2023 Manifesto Novices Chase Preview, Trends & Analysis

Scheduled to take place in April of each year at the Aintree racecourse is the Manifesto Novices Chase, the Grade 1 chase which is open to novices only, meaning those who came into the season without a win over fences is run during the Grand National meeting. The race is open to runners aged five or older and is run over two miles and four furlongs where these novices' will face sixteen fences.

Manifesto Novices Chase Content:

• Manifesto Novices Chase Past Winners
• Manifesto Novices Chase Trainer Statistics
• Manifesto Novices Chase Jockey Statistics
• 2023 Manifesto Novices Chase Trends
• Manifesto Novices Chase Trend Analysis
• Schedule at The Aintree Grand National Meeting

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When looking over the past 13 renewals, a time of 4:58.40 was set by Clarcam in 2015, that is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by R Walsh. The slowest winning time was set in 2018 when Finians Oscar won in a time of 5:16.00, booked to ride was Robbie Power on this Colin Tizzard trained runner.

These are the top three quickest run Manifesto Novices Chase over the last 13 renewals:

• 2015 - Clarcam (4:58.40)
• 2014 - Uxizandre (4:59.40)
• 2017 - Flying Angel (5:01.60)

How competitive is the Manifesto Novices Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 13 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2012 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2009 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 113%, whilst on average over the last 13 renewals of the Manifesto Novices Chase, the over-round has been 111%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £111 which is bet.

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 13 if you had followed the winner of the Manifesto Novices Chase next time out then you would have back a total of 1 winner. Backing all 11 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -7.25. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page so you can get easy access to the OLBG racing picks on a daily basis.

Here are the Manifesto Novices 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 trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Manifesto Novices Chase as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Where have the winning runners come from?

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

• GB: 12 winners with an additional 13 placings from 72 runners
• IRE: 1 winner with an additional 2 placings from 10 runners
• FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner

There are two leading trainers in the Manifesto Novices Chase over the last 13 renewals with both Nicky Henderson & Philip Hobbs who have both won the race 2 times. Nicky Henderson winners have been with Mad Max (2010) & Captain Conan (2013). Philip Hobbs winners have been with Wishfull Thinking (2011) & Menorah (2012). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Manifesto Novices Chase, Paul Nicholls has sent a total of 14 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Manifesto Novices Chase trainer statistics over the last 13 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):

Here are some of the top Manifesto Novices Chase jockey statistics over the last 13 renewals (R = Rides, 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):

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): ,F,2,2,3,1,2,4,3,3,4,2,PU,4

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 13 / 13 (65%) - 8-18 Career starts
• 13 / 13 (65%) - Avoid LTO winners or PFU
• 13 / 13 (70%) - Held on OR of 148+
• 13 / 13 (73%) - Made 8-17 starts (Non-Hcps)
• 13 / 13 (73%) - Placed in at least a G2
• 13 / 13 (75%) - Had 5-11 placings (Career)
• 13 / 13 (76%) - Not in a Hcp LTO
• 13 / 13 (77%) - Beaten no more 11½l (Debut)
• 13 / 13 (78%) - Ran over 1m4½f - 2m5½f (Debut)
• 12 / 13 (58%) - Last win within 53-145 days
• 12 / 13 (59%) - Ran in G1/G2 LTO
• 12 / 13 (67%) - Field of 5-17 (LTO)
• 11 / 13 (51%) - Within first 3 of market
• 11 / 13 (54%) - No bigger than 11/2
• 11 / 13 (57%) - 4-6 Career wins
• 11 / 13 (64%) - Carried 158-161lbs (LTO)
• 11 / 13 (69%) - Ran over 2m - 2m4f (LTO)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Aintree racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Manifesto Novices Chase. if you are unaware of what trends and statistics are, how they can be used etc then head over to the OLBG Betting School and have a read of this Stats And Trends article which will make everything much clearer.

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The trend factor which has produced 7+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +11.45 is when runners were aged 6yo. The worst performing factor which has failed to produce a single winner is when runners last win was 1 start ago, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-22.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Manifesto Novices Chase is Cheltenham, there has been a total number of 10 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 13 winners from a total of 77 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 6 runners.

Looking at the winning odds over the last 13 renewals, the biggest priced winner was Protektorat in 2021 when winning for Dan Skelton at odds of 17/2 under the guidance of Harry Skelton. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 13 renewals there has been a total of 1 winning favourite in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2023 Manifesto Novices Chase remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.

Remember to head over to the Aintree predictions page to see which runner the racing tipsters are supporting in the Manifesto Novices Chase and don't forget that we also have a dedicated site for the 2023 Aintree Grand National. Below is the schedule for the 2023 Aintree Festival with links to each race blog as well as information for last year's winners.

Aintree Festival races for Thursday 13th April 2023

Aintree Festival races for Friday 14th April 2023

Aintree Festival races for Saturday 15th April 2023