15.15
Good To SoftSky Bet Veterans’ Handicap Chase (For The David Keith Memorial Cup) (Leg 1 Of The Veterans’ Series)
- Prize money: £15843
- 3m 0f 38y
- Class 2
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Rain
Abandoned
Form: 44-21P D
Last run: 25 days
W: 12st 0lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 147
| 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 |
Abandoned
Form: 408-14 D
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 7lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 140
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 6lb |
Completed on all three attempts over these fences, easily best of those efforts when close fourth in last season's Topham (2m5f, soft); has twice won well over about 3m/3m1f, including in November on sole start this term, but today's trip is a leap in the dark and this 13yo has easily his highest mark. |
100/1 |
|
31 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 6lb |
Completed on all three attempts over these fences, easily best of those efforts when close fourth in last season's Topham (2m5f, soft); has twice won well over about 3m/3m1f, including in November on sole start this term, but today's trip is a leap in the dark and this 13yo has easily his highest mark. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 523842 D
Last run: 37 days
W: 11st 2lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
11th Oct 2024 Good To Soft 2m 7f 131y Class 2 |
11st 9lb |
Seemingly on the downgrade now but enjoyed the chance to dominate small field from the front at Market Rasen (2m5f, good) a fortnight ago; contests a much deeper race here but recent 4lb rise ought to be manageable and he's evidently in good heart. |
11/2 |
|
1st 2 |
28th Sep 2024 Good 2m 5f 89y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
made all, went clear from 1st, reduced lead 3 out, kept on well, unchallenged |
4/1 |
|
13th 9 |
24th Aug 2024 Good 2m 4f 180y |
10st 12lb |
midfield |
11/2 |
Abandoned
Form: U61/14
Last run: 51 days
W: 10st 9lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 128
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 2 |
1st Jul 2024 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
prominent, lost position 5 out, rallied after 4 out, kept on |
6/1 |
|
4th 4 |
2nd Jun 2024 Good 2m 5f 44y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Returned from mammoth absence with easy win in selling hurdle for new stable in November and good fourth in Newbury handicap chase (2m4f, good to soft) the following month; not at same level when third in two hunter chases this year, though, and will need to up his game a bit. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 5 |
24th Apr 2024 Good 2m 7f 171y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
jumped left on occasions, took keen hold, soon led, headed after 5 out, weakened 2 out |
7/2 |
Abandoned
Form: 67P-15 D
Last run: 29 days
W: 10st 6lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
9th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Career highlight was the Tommy Whittle at Haydock in 2021; 50-1 winner of four-runner hunter chase at Leicester (2m6f, soft) this February but pulled up at Exeter (3m, good to soft) since; this 12yo is probably vulnerable. |
100/1 |
|
1 |
17th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 0f 54y Class 5 |
12st 6lb |
Useful in his prime; 0-6 in points this season but drew 14l clear to cause 50-1 shock in four-runner Leicester hunter chase (2m6f, soft) three weeks ago; it's tricky to gauge what that form is worth or whether his revival will gather momentum but, nevertheless, he enters calculations. |
7/1 |
|
1st 5 |
24th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 6f 151y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Landed the Tommy Whittle at Haydock in his younger days but is a shadow of his former self; 0-6 switched to points last term; unlikely to regain the winning thread on reappearance. |
33/1 |
Verdict
Peter Bowen’s FRANCKY DU BERLAIS (nap) was a very creditable second in a cross-country chase at Cheltenham last month and is still on a good mark for today’s return to regulation fences. He ought to handle the tight turns here very well and gets the vote ahead of Celebre D’Allen, who was outstayed by Chambard in a gruelling edition of the Becher Chase at Aintree last month but can turn the tables with that rival today.[Chris Wilson]