, NRNB Price Boost)

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Testing times for ante-post players on the National Hunt scene, but not impossible times.

The favourite for the Unibet Champion Hurdle is 6/4 at best despite bombing out at 1/4 in the Christmas Hurdle and the favourite for the Magners Gold Cup is just 9/2 with a single firm, having yet to be sighted in public this season at the time of writing.

Other major races at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival are in a state of flux, at best – the Racing Post Arkle looking a mess and the head of the Sky Bet Supreme market a myriad of Nicky Henderson prospects, who aren’t particularly easy to rank at this stage in the season.

A handful of firms offering the non-runner no-bet concession is something of a safety net, but that in turn squeezes prices all over the place and identifying those retaining a bit of juice becomes even harder.

The Dublin Racing Festival, two days of top-class action at Leopardstown at the start of February, will shed more light and obviously reveal a great deal when it comes to the merits of the Irish challenge in general, but the temptation is to focus on a particular Cheltenham race which appears to have taken plenty of shape already – namely the RSA Chase.

Delta Work, last year’s Pertemps Final winner, has taken to fences superbly this season and is already challenging for favouritism here.

However, there’s not a great deal more he can do in the Flogas at Leopardstown next month to force his price in any shorter and 5/1 is probably already tight enough given he clearly also has the option of the National Hunt Chase at the Festival.

Trainer Gordon Elliott has referred to Delta Work as “bone idle” and while that probably means we’ve yet to see the very best of him, it also lends itself to the idea of him being perfectly suited to the extended four-mile trip of the National Hunt Chase. It will be very interesting to see how the rest of his campaign plays out.

In Britain, Santini and Topofthegame look nailed on to be aimed here and their Kauto Star Novices’ Chase form could be given a big boost if La Bague Au Roi – who is being campaigned with Aintree at the forefront of her spring plans – manages to beat Delta Work at Leopardstown.

Both showed themselves to be high-class chase prospects in the Kauto Star – Santini reaching top gear all too late in the piece off a relatively slow gallop, and Topofthegame looking novicey when asked to go and pull the trigger with La Bague Au Roi seemingly at his mercy approaching the last.

His antics at Exeter on his seasonal return underline the notion Topofthegame still has some maturing to do and while Paul Nicholls is certain to extract the very best from him before long, we might not really get to see him reach maturity until races such as next season’s Ladbrokes Trophy, and beyond.

With Santini so skinny in the betting (generally 3/1), Topofthegame a significant work in progress and La Bague Au Roi set to be rerouted, the obvious home hope is VINNDICATION, who appears as much of a future Gold Cup contender as all of the above and is still available at 16/1 (General, NRNB Sky Bet) for the RSA.

[Kevloaf]

I can sort of see where he's coming from.

16/1 NRNB isn't awful, but it's a strong race.

I love the horse and would probably back him each way though.

It's tempting, I hadn't considered him for this race, but without any real logic.

[SeanRock]

I can sort of see where he's coming from.

16/1 NRNB isn't awful, but it's a strong race.

I love the horse and would probably back him each way though.

It's tempting, I hadn't considered him for this race, but without any real logic.

He’s going to the Scilly Isles next so if he goes to the festival he’ll have been untested over the distance, there’s no chance they try him out first time in one of the hottest RSA’s in recent memory, if he’s going to Cheltenham he’ll be for the JLT!

[Quevega]

He’s going to the Scilly Isles next so if he goes to the festival he’ll have been untested over the distance, there’s no chance they try him out first time in one of the hottest RSA’s in recent memory, if he’s going to Cheltenham he’ll be for the JLT!

They may duck the scilly isles now with the french horse going there. Funny how trainers like to protect their unbeaten status.
Could be wrong, but It'd be tempting for them to go for a softer option on paper before the festival.

[SeanRock]

No reason for Bailey to fear anything ive seen over 2m 4f this season. Vinndication will improve for a step up in grade imo he’s been racing within himself so far. Time to let the wraps off if he wins the Scilly Isles he has to take his chance in the JLT if the ground is safe enough, the division is there for the taking this season! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[Arkle]

Lets remember vindication did beat champ over hurdles

[Scooby91]

Lets remember vindication did beat champ over hurdles

And that means?
Champs beat nothing.

[ComplyOrDie]

Lets remember vindication did beat champ over hurdles

Which will mean absolutely nothing over fences bar a form line, should they meet.

Champ himself still has enough to prove, winning a handicap and a falsely run race means there are still question marks.

[ComplyOrDie]

No reason for Bailey to fear anything ive seen over 2m 4f this season. Vinndication will improve for a step up in grade imo he’s been racing within himself so far. Time to let the wraps off if he wins the Scilly Isles he has to take his chance in the JLT if the ground is safe enough, the division is there for the taking this season! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

No ground concerns Sean?

Only ever kept him to soft, maybe with good reason.

[SeanRock]

No ground concerns Sean?

Only ever kept him to soft, maybe with good reason.

The JLT will be run on fresh ground on the new course which is usually on the safe side from the top of my head. Could be wrong COD?