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Grand Geste

Horse Form Profile

Age: 7 years

Owner: The Acre Bottomers

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

15th Apr 2026

Good

3m 1f 125y

Class 2

17:00 Haydock

Grand Geste

10st 12lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Suffered two flops in his last three races but the latest was in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham; both wins since December have been here (3m1f/3m4f), latterly in the 11-runner Grand National Trial that always takes some winning; if on a going day then he would have strong claims, for all that softer ground would be preferred.

2/1

8

10th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 5f 201y

Class 2

17:20 Cheltenham

Grand Geste

11st 5lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Impressive in a useful handicap at Haydock (extended 3m1f, soft) and, following a Doncaster flop, even better when he emerged on top in the Grand National Trial back at Haydock (extended 3m4f, good to soft); up another 6lb but little to prove regarding stamina and should have more to give.

14/1

1st

7

14th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

3m 4f 97y

Class 1

15:15 Haydock

Grand Geste

10st 12lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Impressive when winning the Tommy Whittle here (extended 3m1f, soft) in December and on that evidence today's 10lb higher mark may not be beyond this unexposed 7yo; he's a lot better than he showed at Doncaster (3m, soft) three weeks ago but has something to prove following that flop.

10/1

6

24th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 7f 214y

Class 1

14:05 Doncaster

Grand Geste

11st 2lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Runner-up on first two chase starts (2m5f/2m4f, good to soft) before benefitting from the step up in trip to win the Tommy Whittle at Haydock (3m1f, soft) last month; hit with a 10lb rise but he did it easily and he's open to further improvement for a stable enjoying an excellent season.

5/2

2nd

13

2nd Nov 2025

Good

2m 4f 198y

Class 3

12:32 Carlisle

Grand Geste

10st 5lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

0-7 over hurdles and absent since pulled up over 3m in February; open to improvement over fences at some stage this season but this is a tough assignment from 3lb out of the weights.

33/1