May 01 / 20.00 Warwick

20.00

Good

Carr & Day & Martin Open Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £2823.15
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 4 runners
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Carr & Day & Martin Open Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

7/1 (Won)

  • Win: £7.00

Form: 25P/3- D

Last run: 42 days

W: 11st 12lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Fine effort at 150-1 when under 3l third at Newbury in March; all wins in the last four years, including matches in two opens in 2025, gained going left-handed on sound/quick surfaces, and perhaps best forgiven an uncharacteristic exit at Lockinge latest as he usually finds a leg.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

2

1st May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Warwick

Arthurs Sixpence

11st 12lb

J: Mr Harry Brown

T: Georgina Nicholls

Fine effort at 150-1 when under 3l third at Newbury in March; all wins in the last four years, including matches in two opens in 2025, gained going left-handed on sound/quick surfaces, and perhaps best forgiven an uncharacteristic exit at Lockinge latest as he usually finds a leg.

7/1

3rd

5

20th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 91y

Class 5

17:16 Newbury

Arthurs Sixpence

11st 12lb

J: Mr Harry Brown

T: H Brown

A three-time winner over regulation fences and prolific in points (5-7); however, he's 12 now and was pulled up in a recent point after quite a lengthy break; has a bit on his plate at any rate.

66/1

OUR TIP

Form: 22/47- D

Last run: 42 days

W: 11st 12lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Victory in a Parham open match last weekend took his score in points to 5-8; diminishing returns in hunter chases, and well held behind Arthur's Sixpence at Newbury in March (3m, good to soft), albeit on going which wouldn't have suited as well as tonight's projected good.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

1st May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Warwick

Empire De Maulde

11st 12lb

J: Mr Sean O’Connor

T: R W Varnham

Victory in a Parham open match last weekend took his score in points to 5-8; diminishing returns in hunter chases, and well held behind Arthur's Sixpence at Newbury in March (3m, good to soft), albeit on going which wouldn't have suited as well as tonight's projected good.

14/1

7th

6

20th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 91y

Class 5

17:16 Newbury

Empire De Maulde

11st 12lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: R W Varnham

Pulled up in the same point last month in which Arthur's Sixpence suffered the same fate; that muddies the waters but did well in points and hunter chases last year, including a near-miss in this race.

14/1

Form: 2P114- D

Last run: 22 days

W: 12st 4lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 145

Form & Verdict
Bled from the nose when a fading fourth in the Aintree Foxhunters latest (2m5f, good to soft), though still had Fan De Blues comfortably behind for the second time this year; more prolific on easier surfaces but Taunton win in January reaffirmed he's effective on good as well.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

1

1st May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Warwick

Unexpected Party

12st 4lb

J: Miss Heidi Palin

T: Dan Skelton

Bled from the nose when a fading fourth in the Aintree Foxhunters latest (2m5f, good to soft), though still had Fan De Blues comfortably behind for the second time this year; more prolific on easier surfaces but Taunton win in January reaffirmed he's effective on good as well.

2/5

4th

22

9th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

15:30 Aintree

Unexpected Party

12st 0lb

J: Miss Heidi Palin

T: Dan Skelton

Won the Grand Annual at Cheltenham Festival in March 2024 (2m, soft) and runner-up in it last year (good to soft); comfortable wins in hunter chases on last two starts (2m5f/2m6f, good/good to soft); his stamina will be more severely tested in today's hotter company but leading claims if seeing it out.

4/1

1st

2

14th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 6f 54y

Class 3

16:30 Haydock

Unexpected Party

12st 4lb

J: Miss Heidi Palin

T: Dan Skelton

Useful handicapper who won the Grand Annual Chase at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival (2m, soft) and was second in that race last year (good to soft); did not need to be at best to make winning hunter chase debut at Taunton (2m5f, good; main rival disappointed) last month and ought to remain a potent threat at this level.

5/4

20/1

Form: 2P/43- C

Last run: 159 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
2m novice handicap winner here three years ago to the day (good; RPR 129), and several decent placed efforts after; able schoolmaster for Joe Neal in novice rider points lately, getting there in time at Kimble (3m, good to firm) but not quite last time; others a bit more persuasive.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

5

1st May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

20:00 Warwick

Hystery Bere

11st 12lb

J: Mr Joe Neal

T: J Neal

2m novice handicap winner here three years ago to the day (good; RPR 129), and several decent placed efforts after; able schoolmaster for Joe Neal in novice rider points lately, getting there in time at Kimble (3m, good to firm) but not quite last time; others a bit more persuasive.

20/1

4th

4

29th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 75y

Class 4

14:23 Newton Abbot

Hystery Bere

11st 12lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Tom Symonds

Numerous placings since his successful chase debut at Warwick (2m, good) in May 2023, but pulled up at Huntingdon (3m, good) when last seen in April; has won fresh, but a speed test like this may not be ideal for him now.

5/1

4th

4

29th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 75y

Class 4

14:23 Newton Abbot

Hystery Bere

11st 12lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Tom Symonds

Numerous placings since his successful chase debut at Warwick (2m, good) in May 2023, but pulled up at Huntingdon (3m, good) when last seen in April; has won fresh, but a speed test like this may not be ideal for him now.

5/1

Non-runners

Fan De Blues

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £14.80
Straight Forecast £27.58
Trifecta £36.50

Selections

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