15.25
SoftVirgin Bet Handicap Chase (Challenger Staying Chase Series Qualifier)
- Prize money: £7624.4
- 3m 0f 20y
- Class 3
- 6 runners
Runners: 6 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
13/8 (Won)
- Win: £1.67
- Place: £1.10
Form: 3115-1 C
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
9th Dec 2022 Good 3m 1f 56y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Dual hurdle winner and has made a solid start over fences this season in winning two 3m northern handicaps on soft ground, both fairly decisively; being 4lb wrong here means he's 12lb higher than at Ayr, but he's very much going the right way; all his improvement has come on soft/heavy ground; stable won this last year with their Cheltenham Festival hero Corach Rambler. |
7/2 |
|
1st 3 |
9th Nov 2022 Soft 3m 0f 20y Class 3 |
11st 1lb |
held up in rear, not fluent 5 out, niggled along briefly before 4 out, good jump 4 out, headway after 3 out, pushed along and went second before 2 out, ridden to lead approaching last, went clear run-in |
13/8 |
9/2
- Place: £2.40
Form: /3142- C
Last run: 264 days
W: 12st 0lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 130
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
1st Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 110y Class 3 |
11st 13lb |
Prolific winner (2m-2m4f) who reappeared with good second off 6lb higher here (3m, soft) in November; he's a player on that form but this 13yo has been well beaten/pulled up the last twice and has to get back on track. |
16/1 |
|
2 |
30th Dec 2022 Soft 2m 5f 127y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Prolific winning veteran; well treated on some of last season's form; unable to get competitive at Aintree latest, in a race he had won for the past two seasons; has previously bounced back from below-par efforts to win; stays this far, despite not having won beyond 2m4f; not ruled out. |
16/1 |
|
9th 11 |
3rd Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 3f 200y Class 2 |
10st 13lb |
Has won the last two runnings of this race (soft) and he's also effective on good to soft going; now a 12yo but he reappeared with a solid second at Ayr last month and is 3lb lower than 12 months ago; has to be respected. |
12/1 |
13/2
Form: P/4F1- D
Last run: 315 days
W: 10st 10lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
10th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 3m 5f 142y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Below form in Borders National at Kelso in December and needs to put that behind him but returned from long layoff with encouraging run in November and certainly won't fail through lack of stamina here. |
14/1 |
|
12 |
4th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 4m 0f 90y Class 3 |
10st 2lb |
in touch with leaders, towards rear after 5th, mistake 16th, shaken up and reminder after 17th, got behind and pulled up before 20th |
20/1 |
|
3rd 6 |
9th Nov 2022 Soft 3m 0f 20y Class 3 |
10st 10lb |
took keen hold, prominent, pushed along before 4 out, ridden after 3 out |
13/2 |
6/1
Form: 3313-7 D
Last run: 166 days
W: 11st 8lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 124
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 1 |
15th Dec 2023 Heavy 3m 0f 30y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Posted career-best performance when winning easily by 13l over C&D (good) in September, his fifth chase success, but well beaten twice since (albeit faced tough task in cross-country chase last time); seems versatile regarding ground but Toby Wynne evidently prefers his stablemate Good Work today. |
16/1 |
|
0 9 |
17th Nov 2023 Soft 3m 5f 56y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Bordering on career-best form when running away with a Bangor handicap on reappearance (3m, good) but blew out at Uttoxeter when soft ground wasn't an obvious excuse; opposable on balance of form and remains to be seen what he'll make of this new challenge; 4lb out of the weights. |
25/1 |
|
6th 1 |
19th Sep 2023 Good 3m 0f 0y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Runner-up in two hunter chases towards end of last season and posted career-best performance when back in a handicap a fortnight ago, coming from behind to win easily by 14l at Bangor (3m, good); won't mind if the ground deteriorates; respected. |
7/2 |
4/1
Form: 1/P52- CD
Last run: 242 days
W: 11st 1lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 |
30th Mar 2023 Heavy 3m 0f 41y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
He's on a reduced mark and had wind surgery prior to being brought down at the fourth fence here a fortnight ago; however, he was pulled up twice in a row prior to the wind op and this 12yo has plenty to prove. |
14/1 |
|
5 |
16th Mar 2023 Heavy 3m 7f 199y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Very strong claims on the form of his all-the-way deep-ground Ayr wins of three years ago, but twice pulled up in December when last seen and a big response to further wind surgery is required. |
25/1 |
|
8 |
29th Dec 2022 Heavy 3m 2f 39y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Won twice on soft ground, including over 3m3f, at Ayr in January/March 2020, but was then off for 672 days; hasn't recaptured his best form since; plenty to prove. |
16/1 |
9/1
Form: P52FP- CD
Last run: 221 days
W: 11st 1lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
16th Mar 2023 Heavy 3m 7f 199y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
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6 |
11th Mar 2023 Good 3m 0f 20y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
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6th 4 |
9th Nov 2022 Soft 3m 0f 20y Class 3 |
11st 1lb |
prominent, pushed along and outpaced before 4 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out |
9/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £4.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £4.28 |
| Trifecta | £22.10 |
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