High Class Hero
Horse Form Profile
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
2nd May 2026 Yielding 3m 0f 104y |
11st 12lb |
Sole chase win came in 2m7f beginners' here last season but some fine runs in competitive handicaps, fourth in last season's bet365 Gold Cup and this term when second in 2m6f handicap here and most notably chasing clear leader when blundering last in 4m2f Aintree National and weakening late on when fifth of 16 finishers (good-to-soft); tendency to jump left is a negative but could go well if putting it all together here (in-form rider's claim a positive). |
10/1 |
|
5th 18 |
11th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 11lb |
One positive is his staying-on third over an extended 3m4f in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown (good; 5lb higher today) last April; another is that he's trained by Willie Mullins, who described him in November as likely to be "an ideal type for the Grand National"; after a solid reappearance, he's been pulled up in good handicaps on his last two outings but both were in the mud and he got loose before the latest, which presumably didn't help. |
50/1 |
|
1 |
8th Mar 2026 Heavy 3m 0f 174y |
11st 12lb |
Four-time hurdles winner; won Punchestown beginners' chase last February; beaten at short odds in a Thurles Grade 3 next time; better effort upped to 3m4f at Sandown when third (good); positive seasonal return at Punchestown when a 4.5l runner-up (2m6f, soft to heavy); weakened before three out and pulled up in Thyestes last time (3m1f, heavy); must shoulder top weight here again. |
10/1 |
|
1 |
22nd Jan 2026 Heavy 3m 1f 0y |
11st 12lb |
Four-time hurdles winner; won a beginners' chase at Punchestown last February; beaten at short odds in a Thurles Grade 3 next time; better effort raised to 3m4f when a fine fourth in the bet365 Gold Cup; good run over an extended 2m5f in a handicap at Punchestown two months ago; return to longer trip should suit; one of the stable's prime candidates |
8/1 |
|
3rd 5 |
26th Apr 2025 Good 3m 4f 146y Class 1 |
10st 8lb |
Close second to Dancing City in Grade 1 Punchestown novice hurdle (3m, good to yielding) last May; while his form as a novice chaser has not matched that, defeat at 2-13 last time was over an inadequate 2m5f and he's basically made a satisfactory transition; work to do but, faced with this new, serious stamina test, this lightly raced 8yo has been favourite this week for today's handicap debut and the stable's top jockey Paul Townend takes the ride. |
4/1 |