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SoftUnibet Veterans’ Handicap Chase (2022 Veterans’ Chase Series Final)
- Prize money: £51440
- 3m 0f 37y
- Class 2
- 18 runners
Runners: 18 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Rain
33/1 (Won)
- Win: £51.00
- Place: £7.60
Form: 2P6-28 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 10lb
13 yo Gelding
OR: 139
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 1 |
29th Oct 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 210y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Sound performances in the last two runnings of this race, winning in 2021 and runner-up in 2022; won the latest final of this series at Sandown (soft) in January; has solid credentials and should go well. |
7/1 |
|
4th 2 |
2nd Apr 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 180y Class 2 |
11st 9lb |
13yo front-runner who beat a big field in the veterans final at Sandown (3m, soft; 6lb higher today) in January; outsider of four in Listed race at Kelso four weeks ago but the scale of his defeat is rather disconcerting; won in 2015 over hurdles on his only race here. |
13/2 |
|
4th 5 |
4th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 96y Class 1 |
11st 2lb |
13yo front-runner who beat a big handicap field to win the veterans' final at Sandown (3m, soft) in January; has also won on good/good to soft; vulnerable if today's opponents are at the top of their games but he can make another bold bid. |
7/1 |
11/2
- Place: £2.30
Form: 34P4-1 D
Last run: 52 days
W: 12st 0lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 143
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
11th Feb 2024 Heavy 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Well handicapped on some of last season's form and was a very creditable fourth in Veterans' Final at Warwick (3m, soft) on last month's reappearance; will cope if the ground becomes very testing here; big player. |
9/2 |
|
4th 11 |
13th Jan 2024 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Returning from a similar absence (and wind surgery) when dominant from the front over C&D (soft) 14 months ago when only 2lb lower, after which he finished second in the final of this race at Sandown; fortunes went into reverse soon after but he's back from further wind surgery and handicapped to run a blinder if again on good terms with himself. |
13/2 |
14/1
- Place: £2.60
Form: 210-P3 D
Last run: 16 days
W: 10st 13lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 128
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 9 |
23rd Mar 2024 Good To Soft 2m 7f 86y Class 3 |
11st 2lb |
This is his trip; unplaced on his previous run here and saves all his best efforts for Exeter where he again ran well last time from 5lb out of the weights; does have form elsewhere but it's on right-handed tracks; perhaps placed at best. |
7/1 |
|
2nd 15 |
11th Feb 2024 Heavy 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Dual C&D winner, latterly in 2022 edition of this race (soft ground), and has made the frame over C&D on all three starts this season; 5lb out of the weights today but the form of his December second has been very well advertised by the winner since; considered each-way. |
14/1 |
|
2nd 6 |
21st Dec 2023 Soft 3m 0f 54y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
Has only ever won here and from the front he went down fighting in Enjoy Your Life's recent C&D handicap; down another 2lb but he does look vulnerable to younger legs. |
7/1 |
14/1
- Place: £4.40
Form: 4P1-42 D
Last run: 38 days
W: 10st 9lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 124
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
4th Dec 2024 Heavy 3m 1f 125y Class 2 |
10st 10lb |
Two wins last season, at Ayr in January (3m, soft) and on final start at Kelso in April (2m7f, soft); off since and although these conditions suit, is likely to need the run after a break. |
7/1 |
|
7 |
4th Dec 2024 Heavy 3m 1f 125y Class 2 |
10st 10lb |
Two wins last season, at Ayr in January (3m, soft) and on final start at Kelso in April (2m7f, soft); off since and although these conditions suit, is likely to need the run after a break. |
7/1 |
|
4 |
15th Apr 2024 Soft 2m 7f 96y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
Veteran who remains very capable on his day, with a first and close second this season; below best last time but could bounce back from that. |
9/1 |
8/1
Form: 26-641 D
Last run: 38 days
W: 10st 11lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 126
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14 |
16th Apr 2025 Good 3m 4f 21y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Long in the tooth now and no longer the force of old; exploited some considerable help from the handicapper when winning at Haydock (3m4f, soft) just after Christmas but was well beaten next time (albeit on heavy ground) and younger rivals have much more appealing profiles. |
25/1 |
|
14 |
16th Apr 2025 Good 3m 4f 21y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Long in the tooth now and no longer the force of old; exploited some considerable help from the handicapper when winning at Haydock (3m4f, soft) just after Christmas but was well beaten next time (albeit on heavy ground) and younger rivals have much more appealing profiles. |
25/1 |
33/1
Form: -12526 C
Last run: 29 days
W: 11st 9lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 138
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 2 |
1st Jun 2024 Good To Soft 3m 3f 119y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Only this year returned from a long absence and showed he was no back number with an 11l third at Aintree two weeks ago (3m1f, good); stamina for quite this far is by no means assured but he can't be ruled out. |
8/1 |
7/1
Form: 11P-P8 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 13lb
11 yo Mare
OR: 142
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 16 |
15th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 6f 37y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Faded into sixth in C&D handicap (good to soft) in January but ran well for a long way and built on that when runner-up in first-time cheekpieces (retained) in Haydock's 3m4f Grand National Trial last month; open to improvement on her second run over these obstacles and this 2021 Becher Chase winner (soft) is very much an each-way player with her 7lb mares' allowance. |
16/1 |
|
2nd 7 |
18th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 3m 4f 97y Class 1 |
10st 11lb |
Completed a hat-trick last season (3m/3m2f, soft; including the Becher Chase) and she's well handicapped on that form; hasn't run badly on her last few starts but needs something extra in the first-time cheekpieces if she's to win this, and her best form has come on soft ground. |
12/1 |
|
6th 5 |
28th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 3m 6f 37y Class 2 |
10st 8lb |
Last season went so well that she was sent off one of the favourites for the Grand National only to run no race; below par so far this campaign and comes here with a bit to prove on her cross-country debut. |
11/1 |
10/1
Form: 110-33 D BF
Last run: 57 days
W: 11st 12lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 141
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 4 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 12lb |
First spell over fences soon turned sour much earlier in career but he was placed in his two further attempts this autumn; well handicapped on hurdles form, including from two runs over about 3m in the mud last February. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
11th Nov 2022 Good To Soft 2m 4f 44y Class 2 |
11st 13lb |
First spell over fences soon turned sour much earlier in career but he shaped encouragingly at Perth (3m, good) returned to this sphere on seasonal debut; major player provided he builds on that effort; well handicapped on hurdles form, including several Graded efforts at up to 2m5f here. |
11/4 |
4/1
Form: 36P-44 CD
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 1lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 130
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
13th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 3m 4f 85y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Now 3lb lower than when winning last season's Veterans' Final at Sandown (3m, heavy) and wasn't beaten far in this year's edition of that contest but has become very unreliable and ran no race at Warwick yesterday. |
16/1 |
|
1 |
12th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 5f 54y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
12yo who hasn't been at his best on his three runs this season but it wasn't a bad performance in the veterans' final at Sandown in January last time and he's now 8lb lower than when a fair sixth in last season's Scottish Grand National; stays well and is not ruled out. |
11/1 |
|
9th 10 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Won this race last year by 9l on heavy going; has the same mark today, having failed to get near that form since but he was 50-1 in two top handicaps last April and this season's two runs were over hurdles; it would not be a shock were he to surge back to form this afternoon. |
4/1 |
33/1
Form: P-2744 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 0lb
13 yo Gelding
OR: 129
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 13 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Often front-runner; remains very sprightly, including for two wins last season and when fourth at Cheltenham on the second of his three runs late last year; however, no show in this contest last term and there's a suspicion that this race will prove too competitive. |
33/1 |
|
4th 3 |
3rd Dec 2022 Soft 3m 0f 45y Class 3 |
11st 11lb |
led |
11/4 |
|
4th 9 |
13th Nov 2022 Good 3m 3f 71y Class 1 |
10st 8lb |
prominent, led 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, 2 lengths down when not fluent last, lost two places run-in |
20/1 |
11/1
Form: 43P-33 D
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 0lb
13 yo Gelding
OR: 129
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
13th Apr 2023 Good 2m 7f 3y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
pressed leader early, raced in second when mistake 4th, hit 6th, pushed along briefly after 13th, slight lead when mistake 3 out, 2 lengths ahead last, kept on well |
13/8 |
|
6th 8 |
25th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 86y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
Respectable thirds to kick off the campaign and his jumping was a bit ragged when well beaten at Sandown (third the two previous seasons); likely to give a good account if more on the ball this afternoon. |
14/1 |
|
11th 12 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Third in the last two runnings of this race, both in the mud; has made a solid start to this campaign and, although needing to raise his game again, he enters the reckoning off his lowest mark since 2015, 11lb lower than he was 12 months ago. |
11/1 |
8/1
Form: 5202/5 D
Last run: 38 days
W: 10st 12lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 1 |
20th May 2023 Good 3m 0f 5y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
raced in second |
6/1 |
|
4th 1 |
27th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
led, ridden before 2 out, soon headed, no extra approaching last |
5/1 |
|
25 |
16th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 2f 0y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Two-time course winner who is very well handicapped on his form for Nick Williams up to spring 2021; however, following a long absence, he's struggled to get competitive on his three runs for this yard. |
66/1 |
14/1
Form: 133P-3 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 1lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 130
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 8 |
29th Oct 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 210y Class 2 |
10st 12lb |
Well held in the latest final of this series but ties in with Boldmere on Newbury running next time out; early faller in similar event at Chepstow most recently; competitively handicapped granted a clear round. |
10/1 |
|
0 9 |
13th Oct 2023 Good 2m 7f 131y Class 2 |
10st 5lb |
Not the most consistent but he was returning from a similar break when winning over C&D at this meeting two years ago off 3lb higher; confined to only seven starts in the meantime and some of them were highly respectable. |
10/1 |
|
6th 3 |
29th May 2023 Good 3m 5f 80y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
led |
5/1 |
11/1
Form: 2P26/7 D
Last run: 49 days
W: 11st 13lb
13 yo Gelding
OR: 142
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 1 |
1st Dec 2024 Good To Soft 3m 0f 110y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
14yo who has been absent since a heavy defeat at Newbury in March; however, he made a winning reappearance at Huntingdon (2m7f, good) last November before a near-miss at Market Rasen (3m3f, good to soft), and it will be no surprise to see a bold bid from this front-runner; versatile ground-wise. |
20/1 |
25/1
Form: PU1-6P CD
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 11lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 140
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 6 |
12th Nov 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
10st 6lb |
His Welsh Grand National win was five years ago and sole success since was in a veterans' chase at Ascot in March of 2022; last season never got going at all but his trainer reports him in good shape and he's rocketed down the weights. |
12/1 |
|
7th 7 |
25th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 86y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Only win since landing the 2018 Welsh Grand National was in a veterans' chase at Ascot 12 months ago off 10lb higher; too well handicapped to ignore but this season hasn't got going at all. |
12/1 |
|
5th 5 |
12th Feb 2023 Good 3m 0f 54y Class 2 |
11st 4lb |
Smart in his prime, with career highlight his 2018 Welsh Grand National win; capitalised upon some help from the handicapper when gaining a hard-fought win in Ascot veterans' race (3m, good) last March and he has a 5lb lower mark today, but disappointing shows are more the norm nowadays; has a change of equipment but it's hard to bank on a revival. |
16/1 |
20/1
Form: 2111-P D
Last run: 38 days
W: 11st 11lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 140
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 |
12th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 3m 5f 56y Class 2 |
10st 5lb |
Won 2022 Kim Muir here (3m2f, soft) and produced career-best performance when scoring by 13l over the big Aintree fences last season (3m2f, heavy); badly out of form this term, though, and this new discipline needs to rekindle his enthusiasm; 6lb out of the handicap. |
100/1 |
|
7th 1 |
10th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 3m 4f 102y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
towards rear, headway on outer after 10th, lost ground after 15th |
25/1 |
|
7th 1 |
10th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 3m 4f 102y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
towards rear, headway on outer after 10th, lost ground after 15th |
25/1 |
33/1
Form: 453-U5 D
Last run: 57 days
W: 11st 5lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 134
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
27th May 2023 Good 3m 1f 107y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
Smart at his best but hasn't won since 2020, and completed only one of four races during light campaign last season; had excuse when pulled up at Sandown in February (scoped dirty) but others look less risky. |
14/1 |
|
8 |
4th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 5lb |
always towards rear |
40/1 |
|
9 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
11st 5lb |
His peak ratings, including from two runs last winter, make this look a very good mark and a case can certainly be made; however, he's won only once (February 2020) in the last four years. |
33/1 |
40/1
Form: U41P-P D
Last run: 78 days
W: 10st 2lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 16 |
19th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 3m 4f 21y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Bounced back to form to make winning stable debut at Newbury (2m7f, good) just over a year ago but was pulled up on next three appearances; stopped the rot with respectable fifth at Wincanton (3m1f, good to soft) last month but was behind Ballinslea Bridge there and never looked dangerous; needs today's headgear switch to give him a boost. |
20/1 |
|
5th 4 |
27th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 3m 1f 30y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Newbury winner last April (2m7f, good; acts on soft) on his debut for Harry Fry; however, was very hit and miss for his former yard and he's suffered three non-completions since that latest win. |
8/1 |
|
18 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 0f 37y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Won at Newbury (2m7f, good; acts on soft) last April on debut for yard; however, good runs had become the clear minority for his old stable and he's been pulled up on both starts since that win; 5lb out of the handicap. |
40/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £513.40 |
| Straight Forecast | £314.29 |
| Tricast | £2711.22 |
| Trifecta | £5897.20 |
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