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 Savills Chase Preview
Open to runners aged five or older, the Grade 1 Savills Chase is scheduled to take place in December of each year at the Leopardstown racecourse during the Christmas Festival, the race is run over a trip of three miles in which seventeen fences will have to be jumped.
The race was previously known as the Ericsson Chase, the Lexus Chase and the Christmas Chase.
Savills Chase Information:
To see which runners the OLBG racing tipsters are tipping throughout the card that includes this race, head over to the Leopardstown tips on the day of the race, do they agree with the runners on the trend shortlist or are they predicting other runners? You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Leopardstown Racecourse section for links to these.
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How competitive is the Savills Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2005 when the race had an over-round of 109%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 127%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Savills Chase, the over-round has been 118%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £118 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Savills 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 Savills Chase Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Savills Chase over the last 20 renewals:
- Outlander (6:02.40) in 2016
- Kemboy (6:06.50) in 2018
- Road To Respect (6:08.40) in 2017
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 Savills Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 7 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +4.73. Before placing your bet on the 2025 Savills Chase see which other runners today are being backed on the racing predictions page.
The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2006 renewal when The Listener from R H Alner under the guidance of Daryl Jacob, won in a time of 6:43.00, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Outlander, trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Jack Kennedy set the quickest time of 6:02.40 in the 2016 renewal.
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Savills Chase Past Winners
Here are the Savills 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 Savills Chase are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 6:17.20 | Galopin Des Champs (FR) 8yo 11-10 5/6F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2023 6:34.50 | Galopin Des Champs (FR) 7yo 11-10 6/4F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2022 6:24.10 | Conflated (IRE) 8yo 11-10 2/1F | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
| 2021 6:23.60 | Galvin (IRE) 7yo 11-12 7/1 | Davy Russell Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
| 2020 6:25.70 | A Plus Tard (FR) 6yo 11-12 15/2 | Darragh O'Keeffe Henry De Bromhead (IRE) |
| 2019 6:18.40 | Delta Work (FR) 6yo 11-10 11/2 | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
| 2018 6:06.50 | Kemboy (FR) 6yo 11-10 8/1 | David Mullins W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2017 6:08.40 | Road To Respect (IRE) 6yo 11-10 8/1 | Sean Flanagan Noel Meade (IRE) |
| 2016 6:02.40 | Outlander (IRE) 8yo 11-10 11/1 | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
| 2015 6:35.90 | Don Poli (IRE) 6yo 11-10 4/6F | B J Cooper W P Mullins (IRE) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Savills Chase have been based:
- IRE: 13 winners with an additional 32 placings from 156 runners
- GB: 7 winners with an additional 3 placings from 23 runners
- FR: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 2 runners
Savills Chase Trainer Statistics
There are two leading trainers in the Savills Chase over the last 20 renewals with both W P Mullins and Gordon Elliott who have both won the race four times. W P Mullins winners have been Don Poli (2015), Kemboy (2018) and Galopin Des Champs (2023 & 2024). Gordon Elliott winners have been with Outlander (2016), Delta Work (2019), Galvin (2021) and Conflated (2022). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Savills Chase are Noel Meade (3 wins), Paul Nicholls (3 wins) and Jonjo O'Neill (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Savills Chase, M F Morris has sent a total of 12 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Savills 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):
| Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| W P Mullins | 45-4-13 | -30.00 | -14.45 |
| Gordon Elliott | 19-4-7 | +10.50 | +4.82 |
| Noel Meade | 11-3-5 | +7.50 | +2.87 |
| Paul Nicholls | 7-3-4 | +6.44 | +3.48 |
| Jonjo O'Neill | 5-2-2 | +9.00 | +4.20 |
| Henry De Bromhead | 13-1-5 | -4.50 | +2.52 |
| Michael Hourigan | 5-1-3 | -3.10 | -0.24 |
| Nicky Henderson | 2-1-1 | +1.75 | +0.65 |
| M F Morris | 12-0-6 | -12.00 | -1.36 |
| T J Taaffe | 4-0-1 | -4.00 | -0.20 |
Savills Chase Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Savills Chase over the last 20 renewals is Jack Kennedy who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Outlander (2016), Delta Work (2019) and Conflated (2022). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Savills Chase is Paul Townend (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Savills 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):
| Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kennedy | 6-3-4 | +15.50 | +8.82 |
| Paul Townend | 12-2-5 | -7.67 | -4.15 |
| Sean Flanagan | 5-1-3 | +4.00 | +2.37 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 3-1-2 | +5.50 | +5.80 |
| Daryl Jacob | 3-1-1 | +5.00 | +2.38 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 7-0-3 | -7.00 | -3.03 |
| Mark Walsh | 7-0-1 | -7.00 | -6.34 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | +0.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 3-0-0 | -3.00 | -3.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 3-0-0 | -3.00 | -3.00 |
2025 Savills Chase Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 2, 1, F, PU, (1, PU), 3, 3, (1, 4), 8, 1, 3, 7, 3, 4, F, 2, 1, 1, 1
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.
- 20 / 20 (48%) - Within the first 4 of the market
- 20 / 20 (52%) - No bigger than 11/1
- 20 / 20 (77%) - Had 3 - 9 wins (Chase)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Off a break of 17 - 59 days
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Furthest Placed 3m - 4m1½f
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Had 5 - 14 wins (Career)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - Achieved an RPR of 157+ (Last 5)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Held an OR of 150+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved a TS of 99+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved a TS of 116+ (Last 5)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Ran in 1 - 4 races (Season)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved an RPR of 152+ (Last 3)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Not in a G2/LST/Cl3 (Debut)
- 19 / 20 (74%) - Placed within last 2 starts
- 19 / 20 (76%) - No bigger than 5/1 (Last Win)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Leopardstown racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Savills 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 read this Stats And Trends article which will make everything much clearer.
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Savills Chase Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +1.26 is when runners ran in England last time out.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 2 career wins in Jumps (Chase) races, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-31.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Savills Chase is Down Royal, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Down Royal last time out. The next best courses which have produced the second most winners are Haydock and Newbury, there has been a total number of 4 winners from each of those courses.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 20 winners from a total of 178 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 3 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Savills Chase:
- Flemensfirth (2 Wins)
- Gamut (2 Wins)
- Timos (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Savills Chase despite multiple attempts:
- Kings Theatre (0 Wins from 6 runners)
- Old Vic (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Saint Des Saints (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Outlander in 2016, winning for Gordon Elliott at odds of 11/1 under the guidance of Jack Kennedy. 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 bookmark the best racing tipsters page so you can get easy access to the best OLBG racing tipsters.
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Savills 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 International racing.
Darren Brett
Tipster Competition Manager
Andy Powell
Content Editor
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Races in February (Dublin Racing Festival)
- Golden Cygnet Novice Hurdle
- Irish Arkle Novice Chase
- Irish Gold Cup
- Spring Juvenile Hurdle
- Irish Champion Hurdle
- Ladbrokes Novice Chase
- Leopardstown Handicap Chase
- Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle
- Timeless Sash Windows Handicap Hurdle
Races in September (Irish Champions Weekend)
- Champions Juvenile Stakes
- Irish Champion Stakes
- Matron Stakes
- Petingo Handicap
- Solonaway Stakes
- Sovereign Path Handicap
