14.30
SoftVickers.Bet Novices’ Chase (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £8449.6
- 2m 0f 8y
- Class 3
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
15/8 (Won)
- Win: £2.10
- Place: £1.10
Form: 10-651 D
Last run: 47 days
W: 11st 2lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 128
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 200y Class 1 |
11st 10lb |
Progressive front-runner who has won two handicaps this term (2m3f/2m1f, good to firm/soft) and came second in the Grade 2 Game Spirit at Newbury (2m, heavy) in February; a bad mistake at the first fence all but ended his race in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham last month; sent off 50-1 at the Festival and his form has to go to a new level if he's to pose a threat today. |
50/1 |
|
10 |
11th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 1m 7f 199y Class 1 |
11st 10lb |
Acts on any ground; has become a very consistent chaser; form figures this term read 12122, the second-place finishes in Grade 2 events, including handicaps; ran creditably behind a leading novice in the Game Spirit at Newbury most recently; even if he gives his running again, that won't be nearly enough to trouble the judge now that he is upped further in class; a lot to find. |
50/1 |
|
2nd 7 |
7th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 0f 92y Class 1 |
11st 2lb |
Acts on soft ground; has become a very consistent handicap chaser; form figures this term read 1212, the second-place finishes behind progressive Thistle Ask in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter and Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton; better than ever, has won at Newbury and looks sure to run his race; rock-solid claims. |
7/2 |
11/4
- Place: £1.40
Form: 62260- D
Last run: 270 days
W: 11st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 139
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 3 |
19th Apr 2025 Soft 3m 2f 105y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Smart hurdler and useful chaser in his prime but on a losing wicket over fences for a long time; perhaps he'll be all the better for a return to hurdles, for the first time in three years, but that's up in the air. |
14/1 |
|
3rd 3 |
19th Apr 2025 Soft 3m 2f 105y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
led |
14/1 |
|
3rd 4 |
23rd Feb 2025 Good To Soft 3m 1f 44y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Very useful hurdler/chaser in his prime but has regressed and become inconsistent; ran very poorly in Lingfield marathon last month and needs to respond very positively to the addition of blinkers here. |
9/1 |
10/1
Form: 530F-P C
Last run: 7 days
W: 11st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 135
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 1 |
18th Mar 2025 Good 2m 7f 25y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
held up in rear, in touch with leaders 7th, chased clear leader 3 out, hung left and no impression run-in |
11/2 |
|
5 |
15th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 7f 118y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Took a big 3m handicap at Haydock in November 2021 but no joy since and he's now a 12yo, absent 573 days before this season and not as good as he was; down the weights too and a close third at Chepstow on penultimate start, but he's not the percentage call. |
20/1 |
|
10th 10 |
19th Jan 2025 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 2 |
10st 13lb |
12yo who isn't as good as he was but he's handicapped accordingly and stayed on for a promising sixth at Haydock (2m3f, soft) in November on his second start back from a long absence; suited by the step back up to 2m7f when 1l third at Chepstow (soft) last month and could be bang there once more. |
11/1 |
4/1
Form: 1
Last run: 250 days
W: 10st 13lb
8 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 |
19th May 2024 Good 2m 3f 98y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
Very promising pointer/hunter chaser in 2021-22 but unable to make much impact in handicap chases last year; had wind op during seven-month break; not written off just yet but returns with quite a bit to prove. |
7/1 |
|
5th 2 |
19th May 2024 Good 2m 3f 98y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
prominent, weakened after 4 out, tailed off |
7/1 |
|
4th 2 |
24th Oct 2023 Good 3m 1f 44y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Looked set for a bright career after winning four points and a Cheltenham hunter chase but didn't find her way in four starts this spring, nor at Warwick last month; yard in flying form now and too soon to be giving up on this mare but she does need to turn matters around soon. |
8/1 |
7/2
Form: /112-7 D
Last run: 66 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 4 |
15th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 209y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Won twice in blinkers on good ground last summer (2m/2m1f) but was given a break after two disappointing runs in the autumn and made a low-key return without blinkers last month; has blinkers back on today but needs to get back in the groove. |
20/1 |
|
7th 7 |
16th Apr 2026 Good 2m 0f 53y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Two wins last summer (2m/2m1f, good), the latest off just a 1lb lower mark; form has dipped in his last two races, at Cheltenham and then Carlisle where he should have run better; absent since November. |
12/1 |
|
15 |
24th Oct 2025 Good 2m 0f 87y Class 3 |
10st 4lb |
Perked up by blinkers this summer, winning twice, but faded into third after setting the pace in run-of-the-mill Worcester handicap (2m, good) last month and is patently not the force of old. |
25/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £4.10 |
| Straight Forecast | £4.36 |
| Trifecta | £20.40 |
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