15.45
SoftProper Good Dairy Local Milk Open Hunters’ Chase
- Prize money: £3336.45
- 2m 7f 171y
- Class 5
- 7 runners
Runners: 7 runners
Type: Hunter Chase
Surface: Turf
Weather: Snow showers
Abandoned
Form: 330P-P C
Last run: 251 days
W: 12st 6lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 130
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 |
27th Feb 2024 Heavy 2m 6f 151y Class 3 |
12st 4lb |
Two soft-ground wins earlier in career but minor form on that surface now and unraced on heavy, while his front-running win over three rivals in this race last year came on good ground; can be involved if he does cope with the surface. |
9/2 |
|
3rd 1 |
31st May 2023 Good 2m 4f 216y Class 5 |
12st 8lb |
jumped right throughout, raced in second, not fluent 3rd, mistake 4th, not fluent 10th, dropped to last 4 out, weakened after 3 out |
4/7 |
|
1st 1 |
24th Apr 2023 Good 2m 4f 110y Class 5 |
12st 6lb |
Useful in the past; opened his hunter chase account at Leicester (2m6f, good) in February and subsequent odds-on defeat is better than it looked on the day (winner franked the form next time); respected. |
5/4 |
Abandoned
Form: B111-4 D
Last run: 237 days
W: 12st 6lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 128
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 2 |
5th May 2023 Good 2m 4f 127y Class 5 |
12st 4lb |
Successful in small fields in four of his nine hunter chases, the wins on good and good to soft; ran respectably when seventh in the Aintree Foxhunters' (2m5f) three weeks ago and had useful form at this track at earlier stages of his career; should be on the premises. |
7/2 |
|
7th 19 |
13th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Successful in half of his eight hunter chase attempts; beaten by I K Brunel at Taunton last month but may reverse those places with Jack Andrews taking over from a novice rider; stable also runs Bennys King. |
25/1 |
|
17 |
17th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 2f 70y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
Good handicapper who wasn't beaten far in the Grand Annual here in 2021; has accrued plenty of hunter chase experience but he couldn't hold a candle to Vaucelet at Stratford last May and has others to worry about. |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 722-51 C
Last run: 237 days
W: 12st 6lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
2nd Jun 2023 Good 2m 4f 205y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
disputed lead, led before 4th |
13/2 |
|
3 |
3rd Apr 2023 Soft 2m 4f 11y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
Six-time winner under rules, the latest success gained by 15l in handicap hunter chase at Stratford (2m5f, good) last May; pulled up in February, after a layoff, and probably needs the ground to dry out here but will play a major role if back on song. |
4/1 |
|
1 |
30th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 0y Class 6 |
12st 2lb |
Six-time winner under rules, the latest success gained by 15l in handicap hunter chase at Stratford (2m5f, good) last May; will be hard to beat if in similar form here but was pulled up in a point last month, after a layoff, and today's ground is likely to be slower than he prefers. |
3/1 |
Abandoned
Form: /P634-
Last run: 278 days
W: 11st 12lb
11 yo Gelding
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 5 |
3rd May 2024 Good 3m 2f 70y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
It wasn't the first time that Premier Magic has had his number when tailed off in this 12 months ago and he suffered the same fate in his latest point. |
25/1 |
|
6th 5 |
3rd May 2024 Good 3m 2f 70y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
It wasn't the first time that Premier Magic has had his number when tailed off in this 12 months ago and he suffered the same fate in his latest point. |
25/1 |
|
5th 5 |
5th May 2023 Good 3m 2f 70y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Quite a useful chaser for Alastair Ralph; has won his last two points but he was tailed off behind Premier Magic in December and looks up against it. |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 5127-P
Last run: 264 days
W: 11st 12lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 123
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 1 |
29th May 2024 Good 3m 1f 107y Class 5 |
12st 8lb |
Useful handicap/hunter chaser; runner-up in this race a year ago and a four-time winner since, most recently at Cheltenham (4m, soft) this month; won't mind if the ground stays good here and ought to be a tough nut to crack. |
5/4 |
|
1st 2 |
3rd May 2024 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
12st 4lb |
Productive 2023-24 in handicap and hunter chases (3m-3m1f; good-soft), but longstanding plan to land the Aintree Foxhunters' was scuppered at the Canal Turn; spared a hard race, at least, and the presence of Raz De Maree and Ucello II in the pedigree offers some hope for marathon trips. |
7/2 |
|
1st 2 |
3rd May 2024 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
12st 4lb |
midfield, went fourth after 21st, led before 2 out, drifted left run-in, stayed on, ridden out |
7/2 |
Abandoned
Form: 35-323
Last run: 190 days
W: 11st 12lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 21 |
11th Apr 2024 Heavy 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
80-1 when a close fifth in this last year and that was after making a horlicks of The Chair; returns on the back of just about his best form yet when third at Cheltenham last month (soft; just over 5l behind Its On The Line), having been in the firing line throughout; the extended 3m2f ultimately found him out and he's a strong contender with stamina assured back at this trip. |
6/1 |
|
4th 21 |
11th Apr 2024 Heavy 2m 5f 19y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
80-1 when a close fifth in this last year and that was after making a horlicks of The Chair; returns on the back of just about his best form yet when third at Cheltenham last month (soft; just over 5l behind Its On The Line), having been in the firing line throughout; the extended 3m2f ultimately found him out and he's a strong contender with stamina assured back at this trip. |
6/1 |
|
3rd 11 |
15th Mar 2024 Soft 3m 2f 70y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
By no means prolific in points (3-13) but he's 5-7 in hunter chases after taking a winnable race at Hereford in January (2m5f, good to soft); showed that he can mix it at this level of competition when not beaten far into fifth (staying on) in last season's hunter chase at Aintree (2m5f good to soft; made bad mistake at The Chair); perhaps relying on some of these being off their game if he's to win, but is no forlorn hope over a longer trip that he might need these days. |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 3P-40P D
Last run: 10 days
W: 11st 12lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 136
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
19th Mar 2023 Soft 3m 0f 110y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
Very smart at about 3m in his day but lost his way for Noel Meade; has shown nothing in three runs for this yard and now has lots to prove. |
7/1 |
|
4th 3 |
26th Feb 2023 Good 3m 1f 210y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
held up in last but in touch with leaders, some headway with one circuit to go, not fluent 14th, shaken up and lost ground when bad mistake 16th, soon got well behind, tailed off |
11/10 |
|
7 |
16th Feb 2023 Good 3m 0f 37y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Very smart at about 3m in his day but lost his way for Noel Meade, and after changing hands for £48,000 in September he didn't run much of a race on his debut for this yard in a hunter chase at Taunton; reservations on the back of that. |
11/2 |
Verdict
The tongue-tie goes back on Tout Est Permis and it may well make all the difference but he ran no sort of race at Taunton last week and his current wellbeing has to be proved. Espoir De Teillee is another who needs to get out from under a cloud and preference is for NOT THAT FUISSE who ran well in this race 12 months ago when he showed he could handle 3m on soft.[Emily Weber]