June 02 / 17.35 Stratford

17.35

Good

Jumping For Fun Open Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £3079.8
  • 2m 0f 213y
  • Class 5
  • 9 runners
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Jumping For Fun Open Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

2/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.75
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 35/2-1

Last run: 10 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Has very good 8-11 strike-rate in points and got off the mark under rules with stylish success at Huntingdon (2m7f, good) ten days ago; not certain to be suited by today's drop back in trip but still respected in current form; usually ridden very patiently.
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2

20th Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

19:30 Worcester

Kaproyale

11st 10lb

J: Mr James King

T: Max Comley

Three-time hunter chase winner; gave good account when fourth over hurdles at Stratford (2m6f, good) in March and has become well handicapped in this sphere but was soundly beaten here (2m7f, good) last month.

6/1

6th

5

17th Jul 2025

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:50 Worcester

Kaproyale

11st 10lb

J: Mr James King

T: Max Comley

Won 2m1f Stratford hunter chase last spring and ran well when fourth over hurdles there (2m6f, good) in March but was safely held in a handicap chase when back at Stratford this month and others in this field appeal more.

14/1

2

1st Jul 2025

Good To Firm

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

20:18 Stratford

Kaproyale

12st 1lb

J: Mr James King

T: Max Comley

Lightly campaigned last season but won a hunter chase (2m1f, good) here last May; well held back in handicap company for new trainer in December but then showed more returned to hurdles back here in March; returns from another break and switches back to fences; not easily dismissed at a track he runs well at.

10/1

OUR TIP

11/10

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 4210-4 D BF

Last run: 28 days

W: 12st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 131

Form & Verdict
Smart handicapper at his best and still capable of useful form; won Wincanton hunter chase (2m4f, good) by 13l in March and was very respectable fourth in much stronger race than this at Cheltenham (2m4f, good) last month; will be suited by today's drop back in trip; good chance.
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2nd

2

6th Feb 2024

Good

2m 7f 3y

Class 3

16:20 Taunton

Magic Saint

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Paul Nicholls

Smart chaser in his prime but last season's win was gained in a 2m4f hunter chase and he ran very poorly when returned to a handicap last June; not easy to weigh up at present and has stamina to prove over new trip here, but has become dangerously well treated.

11/2

4

14th Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 75y

Class 2

15:40 Newton Abbot

Magic Saint

10st 12lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: Paul Nicholls

Doesn't look the force of old and only successful once in five hunter chase outings this year; handicapper has given him a chance, however, and much may depend on effect of blinkers (replacing cheekpieces).

13/2

25/1

  • Place: £4.10

Form: P4PU-P

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Made the frame in two good-ground hunter chases (2m4f/2m) for David Brace in April 2022 and will go well here if able to recapture that form but hasn't fired for new stable this year.
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7

19th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 11y

Class 4

16:50 Ludlow

Rewritetherules

11st 12lb

J: Mr David O’Brien

T: Fred Timmis

Struck for the first time since 2021 with two wide-margin point wins towards the end of 2024 but it's been a struggle since and first-time cheekpieces need to have a fairly dramatic effect.

14/1

3rd

6

4th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

16:42 Ludlow

Rewritetherules

11st 12lb

J: Mr Huw Edwards

T: Fred Timmis

Three wins over regulation fences and a multiple point scorer; however, beaten at odds of 2-5 in his penultimate point and was pulled up in the next.

66/1

9

8th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 5f 150y

Class 5

14:45 Taunton

Rewritetherules

11st 12lb

J: Mr Henry Crow

T: Miss Hannah Roach

in touch with leaders, towards rear before 6th, struggling before 9th, no chance when fell 4 out

8/1

Form: 445/P/

Last run: 547 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Gained only career win in low-grade handicap chase in 2020, and returned from a long layoff with three very underwhelming point runs this year; very difficult to enthuse over.
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4th

5

29th Jan 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 194y

Class 5

16:30 Hereford

Avoir De Soins

11st 12lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: S Payne

Minor point form so far and has a lot of ground to make up on Kaproyale on their Stratford form last June; tall order.

150/1

4th

4

2nd Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

Avoir De Soins

11st 12lb

J: Miss Chloe Emsley

T: S Payne

took keen hold, awkward jump 1st, midfield, prominent before 4th

66/1

Form: /442P- D

Last run: 71 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Formerly a useful handicapper; came good for current stable with hard-fought point win last month but that form isn't anything to get excited about (even though second has won since); more will be needed on rules return.
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13th

1

19th Aug 2023

Good

2m 2f 140y

Class 5

20:00 Market Rasen

Due Reward

12st 0lb

J: Miss Alice Stevens

T: L J Morgan

Two chase starts since landing a 2m4f point both blighted by a refusal to settle, so some risks attached; current hurdles mark pales next to the mid-130s RPRs he was capable of in Ireland up to mid-2021, however.

7/1

3rd

1

22nd Jul 2023

Good

2m 1f 43y

Class 4

15:50 Market Rasen

Due Reward

11st 13lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: L J Morgan

took keen hold, prominent, niggled along after 4 out, ridden before 3 out, weakened from 2 out

6/1

Form: 14/5P- D

Last run: 153 days

W: 12st 2lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
Free-going front-runner who ended long losing spell in Leicester hunter chase (2m, good to soft) in March last year; can be excused his Newbury handicap defeat in December (soft ground unsuitable) and could take some catching if back on song after a break; back with Georgina Nicholls after one run for Barry Brennen.
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1

2nd Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

Capitaine

12st 2lb

J: Mr Peter Bryan

T: Georgina Nicholls

didn't always jump with fluency, led, headed but prominent before 5th

7/1

8

31st Dec 2022

Good To Soft

2m 0f 92y

Class 3

13:15 Newbury

Capitaine

11st 6lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Barry Brennan

Smart in his prime; not nearly so good nowadays but he still made all in a hunter chase at Leicester (2m, good to soft) in March; folded tamely in two subsequent runs in the spring but he's since moved stables and can't be discounted after seven months off from a career-low mark.

33/1

Form: /6324/ D

Last run: 459 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Became disappointing for Gary Moore in 2021-22 season and hasn't shown enough in points for new stable this year (five runs).
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6

2nd Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

Flaminger

11st 12lb

J: Mr Daniel Cherriman

T: Miss H Brookshaw

prominent

66/1

Form: 1/70/ D

Last run: 518 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Very lightly raced since French hurdle win in summer 2020 and managed only third of five when odds-on for conditions point at Bitterley two months ago but today's drop back in trip ought to suit and he's worth a glance in the betting.
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7

2nd Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

Le Correzien

11st 12lb

J: Mr Tom Broughton

T: David Brace

didn't jump well, in rear

12/1

Form: UP/44-

Last run: 64 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Did not fulfil his potential when trained by Paul Nicholls and this year's point/hunter chase form for Dawn Ball has been very disappointing.
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9

2nd Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 213y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

Sending Love

11st 12lb

J: Mr Nathan Rahman

T: Miss Dawn Ball

midfield, lost ground before 4th, dropped to last after 5th, pulled up before 7th

66/1

4th

5

30th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 6

16:45 Warwick

Sending Love

11st 12lb

J: Mr Billy Chatterton

T: Miss Dawn Ball

held up in rear, headway 12th, ridden and outpaced after 4 out, weakened from 3 out

50/1

4th

6

13th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 205y

Class 5

15:50 Stratford

Sending Love

11st 12lb

J: Mr James King

T: Miss Dawn Ball

Quite useful over hurdles for Paul Nicholls but lost his way and hard to warm to here after failing to complete in his recent points.

12/1

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Payout
Exacta £4.90
Straight Forecast £5.07
Trifecta £29.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Magic Saint

Telegraph:

Kaproyale

The Star:

Due Reward

D Express:

Kaproyale

RP RATINGS:

Magic Saint

TOPSPEED:

Magic Saint

POSTDATA:

Magic Saint

WEST COUNTRY:

Magic Saint

The Times:

Magic Saint

The Guardian:

Magic Saint

Daily Mail:

Magic Saint

Daily Mirror:

Magic Saint

The Sun:

Magic Saint

Daily Record:

Magic Saint