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2026 Savills New Year's Day Chase Preview
The Savills New Year's Day Chase, which was upgraded to Grade 3 status in 2020, is scheduled to take place in January of each year on New Year's Day at the Tramore racecourse. It is run over a trip of two miles and five furlongs, and the runners will face a total of fifteen fences.
Savills New Year's Day Chase Information:
- Savills New Year's Day Chase Past Winners
- Savills New Year's Day Chase Trainer Statistics
- Savills New Year's Day Chase Jockey Statistics
Why not use the trends shortlist below to help you narrow down the field and then head over to the dedicated Tramore tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG expert racing tipsters to find yourself a bet?
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How competitive is the Savills New Year's Day Chase market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2022 when the race had an over-round of 108%. The race in 2004 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 124%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Savills New Year's Day Chase, the over-round has been 115%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £115 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2026 Savills New Year's Day 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 New Year's Day Chase Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Savills New Year's Day Chase over the last 20 renewals:
- Barker (5:20.20) in 2011
- Roi Du Mee (5:23.90) in 2013
- Kymandjen (5:24.30) in 2006
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 New Year's Day Chase next time out then you would have backed a total of 6 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of +16.98. Remember to bookmark the racing tips page to access the OLBG racing picks easily daily.
The runner that holds the record over the past 20 renewals for the slowest time in the race was set in the 2024 renewal when Jungle Boogie from Henry De Bromhead under the guidance of Darragh O'Keeffe, won in a time of 6:24.60, whilst at the other end of the spectrum, Barker, trained by W P Mullins and ridden by D J Casey set the quickest time of 5:20.20 in the 2011 renewal.
Savills New Year's Day Chase Past Winners
Here are the Savills New Year's Day 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 New Year's Day Chase are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
| Year | Horse | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 6:17.07 | Embassy Gardens (GB) 9yo 11-6 9/1 | Michael O'Sullivan W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2024 6:24.60 | Jungle Boogie (IRE) 10yo 11-0 10/1 | Darragh O'Keeffe Henry De Bromhead (IRE) |
| 2023 6:20.50 | Minella Indo (IRE) 10yo 11-0 7/4 | Rachael Blackmore Henry De Bromhead (IRE) |
| 2022 6:19.80 | Al Boum Photo (FR) 10yo 11-10 1/6F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2021 6:10.30 | Al Boum Photo (FR) 9yo 12-0 2/9F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2020 5:54.20 | Al Boum Photo (FR) 8yo 11-12 4/7F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2019 5:45.40 | Al Boum Photo (FR) 7yo 11-12 2/1F | R Walsh W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2018 6:01.80 | Bachasson (FR) 7yo 11-9 1/1F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
| 2017 5:45.80 | Champagne West (IRE) 9yo 11-2 2/1 | David Mullins Henry De Bromhead (IRE) |
| 2014 5:47.60 | Marito (GER) 8yo 11-9 13/8F | Paul Townend W P Mullins (IRE) |
Savills New Year's Day Chase Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Savills New Year's Day Chase over the last 20 renewals is W P Mullins who has won the race nine times with those nine winners coming from Barker (2011), Apt Approach (2012), Marito (2014), Bachasson (2018), Al Boum Photo (2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022) and Embassy Gardens (2025). Other trainers who have recorded multiple wins in the Savills New Year's Day Chase are Henry De Bromhead (3 wins) and C Byrnes (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Savills New Year's Day 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 | 35-9-15 | -1.41 | -0.91 |
| Henry De Bromhead | 8-3-4 | +8.75 | +5.19 |
| C Byrnes | 4-2-2 | +4.00 | +1.76 |
| Gordon Elliott | 12-1-3 | -10.00 | -6.60 |
| Mrs John Harrington | 4-1-2 | -1.00 | -0.90 |
| Eoin Doyle | 3-1-2 | +10.00 | +8.20 |
| Paul Nolan | 2-1-1 | +3.00 | +1.40 |
| Anthony Mullins | 2-1-2 | -0.20 | +0.70 |
| E J O'Grady | 5-0-1 | -5.00 | -3.16 |
| E Sheehy | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | -1.00 |
Savills New Year's Day Chase Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Savills New Year's Day Chase over the last 20 renewals is Paul Townend who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Marito (2014), Bachasson (2018) and Al Boum Photo (2020, 2021 & 2022).
Here are some of the top Savills New Year's Day 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Townend | 8-5-6 | +0.59 | -0.24 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 4-1-2 | -1.25 | -0.31 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 2-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.25 |
| Michael O'Sullivan | 1-1-1 | +9.00 | +5.63 |
| Brian Hayes | 6-0-0 | -6.00 | -4.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 3-0-1 | -3.00 | -0.30 |
| Danny Mullins | 3-0-2 | -3.00 | -1.14 |
| Phillip Enright | 3-0-0 | -3.00 | -3.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 3-0-0 | -3.00 | -3.00 |
| Miss E A Lalor | 2-0-1 | -2.00 | +0.50 |
2026 Savills New Year's Day Chase Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 1, F, 2, F, 1, (3, 7), (4, PU), 5, 1, (1, 2), 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2
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 (68%) - Within the first 4 of the market
- 20 / 20 (69%) - Ran in 1 - 10 races (Going)
- 20 / 20 (72%) - No bigger than 12/1
- 20 / 20 (75%) - Achieved an RPR of 139+ (Last 5)
- 20 / 20 (77%) - Highest Placed is not G3/LST/Cl3
- 20 / 20 (79%) - Fewer than 3 races (Class)
- 20 / 20 (80%) - No older than a 10yo
- 20 / 20 (80%) - Held an OR of 132+
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Had 3 - 15 placings (Non-Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (82%) - Furthest ran 2m5f - 3m6f
- 20 / 20 (83%) - Had 3 - 10 wins (Career)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - No bigger than 50/1 (Career)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved a TS of 115+ (Career)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Achieved a TS of 44+ (Going)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - No more than -10lbs (Vs Max Weight)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Tramore racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Savills New Year's Day Chase. Did you know that we have an OLBG Betting School section on OLBG? It is a place to help you improve your betting experience with articles like How to Find Winners - 101 Tips to Choose A Winning Horse Racing Bet.
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Savills New Year's Day Chase Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor which had produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +15.42 is when runners had 1 career start over the trip.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had a highest class placed of Class 1 (G3), when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-25.
The course which has produced the most winners of the Savills New Year's Day Chase is Punchestown, there has been a total number of 8 winners of this race who ran at Punchestown 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 113 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 0 winners from a total of 11 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Savills New Year's Day Chase:
- Bucks Boum (4 Wins)
- Hubbly Bubbly (2 Wins)
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Savills New Year's Day Chase despite multiple attempts:
- Moscow Society (0 Wins from 5 runners)
- Presenting (0 Wins from 5 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was The Fonze in 2010, winning for Eoin Doyle at odds of 12/1 under the guidance of J R Barry. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 10 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2026 Savills New Year's Day Chase why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Savills New Years Day Chase Preview are at hand, Andy Powell and Darren Brett. 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.
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