Doncaster Trends For ITV Racing On Saturday Including Great Yorkshire Chase

Favourites Worth Sticking With In Yorkshire Rose Mares’ Hurdle

Seven out of the last 14 winners in this race have been SP favourites, and the powerful Willie Mullins yard send two over to lock horns. Those two are Ashroe Diamond and Gala Marceau and it is no surprise to see them leading the betting.

So see the first of Andy Newton‘s Doncaster trends below.

• 13/14 – Won over this trip before
•  13/14 – Ran in the last 6 weeks
•  11/14 – Aged 8 or younger
•  9/14 – Won their last race
•  9/14 – Went onto run in the Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival (no winners)
•  7/14 – Irish bred
•  7/14 – Favourites
•  6/14 – Won between 1-3 times before (hurdles)

  2023 Winner: EPATANTE (N Henderson) 2/9 fav

Winning Form Over Hurdles Ideal For Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle

Plenty in the field arrive with winning form over hurdles in what looks to be a very good Novices’ Hurdle. It’s an open contest that realistically could go any way, so see the next of our Doncaster trends below to help find the winner.

• 13/14 – Won between 1-3 times over hurdles in the UK before
•  12/14 – Raced within the last 6 weeks
•  12/14 – Placed in the top 3 in last race
•  10/14 – From the top 3 in the betting
•  8/14 – Won last race
•  8/14 – Favourites placed
•  7/14 – Irish bred
•  5/14 – Ran at Doncaster before
•  3/14 – Favourites
•  2/14 – Ridden by Daryl Jacob
•  9 of the last 12 winners were aged 5 or 6 years-old

          2023 Winner: MAXIMILIAN (Donald McCain) 13/2

Winning Over 3m A Must For Great Yorkshire Chase

Any kind of winning form over fences, especially 3m is key for those horses wanting to win the Great Yorkshire Chase with the likes of Famous Bridge and Surrey Quest fitting the last of our Doncaster Trends.

• 17/18 – Won between 0-3 times over fences
•  15/18 – Carried 11-2 or less
•  14/18 – Officially rated 130 or higher
•  13/18 – Had won over at least 3m (fences)
•  13/18 – Aged 9 or younger
•  12/18 – Favourites unplaced
•  12/18 – Irish bred
•  11/18 – Priced 9/1 or shorter in the betting
•  11/18 – Ran within the last 4 weeks
•  10/18 – Carried 10-12 or less in weight
•  10/18 – Finished unplaced in last race
•  8/18 – From the top 3 in the betting
•  5/18 – Ran at Cheltenham last time out
•  3/18 – Won last time out
•  2/18 – Trained by Paul Nicholls
•  2/18 – Winning favourites (1 in the last 10)
•  6 of the last 18 winners went onto run in that season’s Grand National (no winners, all unplaced)

          2023 Winner: Cooper’s Cross (Stuart Coltherd) 16/1