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GoodVirgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Veterans’ Handicap Chase (Qual’) (Leg 1 Of The Veterans’ Chase Series)
- Prize money: £14568.4
- 3m 0f 54y
- Class 2
- 7 runners
Runners: 7 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
11/2 (Won)
- Win: £3.00
- Place: £1.50
Form: 112-57 C
Last run: 47 days
W: 11st 1lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 132
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 3m 2f 54y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Cashed in on historically tiny marks for this season's Fontwell (3m2f) and Taunton (3m4.5f) successes, and remains competitively treated; found the funereal pace against him last time; no ground concerns. |
15/2 |
|
3 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 3m 2f 54y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Cashed in on historically tiny marks for this season's Fontwell (3m2f) and Taunton (3m4.5f) successes, and remains competitively treated; found the funereal pace against him last time; no ground concerns. |
15/2 |
|
4th 4 |
23rd Mar 2025 Good 3m 6f 153y Class 3 |
11st 0lb |
jumped left on occasions, didn't always jump with fluency, raced in fourth, outpaced 4 out, weakened 2 out |
4/1 |
8/1
- Place: £2.20
Form: 5022-P D
Last run: 106 days
W: 12st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 145
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
19th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 3m 2f 0y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
held up in rear, pushed along and dropped to rear before 4th, mistake 7th, pushed along and detached before 8th |
7/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
4th Mar 2023 Good 3m 1f 214y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Threatening to regain the winning thread, having finished second in three of his four starts for current stable, latest in veterans' race at Exeter (3m, good; beaten only a neck); landed a major handicap at Kempton off this mark three years ago; respected. |
15/8 |
|
2nd 2 |
12th Feb 2023 Good 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Became fiendishly difficult to predict in these colours for Colin Tizzard; runner-up last March/April on first two runs for this yard but pulled up in October on sole run this season, so the doubts about him return. |
8/1 |
11/4
Form: 4P4-12 D BF
Last run: 36 days
W: 12st 0lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 145
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
11th Feb 2024 Heavy 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Well handicapped on some of last season's form and was a very creditable fourth in Veterans' Final at Warwick (3m, soft) on last month's reappearance; will cope if the ground becomes very testing here; big player. |
9/2 |
|
4th 11 |
13th Jan 2024 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Returning from a similar absence (and wind surgery) when dominant from the front over C&D (soft) 14 months ago when only 2lb lower, after which he finished second in the final of this race at Sandown; fortunes went into reverse soon after but he's back from further wind surgery and handicapped to run a blinder if again on good terms with himself. |
13/2 |
14/1
Form: 111-PU C
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 9lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 140
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 |
12th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 3m 5f 56y Class 2 |
10st 5lb |
Won 2022 Kim Muir here (3m2f, soft) and produced career-best performance when scoring by 13l over the big Aintree fences last season (3m2f, heavy); badly out of form this term, though, and this new discipline needs to rekindle his enthusiasm; 6lb out of the handicap. |
100/1 |
|
7th 1 |
10th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 3m 4f 102y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
towards rear, headway on outer after 10th, lost ground after 15th |
25/1 |
|
7th 1 |
10th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 3m 4f 102y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
towards rear, headway on outer after 10th, lost ground after 15th |
25/1 |
16/1
Form: U1-6PP CD
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 4lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 6 |
12th Nov 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
10st 6lb |
His Welsh Grand National win was five years ago and sole success since was in a veterans' chase at Ascot in March of 2022; last season never got going at all but his trainer reports him in good shape and he's rocketed down the weights. |
12/1 |
|
7th 7 |
25th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 86y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Only win since landing the 2018 Welsh Grand National was in a veterans' chase at Ascot 12 months ago off 10lb higher; too well handicapped to ignore but this season hasn't got going at all. |
12/1 |
|
5th 5 |
12th Feb 2023 Good 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
11st 4lb |
Smart in his prime, with career highlight his 2018 Welsh Grand National win; capitalised upon some help from the handicapper when gaining a hard-fought win in Ascot veterans' race (3m, good) last March and he has a 5lb lower mark today, but disappointing shows are more the norm nowadays; has a change of equipment but it's hard to bank on a revival. |
16/1 |
11/4
Form: 38-071 D
Last run: 45 days
W: 11st 7lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 138
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 26 |
3rd Apr 2025 Good To Soft 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Placed in a Grand Sefton and a Topham for Alan King so these fences hold no fears; returned from a lengthy break to win a February point by 15l and he's had wind surgery since; this veteran could have a part to play. |
50/1 |
|
26 |
3rd Apr 2025 Good To Soft 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Placed in a Grand Sefton and a Topham for Alan King so these fences hold no fears; returned from a lengthy break to win a February point by 15l and he's had wind surgery since; this veteran could have a part to play. |
50/1 |
|
3rd 6 |
2nd Apr 2024 Soft 2m 4f 11y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Well below par in his last two runs (hunter chase latest) with and without the cheekpieces that triggered a return to winning ways in a 3m handicap at Doncaster over Christmas (good); not the easiest to predict and ideally wants drier ground, but too talented to rule out. |
5/2 |
3/1
Form: 10-P33 CD
Last run: 36 days
W: 10st 10lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 9 |
23rd Mar 2024 Good To Soft 2m 7f 86y Class 3 |
11st 2lb |
This is his trip; unplaced on his previous run here and saves all his best efforts for Exeter where he again ran well last time from 5lb out of the weights; does have form elsewhere but it's on right-handed tracks; perhaps placed at best. |
7/1 |
|
2nd 15 |
11th Feb 2024 Heavy 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Dual C&D winner, latterly in 2022 edition of this race (soft ground), and has made the frame over C&D on all three starts this season; 5lb out of the weights today but the form of his December second has been very well advertised by the winner since; considered each-way. |
14/1 |
|
2nd 6 |
21st Dec 2023 Soft 3m 0f 54y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
Has only ever won here and from the front he went down fighting in Enjoy Your Life's recent C&D handicap; down another 2lb but he does look vulnerable to younger legs. |
7/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £9.10 |
| Straight Forecast | £9.50 |
| Trifecta | £32.70 |
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