Bowl Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)

Delve into the rich history of this Grade 1 chase. Examine past winners, top trainers, and jockeys who have left their mark. Uncover trends that could influence future outcomes in this prestigious race.
Bowl Chase Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends (Grand National Meeting)
Andy Powell
Andy Powell Content Editor

Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

2025 Bowl Chase Preview

Scheduled to take place in April of each year at the Aintree racecourse is the Bowl Chase with the race taking place during the Grand National meeting.

This is a Grade 1 chase which is open to runners who are five or older, it is run over a trip of three miles and one furlong in which nineteen fences are to be jumped.

The inaugural running was in 1984 and the race was designed for runners who failed to perform or failed to make it into the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Bowl Chase Information:

In April, the only thing racing fans are interested in is the Grand National tips from the OLBG expert racing tipsters, which of the forty runners are they predicting to win the showcase race at Aintree? We cover every race at the Aintree Grand National Meeting and below you can find links to all of the races for each of Thursday, Friday & Saturday.

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How competitive is the Bowl Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2010 when the race had an over-round of 107%. The race in 2016 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 118%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Bowl Chase, the over-round has been 112%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £112 which is bet.

Below you will find the 2025 Bowl Chase Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Bowl Chase Trend Analysis.

These are the top three quickest-run Bowl Chase over the last 20 renewals:

  1. Silviniaco Conti (6:15.70) in 2015
  2. Tiutchev (6:19.60) in 2004
  3. Shishkin (6:20.94) in 2023

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Bowl Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 20 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -13.04. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Bowl Chase remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.

When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 6:15.70 was set by Silviniaco Conti in 2015, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Noel Fehily. The slowest winning time was set in 2024 when Gerri Colombe won in a time of 6:51.54, booked to ride was Jack Kennedy by the trainer Gordon Elliott.

What the expert says...
The Cheltenham Gold Cup has produced eleven of the last twenty winners of the Bowl Chase, it produced every winner between 2014 & 2019, however, only one of the last four winners competed in the Gold Cup last time. The King George VI Chase is another popular route, ten winners of this race ran it within their last three starts with four of those winning that race also.

Andy Powell - Horse Racing Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Bowl Chase Past Winners

Here are the Bowl Chase past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Bowl Chase are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.

YearHorseInfo
2024
6:51.54
Gerri Colombe (FR)
8yo 11-10 9/4F
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott (IRE)
2023
6:20.94
Shishkin (IRE)
9yo 11-10 7/4F
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2022
6:33.30
Clan Des Obeaux (FR)
10yo 11-7 13/2
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2021
6:25.94
Clan Des Obeaux (FR)
9yo 11-7 5/2F
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2019
6:35.20
Kemboy (FR)
7yo 11-7 9/4F
R Walsh
W P Mullins (IRE)
2018
6:38.20
Might Bite (IRE)
9yo 11-7 4/5F
Nico de Boinville
Nicky Henderson (GB)
2017
6:24.00
Tea For Two (GB)
8yo 11-7 10/1
Lizzie Kelly
Nick Williams (GB)
2016
6:41.20
Cue Card (GB)
10yo 11-7 6/5F
Paddy Brennan
Colin Tizzard (GB)
2015
6:15.70
Silviniaco Conti (FR)
9yo 11-7 7/4F
Noel Fehily
Paul Nicholls (GB)
2014
6:21.80
Silviniaco Conti (FR)
8yo 11-7 9/4
Noel Fehily
Paul Nicholls (GB)

Where have the winning runners come from?

Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Bowl Chase have been based:

  • GB: 16 winners with an additional 23 placings from 119 runners
  • IRE: 4 winners with an additional 4 placings from 26 runners
  • FR: 0 winners with an additional 3 placings from 3 runners

Bowl Chase Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Bowl Chase over the last 20 renewals is Paul Nicholls who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from What A Friend (2010), Silviniaco Conti (2014 & 2015) and Clan Des Obeaux (2021 & 2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Bowl Chase are Nicky Henderson (2 wins) and David Pipe (2 wins).

Here are some of the top Bowl Chase trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

TrainerR-W-PWinEW
Paul Nicholls21-5-10-0.50-1.48
Nicky Henderson11-2-4-6.45-5.53
David Pipe7-2-4+16.00+11.28
Jonjo O'Neill6-1-3-3.50-1.61
Tom George5-1-2-0.50-0.66
W P Mullins4-1-4-0.75+1.06
Gordon Elliott4-1-2-0.75-0.64
Oliver McKiernan3-1-1+48.00+28.00
Nick Williams3-1-1+8.00+4.25
M F Morris3-1-1+1.50+0.10

Bowl Chase Jockey Statistics

There are two leading jockeys in the Bowl Chase over the last 20 renewals with both Harry Cobden and Nico de Boinville who have both won the race two times. Harry Cobden winners have been with Clan Des Obeaux (2021 & 2022). Nico de Boinville winners have been with Might Bite (2018) and Shishkin (2023).

Here are some of the top Bowl Chase jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

JockeyR-W-PWinEW
Harry Cobden5-2-4+6.00+4.54
Nico de Boinville4-2-2+0.55-0.43
Jack Kennedy2-1-1+1.25+0.41
Paul Townend3-0-1-3.00-2.00
Charlie Deutsch3-0-0-3.00-3.00
Mattie Batchelor2-0-1-2.00-0.25
Jonathan Burke2-0-1-2.00-0.85
Brian Hughes2-0-1-2.00-1.16
Danny Cook2-0-0-2.00-2.00
Sean Flanagan2-0-0-2.00-2.00

Bowl Chase Trend Analysis

✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +58.25 is when runners had 0 career places at the track.

❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 1 place in the past year, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-34.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Bowl Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 15 winners of this race who ran at Cheltenham last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 146 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 2 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Bowl Chase:

  • Dom Alco (2 Wins)
  • Kapgarde (2 Wins)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Follow The Plan in 2012, winning for Oliver McKiernan at odds of 50/1 under the guidance of Tom Doyle. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 8 winning favourites in the race. Remember to use the best racing tipsters along with the information on this page to find you a bet on the 2025 Bowl Chase.

Route to the Bowl Chase

Many trainers will target races to use as prep races before coming to the Bowl Chase, these are the races which the recent winners ran in before coming here:

InfoLast Race
2024 - Gerri Colombe
Cheltenham - 2nd of 11 (13/2)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2023 - Shishkin
Cheltenham - 2nd of 9 (1/1)
Ryanair Chase
2022 - Clan Des Obeaux
Newbury - 3rd of 5 (1/1)
Denman Chase
2021 - Clan Des Obeaux
Newbury - 2nd of 7 (6/5)
Denman Chase
2019 - Kemboy
Cheltenham - UR of 16 (8/1)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2018 - Might Bite
Cheltenham - 2nd of 15 (4/1)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2017 - Tea For Two
Cheltenham - UR of 13 (41/1)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2016 - Cue Card
Cheltenham - F of 9 (5/2)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2015 - Silviniaco Conti
Cheltenham - 7th of 16 (3/1)
Cheltenham Gold Cup
2014 - Silviniaco Conti
Cheltenham - 4th of 13 (11/4)
Cheltenham Gold Cup

Schedule for Thursday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The three-day Grand National meeting kicks off on Thursday with four Grade 1 events on the seven-race card which features both the Aintree Hurdle and the Bowl Chase.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:45 Aintree
Manifesto Novices Chase
Il Etait Temps (FR)
6yo - 3/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
14:20 Aintree
Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle
Sir Gino (FR)
4yo - 11/10
Nicky Henderson
Nico de Boinville
14:55 Aintree
Bowl Chase
Gerri Colombe (FR)
8yo - 9/4
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
15:30 Aintree
Aintree Hurdle
Impaire Et Passe (FR)
6yo - 1/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
16:05 Aintree
Foxhunters Chase
Its On The Line (IRE)
7yo - 3/1
Emmet Mullins
Mr Derek O'Connor
16:40 Aintree
Red Rum Handicap Chase
Sans Bruit (FR)
6yo - 5/1
Paul Nicholls
Bryony Frost
17:15 Aintree
Nickel Coin Mares Bumper
Diva Luna (IRE)
5yo - 13/2
Ben Pauling
Kielan Woods

Schedule for Friday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

Day 2 of the Grand National meeting is Ladies Day or Fabulous Friday, the highlights on the track being the Melling Chase plus there is the Topham Chase over the Grand National fences.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:45 Aintree
Mildmay Novices Chase
Inothewayurthinkin (IRE)
6yo - 6/4
Gavin Cromwell
Mark Walsh
14:20 Aintree
William Hill National Festival Handicap Hurdle
Kateira (GB)
7yo - 5/1
Dan Skelton
Harry Skelton
14:55 Aintree
Top Novices Hurdle
Mystical Power (IRE)
5yo - 11/10
W P Mullins
Mark Walsh
15:30 Aintree
Melling Chase
Jonbon (FR)
8yo - 11/10
Nicky Henderson
Nico de Boinville
16:05 Aintree
Topham Chase
Arizona Cardinal (GB)
8yo - 20/1
Stuart Edmunds
Ciaran Gethings
16:40 Aintree
Sefton Novices Hurdle
Dancing City (FR)
7yo - 4/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
17:15 Aintree
Hallgarten and Novum Wines Handicap Hurdle
El Jefe (IRE)
7yo - 40/1
Andrew Hamilton
Ben Smith

Schedule for Saturday at the Aintree Grand National Meeting

The Grand National is obviously the showpiece of the Aintree meeting and day 3 also includes three Grade 1 events, the feature of those being the Liverpool Hurdle.

RaceLast WinnerInfo
13:20 Aintree
Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle
Gwennie May Boy (IRE)
6yo - 9/2
Dan Skelton
Charlie Todd
13:55 Aintree
Mersey Novices Hurdle
Brighterdaysahead (FR)
5yo - 6/5
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
14:30 Aintree
William Hill National Festival Handicap Chase
Cruz Control (FR)
7yo - 9/1
Tom Lacey
Stan Sheppard
15:05 Aintree
Liverpool Hurdle
Strong Leader (GB)
7yo - 8/1
Olly Murphy
Sean Bowen
16:00 Aintree
Grand National
I Am Maximus (FR)
8yo - 7/1
W P Mullins
Paul Townend
17:00 Aintree
Maghull Novices Chase
Found A Fifty (IRE)
7yo - 11/8
Gordon Elliott
Jack Kennedy
17:35 Aintree
Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race
Horaces Pearl (FR)
6yo - 14/1
Fergal O'Brien
Connor Brace

Article Contributor Information

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Bowl Chase Preview are at hand, Andy and Darren. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for National Hunt Racing.

Darren Brett

Darren Brett

Tipster Competition Manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.
Andy Powell

Andy Powell

Content Editor

Andy, a seasoned horse racing expert with over 15 years of experience, possesses a comprehensive understanding of the sport, from delving into complex statistical data for jump racing in the UK and Ireland to crafting insightful national hunt racing blogs for OLBG.

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