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GoodJonathan Neesom Memorial Open Hunters’ Chase
- Prize money: £5133
- 3m 1f 100y
- Class 4
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Hunter Chase
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
2/1 (Won)
- Win: £3.50
Form: 84/21-
Last run: 53 days
W: 12st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 1 |
1st May 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
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 |
11st 12lb |
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 |
9/4
Form: /23/3-
Last run: 336 days
W: 12st 1lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 |
1st May 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Exposed, but also placed in hunter chases on last three visits to Stratford (all sub-3m) and notably a winner during May in each of the previous three years; respected, for all that there's not huge substance to some of this spring's successes (two conditions events and a walkover). |
9/4 |
|
3rd 3 |
30th May 2025 Good 2m 6f 125y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
Gave very good account when second to Famous Clermont in this race in 2024 and also ran well when third over C&D (again on good) last month; returns here after a recent point success; can make his presence felt. |
13/2 |
|
3rd 3 |
30th May 2025 Good 2m 6f 125y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
Gave very good account when second to Famous Clermont in this race in 2024 and also ran well when third over C&D (again on good) last month; returns here after a recent point success; can make his presence felt. |
13/2 |
4/1
Form: 18- D
Last run: 45 days
W: 12st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 2 |
1st May 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Landed the intermediate on this card last term (good) despite his customary habit of jumping right; listless display at Exeter on his most recent hunter chase outing and had to work hard to land the odds in a 3m6f Larkhill open since (good to firm). |
4/1 |
|
8th 4 |
17th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 0f 54y Class 5 |
12st 2lb |
4-14 in points; finished well to snatch victory at Cheltenham (3m2f, good) last May, his only start under rules, and comes here after very respectable second in Larkhill open point (3m, good) this month; today's ground might be slower than he prefers but he can still go well. |
8/1 |
|
1st 2 |
2nd May 2025 Good 3m 2f 0y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
jumped right throughout, prominent behind clear leaders, went second before 2 out, hung right run-in, led inside final 110yds, ridden out |
9/1 |
3/1
Form: 8P/1U-
Last run: 336 days
W: 12st 1lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 97
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
1st May 2026 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Found only the prolific Grace A Vous Enki too good in the Lady Dudley Cup classic at Chaddesley Corbett last time (3m2f), having won two opens over shorter immediately before (all on good); first-fence casualty when last seen in a hunter chase, but generally a safe conveyance nowadays. |
3/1 |
|
7 |
30th May 2025 Good 3m 3f 119y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Belated first career win last November opened the floodgates, as three more point wins and (last time) a slowly run Huntingdon hunter chase (beat Coolagh Park and Dr Lockdown) have followed; goes on all track types and has his going again, but likely career best required. |
25/1 |
|
7 |
30th May 2025 Good 3m 3f 119y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Belated first career win last November opened the floodgates, as three more point wins and (last time) a slowly run Huntingdon hunter chase (beat Coolagh Park and Dr Lockdown) have followed; goes on all track types and has his going again, but likely career best required. |
25/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £15.40 |
| Straight Forecast | £19.84 |
| Trifecta | £45.60 |
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