2024 Old Roan Chase Tips

Protektorat returns to the track this weekend and there’s every chance that the nine-year-old can score in this encounter. The horse was last seen running at Aintree back in April, with the Dan Skelton-trained charge missing out to favourite Jonbon although that came after an impressive victory in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Stage Star has been afforded plenty of respect, with the eight-year-old more than capable of landing the spoils here. This horse was fifth out of eleven horses in the Ryanair Chase although he did win the Paddy Power Gold Cup in November 2023, with the runner likely to be a popular selection to secure a victory.

Minella Drama is a nine-year-old with serious claims and Donald McCain trains a runner who has a weight advantage and there has been money for this runner. The horse was pulled up at Aintree last time out and that came after finishing second at Kelso although it’s been quite some time since there was a victory.

Ahoy Senor has the potential to go well for Lucinda Russell, with the horse landing second place in the William Hill Bowl Chase at Aintree back in the spring. He was only half a length behind Gerri Colombe, with the horse having eighteen lengths to find on Protektorat after a below-par run in the Ryanair Chase.

Farmer Jack was the first winner of the Old Roan Chase when triumphing in 2004, with the eight-year-old trained by Philip Hobbs and the same trainer was able to oblige ten years later when winning the same race by saddling Wishfull Thinking.

In the past three runnings of the Old Roan Chase, we have seen two nine-year-olds land a victory. In 2022, Riders Onthestorm was able to land the spoils, with the Richard Hobson-trained runner carrying a low weight of 10-06 and that was the second-lowest weighted winner in the history of the race.

In 2021, Dan Skelton triumphed with Allmankind and it was a top training performance considering that the horse was carrying 11-10, with Nuts Well the champion in 2020 and Forest Bihan was on target in 2019 when the Brian Ellison-trained runner was well down the racecard.