October 08 / 16.40 Ludlow

16.40

Good To Firm

RacingTV Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 4f 11y
  • Class 4
  • 4 runners
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RacingTV Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

Form: -33056 C

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 13lb

9 yo Colt

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Four-time hurdle winner who is unexposed over fences but he returned to this sphere with a well-held sixth was at Uttoxeter (2m, good) three weeks ago; has dropped to a dangerous mark but he needs to raise his game back up in trip; cheekpieces removed.
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Form: 72PP2- C

Last run: 181 days

W: 11st 7lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Triple hurdle winner who has mixed record (672PP2) over fences but he went close in both those runner-up efforts and latest was at Hereford (2m5f, good) in April; up 2lb on his return but has possibilities if he can repeat that latest form.
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1st

5

23rd May 2026

Good

2m 1f 77y

Class 4

15:32 Bangor-on-Dee

Gris Majeur

11st 6lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sheila Lewis

Got off the mark over fences at Ludlow (2m4f, good to firm) last October and has been placed on all five starts since; drops back in trip which may not be in his favour.

7/2

3rd

4

22nd Apr 2026

Good

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

15:30 Ludlow

Gris Majeur

11st 7lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sheila Lewis

Triple hurdle winner who made the breakthrough over fences in a Ludlow handicap (2m4f, good to firm) in October; that was a four-runner race but he's been placed in four runs since including when runner-up at Chepstow (2m7f) 11 days ago; should go well again and all of his wins have been on good/good to firm.

9/2

2nd

4

11th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 4

14:50 Chepstow

Gris Majeur

11st 7lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sheila Lewis

Triple hurdle winner who made the breakthrough over fences in a Ludlow handicap (2m4f, good to firm) in October; that was a four-runner race but he's been placed in three runs since including over 3m at Taunton; should go well again and it would be a positive if the ground dries out.

5/1

Form: 6313-2 BF

Last run: 152 days

W: 11st 3lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Just one win from 24 starts but that was by 11l over fences at Hereford (2m, good) in March and he ran into a handicap blot there in final run in the spring; looks interesting off 3lb lower on his return and his win was under Shane Quinlan.
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2nd

1

25th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 8y

Class 5

15:00 Hereford

Chestnut Pete

12st 0lb

J: Shane Quinlan

T: Katy Price

Reliable veteran who was in good form when last seen, finishing third on his last three runs; won this off 1lb lower last year and he's worth considering back from a break.

5/2

4

8th Oct 2025

Good To Firm

2m 4f 11y

Class 4

16:40 Ludlow

Chestnut Pete

11st 3lb

J: Shane Quinlan

T: Katy Price

Just one win from 24 starts but that was by 11l over fences at Hereford (2m, good) in March and he ran into a handicap blot there in final run in the spring; looks interesting off 3lb lower on his return and his win was under Shane Quinlan.

11/4

Form: 414-P4 BF

Last run: 93 days

W: 11st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Hurdle winner on good ground and appreciated the return to that surface when off the mark over fences at Chepstow (about 2m7f) in March; only 3lb higher than for that success but he's been disappointing in three runs since and has bit to prove after three months off; new headgear.
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1st

1

9th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:35 Warwick

Redbridge Rambler

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Keighley

T: Martin Keighley

Two good runs behind subsequent winners at Hereford and Catterick (both 3m1f, good) in late 2025; always struggling over an inadequate 1m7f at Wincanton (no headgear; cheekpieces return) in April and perhaps fortunate to get dropped 2lb; fair chance of another win.

7/2

5th

2

12th Apr 2026

Good

1m 7f 149y

Class 5

15:27 Wincanton

Redbridge Rambler

11st 13lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Martin Keighley

Suited by good or quicker ground; similar sort of form in his last four races in handicaps from 2m4f to 3m1f; this trip is on the tight side but he's in a weak race and might be ridden forcefully.

15/8

Non-runners

Kells Priory

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Straight Forecast £10.63

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Chestnut Pete

TOPSPEED:

Gris Majeur

POSTDATA:

Redbridge Rambler

D Express:

Redbridge Rambler

The Times:

Gris Majeur

The Star:

Gris Majeur

RP RATINGS:

Chestnut Pete

Telegraph:

Chestnut Pete

The Guardian:

Chestnut Pete

Daily Mail:

Chestnut Pete

Daily Mirror:

Chestnut Pete

The Sun:

Chestnut Pete

Daily Record:

Chestnut Pete