Turners Novices' Chase Tips: 2024 Betting Preview & Trends

Turners Novices’ Chase betting often involves a short-priced favourite, as it did in 2021 when Envoi Allen was sent off a red-hot 4/9 market leader. That trend continues in 2022, with the best horse racing betting sites making Bob Olinger the clear favourite in ante-post odds.

Entries to this race (previously known as the JLT Novices' Chase and Marsh Novices' Chase) are dominated by Irish-trained runners from top trainers like Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott. But the waters are muddied significantly by the fact that nearly all of them have alternative festival engagements.

Turners Novices’ Chase Runners in Focus

Here's an in-depth look at some of the leading contenders for the 2022 Turners Novices' Chase:

Bob a Festival Banker for Many

There is only one place to start when discussing Turners Novices’ Chase tips and that is with Bob Olinger.

The 2021 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle winner has made a seamless transition to fences this season without having been pitched in particularly deep, although his jumping was not exactly foot perfect at Gowran on his chasing debut.

It was significant that Henry De Bromhead revealed after his Punchestown success in January that the horse had ‘done a lot of schooling’, indicating that his jumping was an area of his game that needed special attention.

It was noticeable how much smoother Bob Olinger was over his obstacles in that Grade 3 contest and that propelled the top-class seven-year-old to a near five-length success over the talented Capodanno.

Bob Olinger is undoubtedly one the most exciting novice prospects in Ireland but so was Envoi Allen when he crashed out in the 2021 Marsh Novices’ Chase.

There is little doubt that Bob Olinger will head to the Turners Novices’ Chase as the most talented contender, but his odds will be prohibitively short and it’s often worth taking on short-priced novices in Cheltenham betting, because hopes can be dashed by the smallest of mishaps.

With that in mind, we’re going to look elsewhere for our main Turners Novices’ Chase tip.

Champs Feared Wherever he Runs

It looks highly likely that Galopin Des Champs will instead head for the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (old RSA Chase) but he retains an entry in this shorter contest and the landscape for this race could look decidedly different if Willie Mullins decides that the Turners Novices’ Chase is a more suitable option for his star novice.

Galopin Des Champs is a short-priced favourite in Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase betting after a Leopardstown chasing debut that simply took the breath away.

This Grade 1-winning hurdler will put his chasing credentials on the line in the Ladbrokes Novice Chase at the Dublin Racing Festival but, assuming he passes that test - and the market suggests he will, then he will head to Prestbury Park as arguably the most exciting novice running at the entire meeting.

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Turners Novices’ Chase Odds

• Odds correct as of 16/03/2022 - For full latest odds head over to FansBet

Turners Novices’ Chase Trends

• Course form is king: Every winner of this race has at least run at Cheltenham previously. Of those 11 winners, seven had winning form at Prestbury Park.
• Chasing experience is key: 10 of the 11 winners had run at least three times over fences.
• Winning form crucial: Eight Turners Novices’ Chase winners won their final start before heading to Cheltenham.
• Age range: 10 of the 11 winners have been aged six or seven. The only outlier was aged eight, so avoid any five-year-olds when picking a winning horse here.
• Irish dominance: This prize has been won by an Irish horse eight times, four of which were trained by Willie Mullins.
• Safe jumpers only: Only two horses have ever won the Turners Novices’ Chase having fallen in a chase that season - Black Hercules (2016) and Samcro (2020).
• Avoid big price-runners: You don’t get many shocks in this race, only one winner has been sent off a double-figure price (Benefficient in 2013) and six of the last seven winners were 4/1 or shorter.

Recent Turners Novices’ Chase Winners

Turners Novices’ Chase Verdict

Bob Olinger is a short price for a horse that hasn’t exactly been perfect over his obstacles so far and favourite backers had their fingers badly burnt when Envoi Allen crashed out of this race at an early stage in 2021.

With the best betting sites now offering NRNB, it feels sensible to back something at a bigger price.

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