March 09 / 17.20 Stratford

17.20

Soft

DragonBet Safer Gambling Tools No Roar Tonight Novices’ Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £2463.84
  • 2m 4f 205y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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DragonBet Safer Gambling Tools No Roar Tonight Novices’ Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

10/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.62
  • Place: £1.40

Form: /784-2

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Dual bumper winner; has won three points, two of them this season; has since finished runner-up to a 1-3 shot in a Leicester hunter chase (2m4f, soft; first two well clear); chance.
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1st

1

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

18:15 Warwick

Corporal Jackjones

12st 1lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: Miss Poppy Skipper

More than 5l too good in a Stratford novice hunter in March (2m5f, soft) despite whacking the last, and no shame since when second at Lower Machen giving the prolific Fumet d'Oudairies 3lb; could argue he's marginally more compelling at sub-3m trips, but among the likeliest even so.

2/1

1st

2

9th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 4f 205y

Class 5

17:20 Stratford

Corporal Jackjones

11st 12lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: Miss Poppy Skipper

Dual bumper winner; has won three points, two of them this season; has since finished runner-up to a 1-3 shot in a Leicester hunter chase (2m4f, soft; first two well clear); chance.

10/11

16/1

  • Place: £4.60

Form: 44PP-6

Last run: 311 days

W: 11st 5lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Won twice over hurdles (2m/2m3f) for Dan Skelton three seasons ago; has since had three wind operations, the latest in December after being pulled up in two points that month; had been an easy winner of a point last May (3m, good) and a possible on that form.
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7th

5

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

18:50 Warwick

Missed Tee

11st 8lb

J: Mr Harry O’Dwyer

T: Miss V Collins

Third and sixth in the last two renewals of the 2m race on this card, and still appeals more over shorter despite a win over the full 3m trip at Chaddesley Corbett last May; 0-14 over rules fences.

12/1

4th

5

30th Mar 2026

Good

2m 4f 11y

Class 4

16:57 Ludlow

Missed Tee

11st 5lb

J: Mr Harry O’Dwyer

T: Miss V Collins

0-13 over regulation fences and she needs to improve on her recent seconds in hunter chases at Stratford and here.

13/2

2nd

9

19th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 11y

Class 4

16:50 Ludlow

Missed Tee

11st 5lb

J: Mr Lucas Murphy

T: Miss V Collins

Third in this race in 2024 and she easily won a ladies open at Chaddesley Corbett (3m, good) in May; had wind surgery (her third) before an encouraging second in novice hunter chase at Stratford (2m5f, soft) despite having the door slammed in her face on the home turn ten days ago; should go well again.

8/1

Form: 0/

Last run: 1025 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Pulled up in a point last month following a year off but has a sound chance on the form he showed when winning a point at Alnwick in February 2025 (2m4f, soft); could be interesting.
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3rd

6

9th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 4f 205y

Class 5

17:20 Stratford

Wottinger

11st 12lb

J: Mr Paddy Barlow

T: Mrs John Dawson

Pulled up in a point last month following a year off but has a sound chance on the form he showed when winning a point at Alnwick in February 2025 (2m4f, soft); could be interesting.

6/1

12th

8

19th May 2023

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 3

20:50 Aintree

Wottinger

11st 12lb

J: Mr John Dawson

T: John Dawson

Beaten favourite when making the frame in three points this year (one bumper, two maidens); almost certainly needs to improve to land a telling blow in this.

20/1

Form: 5424-2

Last run: 301 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Won a Chepstow handicap hurdle (2m3f, good to soft) in April 2023 for Philip Hobbs and Johnson White; placed over hurdles and fences since but has not run up to his best in two points this term; may fare better back under rules.
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4th

4

13th May 2026

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

20:00 Newton Abbot

High Game Royal

12st 0lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Beaten between 17l and 33l in his last three hunter chases, getting outpaced at trips from 2m5f to 3m1f; tongue-tie is now added; probably playing for minor money.

16/1

3rd

2

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

17:40 Warwick

High Game Royal

12st 0lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Outpaced on all four starts this year, latterly in hunter chases at Stratford (2m5f) and Exeter (3m), on which evidence the marathon on this card might have been a more comfortable fit; others are more persuasive.

20/1

3rd

8

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

High Game Royal

11st 12lb

J: Mr Nicholas Romain

T: Mrs R A Romain

Won over hurdles in 2023 for the Hobbs/White operation; beaten in two points before finishing well held at Stratford recently.

20/1

OUR TIP

Form: 63632/ BF

Last run: 1065 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Fair maiden hurdler/chaser for Peter Bowen; his latest run was when third in a Ffos Las handicap chase in April 2023; probably best watched on stable debut on return from a lengthy break.
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1

9th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 4f 205y

Class 5

17:20 Stratford

Bucks Dream

11st 12lb

J: Miss Chloe Mills

T: J Rhidian Jones

Fair maiden hurdler/chaser for Peter Bowen; his latest run was when third in a Ffos Las handicap chase in April 2023; probably best watched on stable debut on return from a lengthy break.

20/1

2nd

7

9th Apr 2023

Heavy

2m 7f 177y

Class 5

16:35 Ffos Las

Bucks Dream

10st 8lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Peter Bowen

0-14 but placed six times including when 10l third of 12 over hurdles here (3m, good to soft) five weeks ago; now goes chasing and should again be thereabouts if taking to the new discipline.

13/2

3rd

6

5th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

14:45 Ffos Las

Bucks Dream

11st 2lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Peter Bowen

0-13; made the frame in five of his seven handicap hurdles, the latest when third of 15 here (3m) in January on his second start back from a long absence; needs to improve on that, which he failed to do at Hereford (2m3f) 18 days ago but he's now back up in trip with tongue tied first time.

7/1

Form: 96356/

Last run: 1328 days

W: 11st 12lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
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Form: 9/6/

Last run: 1934 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
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Payout
Exacta £10.20
Straight Forecast £13.50
Trifecta £41.60

Selections

The Times:

Corporal Jackjones

RP RATINGS:

High Game Royal

SPOTLIGHT:

Wottinger

Telegraph:

Corporal Jackjones

The Guardian:

Corporal Jackjones

Daily Mail:

Corporal Jackjones

D Express:

Corporal Jackjones

Daily Mirror:

Corporal Jackjones

Daily Record:

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POSTDATA:

High Game Royal

The Star:

High Game Royal