15.50
SoftVirgin Bet Novices’ Handicap Chase
- Prize money: £4752.9
- 3m 1f 30y
- Class 5
- 13 runners
Runners: 13 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Rain
7/1 (Won)
- Win: £8.50
- Place: £2.40
Form: 5/30-8
Last run: 256 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 98
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
1st Apr 2023 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Won well at Wincanton (3m1f, good to soft) on debut for Harry Derham; disappointing last time but may still have more to offer for this yard; not dismissed. |
10/1 |
|
5th 1 |
5th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 177y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Four-time Irish point winner who opened account under rules with 7l success on stable debut at Wincanton (3m1f, good to soft) in January; looked firmly in control of that race from quite a long way out and commands respect here. |
5/2 |
|
4 |
18th Feb 2023 Good 3m 1f 30y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Four-time point winner with low mileage under rules and he ran out a comfortable winner over C&D last month (good to soft) on his stable debut; pushed up 11lb for that but may be capable of dealing with the rise. |
11/8 |
3/1
- Place: £1.70
Form: 3-2315 BF
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 13lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 3 |
7th Mar 2024 Heavy 3m 1f 30y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
2m3f hurdle and 3m chase winner on slow ground; hasn't given us much to recommend him on since last winning at Ludlow 16 months ago. |
10/1 |
|
0 8 |
4th Jan 2024 Good To Soft 3m 1f 44y Class 4 |
10st 7lb |
Used to act on soft; 1-11 over hurdles and 1-16 over fences; second off 10lb higher at Wincanton (3m1f) one year ago but disappointing since. |
10/1 |
|
6th 7 |
30th Dec 2023 Good To Soft 3m 2f 57y Class 5 |
11st 3lb |
Strike-rate of 1-15 over fences and hasn't been in much form for a while, with his reappearance particularly disappointing; potentially well handicapped but with a point to prove right now. |
5/1 |
25/1
- Place: £4.80
Form: P87-8
Last run: 48 days
W: 10st 3lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 75
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 13 |
19th Apr 2024 Good To Soft 2m 1f 109y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Second in an Irish point; moderate form over fences and pulled up at Taunton (2m2f, good) latest; not easy to fancy from 3lb out of weights. |
28/1 |
50/1
Form: 4-P084
Last run: 60 days
W: 10st 6lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 78
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
8th Feb 2023 Good 2m 4f 88y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
disputed lead, pushed along and lost position after 7th |
25/1 |
|
9 |
1st Feb 2023 Good 2m 6f 151y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Won his sole point but he's generally struggled in eight runs under rules and has been tailed off switched to fences (2m4f/3m1f) in last two starts; mark continues to fall but he makes no appeal. |
16/1 |
33/1
Form: 69-37P D
Last run: 17 days
W: 10st 12lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 84
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
1st Mar 2023 Good 2m 4f 35y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Won over hurdles in Ireland in 2021 but has struggled in British chases since the autumn (six runs) and is very difficult to enthuse over at present. |
50/1 |
|
7th 10 |
20th Feb 2023 Good 2m 7f 110y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Won over hurdles (3m, good) in Ireland in May 2021 but he's struggled over fences for new yard this season and he unseated early 14 days ago; now 1-23 and it's not hard to look elsewhere. |
25/1 |
|
6 |
6th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 104y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Won over hurdles in Ireland in spring 2021 but has struggled to get seriously competitive over fences for new stable this season (four runs), and the refitted cheekpieces didn't appear to help much last time. |
33/1 |
6/1
Form: 553-53
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
2nd Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 7f 129y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
prominent, lost ground before 3rd, in touch with leaders when not fluent 8th, reminder after 8th |
14/1 |
|
3 |
5th Nov 2024 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
His penultimate season ended well but poor the last twice after lengthy breaks and now returns from another one; hard to weigh up right now. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
5th Nov 2024 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
His penultimate season ended well but poor the last twice after lengthy breaks and now returns from another one; hard to weigh up right now. |
12/1 |
5/4
Form: 85-2P1 CD
Last run: 12 days
W: 12st 4lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 |
10th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 3m 4f 85y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Ended last season in excellent form, completing a hat-trick with clearcut success at Exeter (3m6f, heavy), but made nothing better than a satisfactory reappearance in October and was pulled up in Welsh Grand National on only subsequent appearance; still on a fairly tough mark and needs to get back in the groove. |
6/1 |
|
16 |
27th Dec 2024 Soft 3m 6f 130y Class 1 |
10st 2lb |
Ended last season in excellent form on heavy ground in blinkers, winning twice over 3m1f at Wincanton before drawing 6l clear over an extended 3m6f at Exeter; should have come on markedly since October reappearance and this is only his second run over a marathon trip; could have more to offer, though seemingly the deeper the ground the better it is for him. |
16/1 |
8/1
Form: 53/3-5
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 13lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 5 |
28th Aug 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
0-9 under rules, including two starts over fences; returns from a second long absence and probably best watched unless the market speaks otherwise. |
20/1 |
|
6th 3 |
9th Feb 2023 Good 2m 7f 214y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Well treated on hurdle form from May 2021 but he was then absent until December 2022, when tailed off, and he's since been pulled up on his chase debut at Wincanton; plenty to prove. |
12/1 |
33/1
Form: U4F-PP
Last run: 17 days
W: 11st 0lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
28th Feb 2023 Good To Firm 2m 4f 25y Class 4 |
10st 2lb |
|
|
|
4th 3 |
12th Feb 2023 Good 2m 3f 48y Class 3 |
11st 0lb |
prominent, pushed along from 8th, ridden after 11th, soon no chance, tailed off |
50/1 |
|
5th 8 |
29th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 135y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
0-9 in points and 0-14 under rules; badly out of sorts this season (pulled up on all three appearances) and beginning to look a lost cause. |
50/1 |
20/1
Form: 9PP-PP
Last run: 66 days
W: 10st 8lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
24th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 194y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Won over hurdles in 2021 but has badly lost his way since last winter; pulled up over hurdles in refitted cheekpieces at Chepstow yesterday. |
33/1 |
|
13 |
23rd Mar 2023 Soft 2m 3f 100y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
led |
33/1 |
33/1
Form: 3233FP
Last run: 58 days
W: 10st 3lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 75
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
31st May 2023 Good 2m 4f 216y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
|
|
|
11 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 3m 1f 30y Class 5 |
10st 3lb |
His narrow defeat at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good) in June offers hope but precious little to shout about since; tongue-tie is a first. |
33/1 |
|
8 |
10th Nov 2022 Good 2m 7f 3y Class 5 |
10st 8lb |
Fell early when well out of the weights in a three-runner handicap the last time and they were novice chases in which he struggled before that (remote thirds); his narrow defeat at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good) in June offers hope. |
25/1 |
14/1
Form: 99-0P
Last run: 45 days
W: 10st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 8 |
3rd Jun 2023 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Maiden who is 0-6 since switched to chasing, best effort when second in small field at Catterick three outings back; each-way hopes on that form but he's not solid. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 7 |
20th May 2023 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
held up in rear but in touch with leaders, ridden omitted 4 out, left in fourth omitted 2 out, weakened omitted last, finished 4th, placed 3rd |
5/1 |
|
5th 4 |
12th Mar 2023 Soft 2m 1f 43y Class 5 |
10st 12lb |
Pulled up in first two chases but has fared better on last couple of outings, more recently when staying-on second of five at Catterick (1m7f, good) 12 days ago; a contender here if coping with the slower ground. |
9/4 |
20/1
Form: 72-553
Last run: 37 days
W: 10st 2lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 67
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 6 |
17th Jun 2023 Good 3m 0f 0y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Running well and was out of the weights when beaten under 5l at Warwick (3m1f, good) most recently; 3lb lower this time and can have a say. |
7/1 |
|
4th 7 |
24th May 2023 Good 3m 1f 100y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Lost out only by a neck in 15-runner handicap chase here (3m, good) last month and was clear second to progressive rival at Huntingdon (2m7f, good) a fortnight ago; evidently in good heart but competes from 5lb out of the weights today and his career strike-rate now stands at 0-31. |
5/1 |
|
2nd 9 |
11th May 2023 Good 2m 7f 129y Class 5 |
10st 3lb |
Chance wasn't obviously nearing before almost making it 30th time lucky at Warwick a fortnight ago (3m, good) from 5lb out of the weights; no good thing to back that up, but does run off his true mark this time. |
6/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £40.30 |
| Straight Forecast | £35.58 |
| Tricast | £600.71 |
| Trifecta | £628.90 |
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