December 26 / 11.55 Market Rasen

11.55

Good To Soft

Chestnut Homes Selling Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3213.14
  • 2m 0f 125y
  • Class 5
  • 9 runners
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Chestnut Homes Selling Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

9/2 (Won)

  • Win: £9.00
  • Place: £2.60

Form: 71123- D BF

Last run: 270 days

W: 12st 0lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Four-time hurdle winner, most recently in Leicester claimer (2m, soft) in February; not seen since odds-on defeat in March and patently not the force of old, but still enters calculations here; had wind op during the summer.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

1

9th May 2023

Good

2m 0f 3y

Class 5

15:45 Fakenham

Weebill

12st 0lb

J: Fergus Gregory

T: Olly Murphy

Two wins following wind surgery last season, a selling handicap off this mark at Market Rasen (2m, good to soft) and a claiming hurdle here (2m, good to soft); struck into when below best on heavy last time out but a strong contender on best form.

5/2

4th

1

1st Apr 2023

Soft

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

15:27 Stratford

Weebill

12st 0lb

J: Daire Davis

T: Olly Murphy

midfield, niggled along 2nd, dropped to rear before 3rd, pushed along with one circuit to go, not fluent and lost touch 2 out, tailed off, never going well

11/8

1st

5

17th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 3y

Class 4

13:00 Fakenham

Weebill

11st 5lb

J: Daire Davis

T: Olly Murphy

Finished in front of Us And Them, who admittedly paid for doing too much in the lead, at Leicester but was a below-par favourite in his bid to win that race for the second year running; 3-6 at claiming/selling level overall and could easily bounce back; has won over C&D.

5/4

11/2

  • Place: £4.20

Form: 25/4-5

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 3lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
0-17 over hurdles; threatened on a few occasions when in the care of Richard Newland but returned from 542-day absence with heavy defeat for new stable last month; drops back from 2m4f here.
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5

3rd Mar 2023

Good

2m 0f 128y

Class 4

14:35 Doncaster

Emma Lamb

11st 10lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: L J Morgan

She's a 22-race maiden and it was just a weak selling handicap in which she was a 1l runner-up at Market Rasen (2m, good to soft) on Boxing Day; however, it was still an encouraging run on just her second start for this trainer, and she could have more to offer for the yard; not ruled out.

15/2

2nd

5

26th Dec 2022

Good To Soft

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

11:55 Market Rasen

Emma Lamb

11st 3lb

J: Lewis Dobb

T: L J Morgan

in touch with leaders

11/2

5th

2

27th Nov 2022

Good To Soft

2m 4f 110y

Class 5

15:40 Leicester

Emma Lamb

11st 13lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: L J Morgan

Still a maiden and lacks recent match practice having been absent since June 2021; sold out of Richard Newland's stable for £6,000 two months later; market instructive on belated reappearance.

9/4

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7/2

  • Place: £2.00

Form: 5/P-8B BF

Last run: 34 days

W: 10st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 97

Form & Verdict
Returned from very long absence with good effort on stable debut in February 2021; disappointing since but was unlucky to be brought down in early stages of latest race, having been well backed; interesting to see whether his supporters return.
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10th

7

6th Feb 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 139y

Class 5

13:35 Market Rasen

Captain Jack

11st 9lb

J: Toby Wynne

T: James Evans

held up in rear

4/1

2nd

6

26th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 139y

Class 5

14:22 Market Rasen

Captain Jack

11st 3lb

J: Toby Wynne

T: James Evans

18-race maiden; some fair form, including last time when third over 2m2f here (good); back after a break on this stable debut with no headgear (has been tried in cheekpieces and a tongue-tie); probably best watched.

8/1

Form: 323923 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 6lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Lost out only by a head in non-handicap seller at Taunton (2m3f, good) last month and reverts to hurdling after winning on the AW a fortnight ago; comfortably the one with least to prove.
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1

31st May 2023

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

18:50 Cartmel

True Romance

12st 0lb

J: A P Heskin

T: Neil Mulholland

Won on the AW in December and is very well handicapped on some of last year's hurdling form but was well beaten when fourth in this grade at Fakenham (2m, good) three weeks ago.

7/1

4th

3

9th May 2023

Good

2m 0f 3y

Class 5

15:45 Fakenham

True Romance

11st 3lb

J: A P Heskin

T: Neil Mulholland

Chance on his best form but perhaps not the force of old and was well behind Weebill at Market Rasen in December.

5/1

11th

7

(6)

20th Jan 2023

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 6

13:20 Southwell (AW)

True Romance

9st 7lb

J: Harrison Shaw

T: Neil Mulholland

Has a patchy record and was disappointing back over hurdles at Market Rasen on Boxing Day but he won a 1m6f handicap (off 3lb lower) at Wolverhampton on his penultimate run; that was a convincing win under a positive ride and he's a key player if he can match that back in this sphere.

9/2

Form: 744326 D

Last run: 33 days

W: 10st 10lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Won by 14l over hurdles at Bangor (2m, good) in July and is now only 3lb above that mark, but this autumn's chasing form was underwhelming and he managed only fifth of seven on the Flat ten days ago.
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7th

8

(4)

17th Sep 2024

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

15:20 Brighton

Long Call

9st 1lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

Long in the tooth now and nothing like the force of old but proved he still has fire in his belly when close/clear second to Gallimimus over C&D (good to firm) a fortnight ago.

8/1

2nd

5

(5)

2nd Sep 2024

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

15:20 Brighton

Long Call

9st 0lb

J: Molly Gunn

T: Tony Carroll

Eight wins under both codes but he's been quiet on the Flat this year and has been beaten 10l or more over C&D in last two runs; continues to drop down the weights but this 11yo has plenty to prove.

7/1

4th

4

(2)

20th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

16:00 Brighton

Long Call

9st 1lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Tony Carroll

in touch with leaders

10/1

Form: 24-3PF CD

Last run: 34 days

W: 10st 7lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Five-time winner over hurdles but regressive and inconsistent in recent years; appeared to be sticking to his task quite well before falling in a chase last month, but he's not an easy one to predict on first hurdling start since he was pulled up in this race a year ago.
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3rd

5

23rd Feb 2023

Good

2m 1f 0y

Class 5

15:50 Sedgefield

Lucky Robin

10st 12lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: Brian Ellison

Multiple winner (including two chases) but the visor that sparked a bit of a revival two runs back didn't work so well last time; now on a losing run of 14 and others are preferred.

7/1

10

29th Jan 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 65y

Class 4

13:25 Sedgefield

Lucky Robin

10st 4lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Brian Ellison

midfield on outer

12/1

4th

9

13th Jan 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 65y

Class 4

14:20 Sedgefield

Lucky Robin

10st 6lb

J: Emma Smith-Chaston

T: Brian Ellison

In process of running quite well before penultimate-fence fall here (2m1f, soft) in November but was soundly beaten in a selling handicap hurdle on Boxing Day and this regressive 11yo has become hard to predict; swaps cheekpieces for first-time visor today.

14/1

Form: 4-44P

Last run: 180 days

W: 10st 11lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 96

Form & Verdict
0-10 over hurdles and not seen since a poor run in June but made the frame on first three starts for Olly Murphy, and Sean Bowen presumably had the pick of the stable's three runners in this race; cheekpieces refitted.
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7th

7

26th Dec 2022

Good To Soft

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

11:55 Market Rasen

Right Turn

10st 11lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

in touch with leaders on inner

6/1

Form: 212-P6 D

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 111

Form & Verdict
Looked promising when ready winner of good-ground novice hurdle in June 2021, but returned from long absence with two very disappointing handicap runs this autumn; needs the first-time cheekpieces to make a big difference.
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13th

11

11th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

14:15 Exeter

Gregor

11st 1lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

held up in rear

25/1

2

26th Dec 2022

Good To Soft

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

11:55 Market Rasen

Gregor

11st 12lb

J: Bridget Andrews

T: Dan Skelton

prominent, lost position and pushed along briefly 3rd, reminders after 4th, ridden and struggling after 5th

10/1

6th

7

9th Dec 2022

Good

2m 0f 128y

Class 4

15:17 Doncaster

Gregor

11st 9lb

J: Bridget Andrews

T: Dan Skelton

Won a Stratford novice (2m, good) last summer but after 486 days off he was pulled up on his handicap debut at Warwick (2m3f, soft; weak 18-1 shot) last month; still unexposed in this sphere but that was a laboured effort last time and he is best watched unless market is persuasive.

12/1

Form: 44/6/P D

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Won on Flat in 2020 but, following an 816-day absence, was pulled up on last month's return to hurdling; needs to prove some ability remains.
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3rd

3

2nd Aug 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 35y

Class 5

14:10 Perth

What Will Be

11st 10lb

J: Dylan Johnston

T: Olly Murphy

Returned from absence with some very disappointing hurdle runs last season but won on Flat in April and has held his form pretty well under both codes since; not yet proven over 2m4f but ran well for a long way when fourth at Uttoxeter (2m, heavy) three weeks ago and enters calculations.

13/2

4th

3

11th Jul 2023

Soft

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

20:10 Uttoxeter

What Will Be

11st 12lb

J: Dylan Johnston

T: Olly Murphy

Dual AW winner on the Flat; second in a C&D selling hurdle (good to soft) in first-time blinkers (retained) on latest start; this tougher.

8/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £88.70
Straight Forecast £105.19
Tricast £613.92
Trifecta £601.40

Selections

POSTDATA:

Lucky Robin

Telegraph:

Weebill

SPOTLIGHT:

True Romance

D Express:

Captain Jack

RP Ratings:

Long Call

Daily Mail:

Weebill

The Star:

Weebill

The Times:

Lucky Robin

The Guardian:

Lucky Robin

Daily Mirror:

Lucky Robin

The Sun:

True Romance

Daily Record:

True Romance