Plate Handicap Chase 2023 Tips - Odds, trends and final selections

We won't be finalising any of our handicap tips until the final fields have been confirmed. In this article, you'll find the latest Plate Handicap Chase odds, key recurring ten-year trends and a shortlist of possible selections.

So Scottish is the strong favourite favourite for this year's Plate. Emmet Mullins - who won this handicap with The Shunter two years ago - watched his six-year-old win on his first two starts over fences back in October, and was last seen finishing just behind Boothill in a classy race at Ascot. 

Being race-fit is a recurring trend that crops up with every handicap at the Cheltenham Festival. I understand that Mullins is a very shrewd operator and this race has clearly been the plan for some time, but we haven't seen So Scottish since November and anything could have gone wrong in the intervening months.

Willie Mullins is the dominant force in the top-graded races around Cheltenham. The County Hurdle has also proven to be a particularly profitable race for the meeting's leading trainer. Willie is, however, yet to win any of the handicap chases staged during the Festival. Adamantly Chosen sits prominently in the betting and would be of interest if he didn't go to the Turners' Novices' Chase. Haut En Couleurs is entered up here too, but this soft finisher wouldn't interest me.