On a stellar Boxing Day card at Kempton Park, the first of three Grade 1 races is the 3m Kauto Star Novices Chase (1:55). Although guaranteed a smaller than average field, this race has launched the careers of Long Run, Coneygree and Shan Blue in recent years. See who SportsLens experts fancy to add their names to that roll of honour with their Kauto Star Novices Chase tips below.
Each of the last four winners had an official rating of 150 or higher going into the contest. That tells us some of the top staying novice chasers in the UK landed the spoils.