Betfair Ascot Chase: Free Bets, Tips & Insights

Stephen Welch / 12:03 PM GMT • 14th February, 2025

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Here at betting.bet we’ll provide the latest horse racing free bets, exclusive horse racing tips and expert opinions as well as the best race odds.

The Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Chase is the feature race of a seven-race Premier Raceday card at Ascot on Saturday with six entries confirmed for this year’s renewal of the race. As we look ahead to the Betfair Ascot Chase, here at betting.bet we’ll provide the latest horse racing free bets, exclusive horse racing tips and expert opinions as well as the best race odds from our betting partners at Nags Bet.

Where To Watch The Betfair Ascot Chase

The Betfair Ascot Chase is the fifth race on Ascot's seven-race card and is scheduled to get underway at 15:37. Sky Sports Racing’s ‘Raceday Live’ programme will feature live coverage of all seven races at Ascot on Saturday 15th February. The Ascot Chase will also be included in ITV’s racing coverage on Saturday afternoon which will run from 13:00 - 16:00 on ITV1 and ITVX. Most of the UK’s major bookmakers will also provide live streams of all UK and Irish horse racing to existing customers.

Ascot Chase Overview

The Grade 1 Ascot Chase is contested over 17 obstacles and a distance of 2m5f. Open to horses aged five years and over, the Ascot Chase was first run in 1995 and won by future Queen Mother Champion Chase winner, Martha’s Son.

Trainer Paul Nicholls claimed a record-breaking fifth Ascot Chase win twelve months ago as Harry Cobden saddled Pic D’Orhy to glory ahead of 5/4 favourite L’Homme Presse. Previous Ascot Chase winners for Paul Nicholls include Rockforce (2000), Kauto Star (2008), Silviniaco Conti (2016) and Cyrname (2019).

The Market Leader

Pic D’Orhy returned from a 225-day break to land the Grade 2 CopyBet 1965 Chase over C&D in November and he heads back to Ascot as the red-hot favourite to become just the fifth two-time Ascot Chase winner. Having saddled Cyrname to victory in 2019 as well as riding Pic D’Orhy last year, jockey Harry Cobden is also eyeing a record-equalling third Ascot Chase win on Saturday. 

Ascot Chase: Major Players

L’Homme Presse was a beaten favourite in last year's renewal of the race and he will again line up at Ascot on Saturday for trainer Venetia Williams. All three runs for L’Homme Presse since last year’s renewal have come over at least three miles. L’Homme Presse was well-beaten in both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George VI Chase but he steps back down in trip just three weeks on from an excellent win over 3m1f at Cheltenham in the Cotswold Chase.

Corbetts Cross looks the best Irish entry and like L’Homme Presse he is due to step back in trip for Saturday’s Ascot Chase. The eight-year-old was a Cheltenham Festival winner over 3m6f last year but was outpaced in the 3m King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, finishing 21 lengths off the race winner and almost nine lengths off Ascot Chase rival L’Homme Presse. Stepping back even further on Saturday could be risky.

Free Bets

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Betfair Ascot Chase Odds

(Courtesy of Nags Bet)