The Sky Bet Handicap Chase will be run at the Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday, 26th of January. The three-mile race is one of the most prestigious on the National Hunt series. This year’s edition of the race will see a record amount of prize money go to the winner. For the first time, the Sky bet Handicap Chase winner will receive a £100,000 purse. Racing fans can stay up to date with the Sky Bet Handicap Chase and all of the horse betting in New Jersey this year. The Sky Bet Handicap Chase will be the main event at Doncaster as six other races will take place throughout the day.
Thirty-seven horses have been entered to run this year’s Sky Bet Handicap Chase. Here is a look at the top five running at Doncaster on the 26th of January.
Dingo Dollar: 13/2
Trainer Alan King has seen his Dingo Dollar take over the favorite’s tag in recent days. Major sportsbooks have installed the seven-year-old as the top horse despite not winning a race in the last 11 months. Dingo Dollar did win his last outing at Doncaster in February 2018, but finished the year as runner-up at Ayr. He also had fourth and third place finishes in two races at Newbury.
Give Me A Copper: 12/1
Horse trainer Paul Nicholls has six horses entered in to the Sky Bet Handicap Chase. Give Me A Copper is believed to be the most likely to land Nicholls a fourth win at the prestigious race. Give Me A Copper has been lightly raced during his career. The horse has only run seven times with the last event coming in November 2017. Five of those seven races have ended in wins, including Give Me A Copper’s last outing at Kempton.
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Mister Whitaker: 12/1
Mister Whitaker is one of the most in-form horses competing at this year’s Sky Bet Handicap Chase. Trained by Mick Channon, Mister Whitaker won three of four races in 2018. In November, he finished fourth at the BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham to end the season. He has never run a distance of three miles in a race. The step up in distance could greatly affect his performance at Doncaster.
O O Seven: 12/1
Nine-year-old O O Seven heads back to Doncaster Racecourse where he last won in December 2018. The horse won by half a length over three miles with jockey Aiden Coleman in the saddle. Trained by Nicky Henderson, O O Seven has seven career wins. The horse has always performed well at Doncaster and his most recent victory in December came after wind surgery.
Adrien du Pont: 14/1
Adrien du Pont is Nicholls’ second favourite to win the Sky Bet Handicap Chase. The seven-year-old capped off 2018 with a win at Kempton by three and a half lengths over Just A Sting. It was the horse’s only win of the year. The win came over three miles, a distance Adrien du Pont hasn’t run at Doncaster previously. In January 2018, Adrien du Pont ran his first race at Doncaster. He finished third in the two-and-a-half-mile race.
