December 21 / 13.30 Lingfield

13.30

Soft

At The Races App Form Study Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £7733.32
  • 2m 7f 110y
  • Class 4
  • 7 runners
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At The Races App Form Study Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

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3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £2.25
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 302-22 BF

Last run: 27 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Winning hurdler who has finished runner-up in novice handicap chases over 2m4f at Bangor (good to soft) and here (soft); raised 2lb for both of those near misses but he looks ready for this stiffer stamina test.
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0

9

4th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 7f 180y

Class 1

15:45 Ascot

Mucho Mas

10st 3lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Ben Pauling

Very solid record (form figures 2211) switched to fences last season, with the wins gained at Lingfield (2m7f, heavy) and Sandown (3m, soft); another 4lb higher today but he has more to offer and should be capable of scoring off that mark before long, perhaps today.

13/2

15

29th Apr 2023

Good

3m 4f 146y

Class 1

14:15 Sandown

Mucho Mas

10st 2lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Ben Pauling

Very solid record (form figures 2211) since switched to fences, the wins gained at Lingfield (2m7f, heavy) and this track (3m, soft; gamely); now 5lb out of weights in a better race and returns to forecast faster ground but his progressive profile is a selling point.

12/1

1

8th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

3m 1f 125y

Class 2

14:40 Haydock

Mucho Mas

12st 0lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Ben Pauling

Two seconds and as many firsts since sent over fences and was ultra-game in fending off Feivel at Sandown (3m, soft), for which a 4lb rise is very fair; 12st asks a question of him but plenty to like otherwise.

5/1

11/4

  • Place: £1.60

Form: /332-2 BF

Last run: 63 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner but he's a big lad and it was no surprise to see him improve on his hurdle form when just missing out on his chase debut off 4lb lower at Worcester (2m7f, good); softer conditions hold no fears and he should be a factor.
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6th

3

9th Apr 2026

Good

3m 4f 85y

Class 4

16:15 Taunton

Autonomous Cloud

11st 6lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

Won three times over fences for Fergal O'Brien; beaten favourite on his stable debut at Doncaster (3m, good to soft) in February but has now dropped to a career-low mark.

4/1

7th

8

27th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 214y

Class 3

17:05 Doncaster

Autonomous Cloud

11st 4lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

Soundly beaten/pulled up towards end of last year on final two runs for Fergal O'Brien; however, perhaps a change of scenery and first run in a veterans' chase will prompt a revival from this 10yo, who is on a reduced mark; interesting on yard debut, all the more so if strong in the betting.

13/2

1st

3

28th May 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

20:40 Cartmel

Autonomous Cloud

12st 0lb

J: Mr Harry O’Dwyer

T: Fergal O’Brien

Thorough stayer; seemingly on the downgrade now but ran well for a long way when eighth in last month's Aintree Foxhunters' and probably found the good ground too lively when below that form at Cheltenham (2m4f; first-time cheekpieces) four weeks ago; can make his presence felt here.

3/1

Form: 522-87

Last run: 33 days

W: 10st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Has finished tailed off in two staying handicap hurdles this season but last season's novice form reads better and he could be the type to excel over fences; cheekpieces are a first.
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3rd

7

1st May 2023

Good

3m 0f 110y

Class 4

17:25 Kempton

One For The Wall

10st 10lb

J: Mr Freddie Gordon

T: Chris Gordon

His second at Plumpton (3m1f, good) was encouraging but not his following effort there and he's now 0-11.

12/1

5

23rd Apr 2023

Good

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

16:30 Plumpton

One For The Wall

11st 11lb

J: Mr Freddie Gordon

T: Chris Gordon

Not much to shout about this winter but his second over C&D (good) on his penultimate start was more encouraging; pulled up on soft ground back here 13 days ago; wait for the elusive first win may continue.

8/1

1

10th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

16:43 Plumpton

One For The Wall

12st 2lb

J: Jamie Moore

T: Chris Gordon

prominent, lost position but going okay 9th, ridden before 3 out, weakened before 2 out

5/2

Form: 5-242

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Didn't hang about over hurdles and, given the mistakes he made, did well to threaten on his switch to fences at Huntingdon (2m4f, good) where he saw his race out strongly; if finding greater fluency this time he would have every chance of going one better; placed in a 3m point so stamina shouldn't be an issue.
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4

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

18:15 Warwick

Kilfilum Woods

12st 1lb

J: Mr Huw Edwards

T: Francesca Poste

Found only the prolific Grace A Vous Enki too good in the Lady Dudley Cup classic at Chaddesley Corbett last time (3m2f), having won two opens over shorter immediately before (all on good); first-fence casualty when last seen in a hunter chase, but generally a safe conveyance nowadays.

3/1

7

30th May 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 2

19:00 Stratford

Kilfilum Woods

12st 0lb

J: Miss Clara Brewitt

T: Francesca Poste

Belated first career win last November opened the floodgates, as three more point wins and (last time) a slowly run Huntingdon hunter chase (beat Coolagh Park and Dr Lockdown) have followed; goes on all track types and has his going again, but likely career best required.

25/1

7

30th May 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 2

19:00 Stratford

Kilfilum Woods

12st 0lb

J: Miss Clara Brewitt

T: Francesca Poste

Belated first career win last November opened the floodgates, as three more point wins and (last time) a slowly run Huntingdon hunter chase (beat Coolagh Park and Dr Lockdown) have followed; goes on all track types and has his going again, but likely career best required.

25/1

Form: 5004-4

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 9lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
0-8 over fences for Henry de Bromhead and was sold out of that yard for only £1,500; his fourth on stable debut at Chepstow (2m7f) was remote; looks up against it.
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1

13th Dec 2023

Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

12:50 Exeter

Mormon

12st 0lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Richard Mitford-Slade

Ended his time with Henry de Bromhead well out of form and there was no revival for new yard last term or on this season's reappearance after wind surgery; he is way down the weights, though, which gives him a chance on two bits of form last term.

25/1

7th

6

20th Nov 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

13:50 Exeter

Mormon

11st 9lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Richard Mitford-Slade

Ex-Irish 10yo who is on a much-reduced mark; reappears having had wind surgery and he showed some spark in March, but it was a patchy campaign otherwise and others are more compelling.

33/1

6

11th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

15:15 Exeter

Mormon

11st 11lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: Richard Mitford-Slade

Ex-Irish 10yo who is still seeking first win over fences but he stopped the rot with a respectable fourth at Chepstow (2m7f, soft) when the cheekpieces returned; whether he'll back that up remains to be seen, however.

20/1

Form: 2223-3

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Placed on all five starts over hurdles last season from 2m4f to 3m; had some chase form in France and he ran as though the race would bring him on when returned to this discipline at Hereford (3m1f, good to soft; beaten 31l).
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3rd

2

14th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 38y

Class 5

16:55 Fakenham

Amenon

12st 0lb

J: Mr Henry Bailey

T: Henry George Bailey

Winner in May the past two years, including a weak Huntingdon hunter chase in 2024 (good to soft); recent return at Charm Park may therefore have been needed, though didn't show sufficient to interest here even so.

10/1

6th

3

29th May 2024

Good

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

20:50 Cartmel

Amenon

12st 2lb

J: Mr Henry Bailey

T: S Wynne

Has some useful French/British form on his CV but struggled in Ireland last season; won three-runner hunter chase for latest new stable at Huntingdon (2m7f, good to soft) last week but recorded a very slow time, and the value of that form is open to question.

16/1

Form: 3/2-11 CD

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Going away at the finish over C&D when winning his second chase but he went up 6lb for beating only three rivals and he finished a well-held third at Plumpton yesterday; opposable if turned out again.
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8

18th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:50 Kempton

Ozzie Man

11st 3lb

J: David Noonan

T: Gary Moore

Won his first two chase starts last autumn (2m3f/2m7f, good/good to soft) and close second at Huntingdon (2m4f, good to soft) in January; perhaps unsuited by the first-time visor when pulled up at Fontwell last month and could go well if taking to the first-time cheekpieces today.

7/1

5

6th Feb 2023

Good To Soft

3m 1f 210y

Class 4

15:00 Fontwell

Ozzie Man

11st 2lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Gary Moore

raced in last, reminder when slow jump 1st, struggling 11th, pulled up after 13th, never going well

11/8

2nd

7

30th Jan 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 189y

Class 4

14:15 Huntingdon

Ozzie Man

11st 2lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Gary Moore

He went up 6lb for beating only three rivals in his second chase at Lingfield (2m7f, good to soft) and he never threatened to bring up the hat-trick at Plumpton (3m1f); might be capable of better than he showed there and Caoilin Quinn's claim is welcomed; has won over this trip on good ground.

7/2

Non-runners

Ozzie Man

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £4.90
Straight Forecast £5.00
Trifecta £28.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Mucho Mas

The Guardian:

Autonomous Cloud

RP Ratings:

Kilfilum Woods

POSTDATA:

Ozzie Man

The Times:

Amenon

D Express:

Kilfilum Woods

TOPSPEED:

Mucho Mas

Telegraph:

Mucho Mas

Daily Mail:

Mucho Mas

Daily Mirror:

Mucho Mas

The Star:

Mucho Mas

The Sun:

Autonomous Cloud

Daily Record:

Autonomous Cloud