Christmas showpiece: Savills Chase odds and free bets Leopardstown’s showpiece, the Savills Chase, comes along at the perfect time over Christmas. By 2.25pm on the 28th of December when gifts are unwrapped, leftovers are depleted and you can’t bear to look at another mince pie, the prospect of Grade 1-staying chasers going head-to-head, injects intrigue and excitement into the post-Christmas lull. bet365 is offering all customers in Ireland and the UK €/£30 in free bets when you sign up with €/£10 which you can spend not only on the Savills Chase but on a host of other top-class contests over the festive season: This year’s entries for the Savills Chase, run over an extended three miles, are strong and it promises to be a cracker. Galopin Des Champs was scintillating when winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup last year for Willie Mullins and heads the market at 7/4 with bet365. He has suffered two defeats since that victory both at the hands of Martin Brassil’s Fastorslow who shrugged him off in the Punchestown Gold Cup in the spring and in the John Durkan last month. Brassil’s rising star is available at attractive odds of 5/2, with the trainer stating that he ‘takes his racing very well’. A break of four-and-a-half weeks will suit, should he take his chance. It is likely Conflated will be back to defend his crown for the in-form Gordon Elliott team having won this contest impressively last year by five lengths. He then went on to finish third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Elliott, who has won this four times in the past ten years, will have him on song for a repeat win. Envoi Allen, priced at 10-1 for the de Bromhead team, finished in front of Conflated in the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal in November, while the trainer reported that stablemate and 2020 winner, A Plus Tard, priced at 12-1, has been schooling well and is in good form. It is worth noting that no horse has won at odds bigger than 11-1 in the past 20 years. Allaho looks set for the King George at Kempton Park and Gerri Colombe may also take that route, with Robbie Power reporting on Nick Luck's podcast on Tuesday that it's still 'plan A'. Gentlemansgame has sadly been ruled out due to a minor foot issue. Savills Chase entries and bet365 prices: Galopin Des Champs - 7/4 Fastorslow - 5/2 Gerri Colombe - 3/1 Stage Star - 7-1 Envoi Allen - 10/1 A Plus Tard - 12/1 Conflated - 14/1 I Am Maximus - 14/1 Appreciate It - 14/1 Gaillard Du Mesnil - 16/1 Allaho - 16/1 Capodanno - 20/1 Monkfish - 25/1 Banbridge - 33/1 Classic Getaway - 33/1 Asterion Forlonge - 33/1 Janidil - 33/1 Pic D’Orhy - 33/1 Stattler - 40/1 Coko Beach - 66-1 Hewick - 66/1 Farouk D’alene - 66/1 Protektorat - 66/1 Churchstonewarrior - 100/1 Please note the odds were correct at the time of writing the article. Get your €30 free bets when you bet €10: 18+ Please play responsibly. Begambleaware.org
