{"id":11043,"date":"2024-11-21T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2024-11-21T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:52:07","slug":"haydock-races-preview-betfair-chase-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/21\/haydock-races-preview-betfair-chase-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Haydock Races Preview – Grade 1 Betfair Chase the Highlight on Merseyside"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Haydock<\/p>\n

The Betfair Chase on Saturday, 23 November is the biggest of Haydock races over jumps. A field of nine has been declared for the first Grade 1 event of the core National Hunt season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That features the two previous winners of the Betfair Chase, Royale Pagaille and Bravemansgame. On the supporting card is a Premier Handicap Hurdle for stayers and the Grade 2 Newton Novices’ Hurdle.<\/p>\n

With seven races on the card, horse racing betting sites<\/a> can expect plenty of business from punters. This is due to decent field sizes. Expect rain in the area during the build-up to the meeting, which will change the going to soft.<\/p>\n

Bearing that in mind, our experts have their own analysis of all that’s going on at Haydock Park. This is their assessment for every single race at the Newton-le-Willows track in the Northwest.<\/p>\n

Haydock Races Preview for Betfair Chase Day<\/h2>\n

12:08 – 1m 7f 144y Grade 2 Newton Novices’ Hurdle<\/h3>\n

\"WarPlenty of northern stables represented, but the two to concentrate on most are Country Mile<\/strong> and ROADLESSTRAVELLED<\/strong>. The latter has a couple of easy successes at Market Rasen and Wetherby under his belt for Jonjo O’Neill and sons. Roadlesstravelled landed a second Irish Point prior to that and thus looks the one to beat.<\/p>\n

Dan Skelton sends a good team of horses to Merseyside, so Ayr victor Country Mile, whose Huntingdon bumper form has been franked, carries a big threat. Lucinda Russell runs two, but\u00a0Bold Light\u00a0<\/strong>hasn’t been the easiest to train and the unbeaten\u00a0Rocheval\u00a0<\/strong>concedes race fitness all-round.<\/p>\n

Nicky Richards pitches ready Ayr scorer\u00a0Saracen Beau\u00a0<\/strong>in pretty deep, meanwhile.\u00a0Lily Du Berlais<\/strong> is a regular visit across the Irish Sea, however, and her spring successes and back form give her claims. Brian Hayes takes the ride at Haydock races with Daryl Jacob and JJ Slevin injured.<\/p>\n

12:40 – 2m 67y Class 3 Handicap Chase (0-140)<\/h3>\n

HOME FREE <\/strong>is two from three since switching to fences and clearly hasn’t finished improving. The Skelton yard send him north once again off a 10lb higher mark than his 11-length Ayr romp last time out. Home Free is the one to beat with the majority of the field lacking a recent run.<\/p>\n

Netywell\u00a0<\/strong>hit a hat-trick last winter including over course and distance. But for a disappointing fourth around Carlisle in the spring, he would make for a seriously in-form rival. Russell’s Scottish raider has a strong piece of back form when third to Djelo and Master Chewy little over a year ago.<\/p>\n

They’ve scaled great heights, so Netywell could still have more to offer back at Haydock races. The other five don’t appeal much by comparison. Bottom weight Dr T J Eckleburg\u00a0<\/strong>is still only a six-year-old, so has age on his side but the Welsh runner from the Evan Williams stable is only 2-14 in this sphere.<\/p>\n

1:15 – 2m 2f 191y Class 2 Handicap Hurdle<\/h3>\n