15.08
SoftHappy 70th Birthday Viv Chell Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £4683.56
- 2m 3f 207y
- Class 4
- 9 runners
Runners: 9 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
13/8 (Won)
- Win: £2.50
- Place: £1.10
Form: /5911-
Last run: 260 days
W: 11st 11lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15th 19 |
14th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 4f 56y Class 2 |
10st 12lb |
Respectable strike-rate (Flat/hurdles) during his spell with Fergal O'Brien; encouraging placed effort at Kempton (2m5f; second run for new yard) most recently; won a race of this nature at Aintree (2m, soft; off 2lb lower) two years ago. |
33/1 |
|
3rd 4 |
22nd Feb 2025 Good 2m 5f 0y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
towards rear, headway after 3 out |
5/1 |
|
4th 2 |
25th Jan 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 88y Class 2 |
11st 7lb |
in rear |
7/2 |
10/1
- Place: £2.60
Form: 23-417
Last run: 123 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
21st Mar 2024 Soft 2m 4f 11y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Runs off a mark fully 10lb lower than when winning over hurdles at Ffos Las (2m4f, soft) in January 2023; however, he's been a long way below that level this season over fences and the first-time blinkers (replacing cheekpieces) need to prompt major improvement. |
13/2 |
|
4th 2 |
9th Mar 2024 Soft 2m 4f 194y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
Hurdle winner of 5lb higher in early 2023; entitled to have needed the run when well-held fifth on return to chasing in November but dropped away very tamely in straight at Chepstow in January and comes here with some questions to answer. |
9/2 |
|
0 1 |
24th Jan 2024 Soft 2m 3f 98y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
held up in rear, outpaced 4 out |
7/1 |
4/1
- Place: £1.30
Form: 1-3222
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 11lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
30th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Just a respectable third in tactical race at Fontwell (2m3f, soft) this month but today's forecast better ground ought to be in his favour and he's now back on the same mark as when second in good-quality 4yo handicap at Chepstow (2m, good) in the autumn; might be the answer. |
9/4 |
|
3rd 4 |
8th Mar 2023 Good 2m 3f 49y Class 3 |
11st 8lb |
towards rear |
10/1 |
|
11th 7 (12) |
1st Feb 2023 Standard To Slow 1m 3f 219y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Modest maiden on the Flat when trained in Ireland but he has since developed into a fair hurdler and returns to this discipline at a realistic level; one to take seriously. |
5/2 |
7/2
Form: 232-
Last run: 248 days
W: 11st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 |
5th May 2023 Good 3m 2f 0y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Definite ability for Dan Skelton before finishing held in a couple of Class 4 handicaps; no knocking the start he's made in points but he didn't exactly take Red Opium to the cleaners last time and is not overly convincing on his first run over regulation fences. |
10/1 |
|
6th 4 |
26th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 4f 62y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Showed a fair level of ability on all three starts last year and not far off best on handicap/seasonal debut last month (first run since having wind tweaked); that form has been franked and he may well be capable of better. |
5/1 |
25/1
Form: 2/2P-4
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 13lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 |
10th Mar 2024 Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
in touch with leaders |
12/1 |
10/1
Form: 22P54- C
Last run: 265 days
W: 11st 10lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 8 |
30th Dec 2022 Soft 3m 0f 58y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Ran with credit only once from five starts in the last 12 months; brought down early on latest, though, so has not had much of a chance to show what he can do this season; conditions suit and he's down to what should be a dangerous mark. |
20/1 |
|
3 |
3rd Dec 2022 Soft 3m 0f 26y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
Triple bumper winner who won a maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter (2m7f, heavy) last February but he's not gone on from that and was well held back at Uttoxeter on his return last month; goes back up in trip off a falling mark but he's now 1-11 in this sphere and others are preferred. |
12/1 |
|
6th 8 |
20th Nov 2022 Soft 2m 3f 207y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
Two below-par efforts before a partial revival when cheekpieces were enlisted at Carlisle on latest outing; on a tempting mark but a longer distance wouldn't have gone amiss. |
10/1 |
10/1
Form: /1215/ CD
Last run: 790 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
24th May 2023 Good 2m 4f 88y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
took keen hold, led, headed but prominent before 10th, pushed along and lost position before 5 out, struggling when not fluent 4 out, pulled up before 3 out |
16/1 |
|
6 |
21st May 2023 Good 2m 6f 125y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Very lightly raced since winning two novice hurdles in summer 2020 and was soundly beaten on chasing debut in February; had another wind op (his third) soon afterwards; current ability very hard to gauge. |
16/1 |
|
7th 5 |
11th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 1m 7f 214y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Dual 2m4f hurdle winner (once here) on good ground in summer 2020; made low-key reappearance on soft ground here in November and not seen since but has slipped to a tempting mark for today's chasing debut; well worth a glance in the betting. |
16/1 |
16/1
Form: F1P4-6 C
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 6 |
6th Sep 2023 Good 2m 4f 28y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Has run well in both starts since joining this stable, the first of them when second to Fenna's Loss over C&D in June; possibly needs a shade more for another win but likelier than some to give it a good shot. |
9/1 |
|
4th 2 |
22nd Jul 2023 Good 2m 4f 139y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Signed off for Neil Mulholland with some below-par efforts in the spring but gave good account when clear second to Fenna's Lass on stable debut at Hexham (2m4f, good) four weeks ago; still unexposed over this sort of trip; a possible if in similar form again here. |
9/1 |
|
2nd 3 |
25th Jun 2023 Good 2m 4f 28y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
travelled strongly, prominent, going easily when went second after 3 out, ridden when challenging approaching last, kept on |
10/1 |
20/1
Form: 3164-9 D
Last run: 24 days
W: 11st 2lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 106
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 5 |
17th Feb 2026 2m 7f 16y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Made successful return to hurdles at Lingfield (2m7f, soft) a year ago and finished third over the same C&D in December after ten months off; held at Wetherby (3m1f, good to soft) since, but that was in a better race; respected with conditions likely to be ideal. |
20/1 |
|
5th 10 |
23rd Jan 2026 Good To Soft 3m 1f 5y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
After two pull-ups over fences he won back hurdling at Lingfield 11 months ago (2m7f, soft; 5lb lower); wasn't far away there last month when giving the impression that race would bring him on; considered. |
10/1 |
Non-runners
Has Troke
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £16.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £15.75 |
| Tricast | £45.84 |
| Trifecta | £60.30 |
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