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DragonBet The Roar Before BOG At Cheltenham Novices' Handicap Chase

Plumpton · Monday, 9 Mar · 14:30 · 2m 3f 166y · Class 5 · TURF

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Status

14:30

Off time

Runners

Good to Soft

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

🏆 Top pick

RAP SOUL (FR

🥈 Second

CARPE DIEM (FR

🥉 Third

LUNAR OCEAN (IRE

4 runners

01 · 🏆

Rap Soul

1.67

4/6

02 · 🥈

Lunar Ocean

4.50

7/2

03 · 🥉

Carpe Diem

4/1

Goguenard

14/1

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
1st	1	—	Rap Soul (G) FAV Runner-up in an Irish point and left his bumper/maiden hurdle form behind when making a successful chase/handicap debut over C&D (soft) a fortnight ago. Did it easily and even a 12 lb rise may not st…	7-57011	Harry Bannister R Bandey	7	76.2kg	1.67 4/6
3rd	2	—	Carpe Diem (G) V Reacted well to a first-time visor when back to form to win 2½m Huntingdon handicap chase (heavy) last month. Showed enough to think he's still in good heart when 18 lengths second back there since.	1232-22	Tom Hutsby D G Bridgwater	8	74.4kg	5 4/1
2nd	3	—	Lunar Ocean (G) V Runner-up for the fifth time over fences at Huntingdon (2½m, soft) just before Christmas but he isn't straightforward and ran no sort of race at Catterick since. His regular cheekpieces are now repla…	2524P-1	Kielan Woods Billy Aprahamian	7	68.9kg	4.50 7/2
4th	4	—	Goguenard (G) B Won 3 times over hurdles in 2024 but could only finish a remote fourth on both completed starts over fences last winter. Has also failed to find his best form reverted to hurdles since and goes back …	42-964P	R P McLernon D J Jeffreys	10	66.7kg	15 14/1

Betting forecast: Rap Soul (4/6), Lunar Ocean (7/2), Carpe Diem (4/1), Goguenard (14/1)