July 21 / 17.10 Stratford

17.10

Good

Watch Champions Full Gallop On ITVX Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4568.06
  • 2m 3f 98y
  • Class 4
  • 11 runners
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Watch Champions Full Gallop On ITVX Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Runners: 11 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

5/2 (Won)

  • Win: £3.50
  • Place: £1.50

Form: 213-13 D BF

Last run: 50 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Won comfortably at Fakenham (2m4f, good) and wilted only on the run-in off this 7lb higher mark at Worcester; only a 5yo and entitled to progress further now sent chasing.
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7th

5

22nd Aug 2024

Good

2m 4f 216y

Class 4

17:00 Newton Abbot

Soir De Gala

11st 6lb

J: Nico de Boinville

T: Paul Nicholls

prominent

6/4

1st

4

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Soir De Gala

11st 7lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Won comfortably at Fakenham (2m4f, good) and wilted only on the run-in off this 7lb higher mark at Worcester; only a 5yo and entitled to progress further now sent chasing.

5/2

3rd

4

1st Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:05 Worcester

Soir De Gala

11st 13lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Took a while to get the hang of hurdling but he's thriving now and he won comfortably at Fakenham (2m4f, good) last month; up 7lb but he still has untapped potential and could follow up.

11/8

8/1

  • Place: £3.40

Form: 5274-

Last run: 312 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Close up in a 2m4f good-ground maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter in September and that was only his fourth start; has had wind op ahead of this chase/handicap debut and could be interesting.
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4th

2

20th Jun 2025

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

14:05 Market Rasen

Climbing

11st 4lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Inconsistent over fences since last summer but won over 2m4f in the autumn and went very close over 3m1f in April (also on good ground); taken off his feet in a strongly run race last time and now reverts to hurdling in first-time cheekpieces; big player if on a going day.

6/4

4th

5

18th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 125y

Class 4

15:20 Stratford

Climbing

11st 2lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Quite lightly raced 7yo who has pretty solid record in good-ground contests over fences; scored at Kempton (2m4f) in the autumn and ran big race in defeat at Hereford (3m1f) last month, after a break; also suited by this track; good chance.

9/4

4th

5

18th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 125y

Class 4

15:20 Stratford

Climbing

11st 2lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Quite lightly raced 7yo who has pretty solid record in good-ground contests over fences; scored at Kempton (2m4f) in the autumn and ran big race in defeat at Hereford (3m1f) last month, after a break; also suited by this track; good chance.

9/4

OUR TIP

14/1

  • Place: £3.70

Form: 711/3- D BF

Last run: 440 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Made good progress in low-grade handicap hurdles in 2022-23 season, winning three times; off since modest third at Worcester 13 months ago; makes chasing debut here; others look safer.
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5th

1

22nd Sep 2024

Good

2m 3f 164y

Class 5

14:50 Plumpton

Almost Gotaway

12st 0lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Nicky Martin

Three-time hurdle winner who returned from long absence with very encouraging third on chasing debut at Stratford (2m3f, good) in July; didn't fire at Worcester last month but still enters the equation here.

15/2

6th

7

19th Aug 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

15:00 Worcester

Almost Gotaway

11st 7lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Nicky Martin

Won three times over hurdles in 2022-23 campaign; made encouraging chasing debut when third at Stratford (2m3f, good) last month following a 440-day absence and good chance if he can build on that.

7/1

3rd

3

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Almost Gotaway

11st 7lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Nicky Martin

Made good progress in low-grade handicap hurdles in 2022-23 season, winning three times; off since modest third at Worcester 13 months ago; makes chasing debut here; others look safer.

14/1

Form: 34-413 C

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Stylish winner of 2m5f handicap at Newton Abbot and didn't appear to stay 3m when third at Perth; there was enough promise in that latest run to believe he remains on a workable mark.
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2

7th Jun 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

13:50 Worcester

Up For Appeal

11st 9lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Christian Williams

2m5f good-ground winner last summer off 6lb higher; hardly consistent though and never went a yard at Warwick last month; now tries cheekpieces.

14/1

8th

7

5th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

16:25 Warwick

Up For Appeal

11st 0lb

J: David Noonan

T: Christian Williams

Scored at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good) last June and was in contention before penultimate-fence fall at Sedgefield (2m5f, soft) in December but last season's record was rather mixed and we haven't seen him since a poor performance in January.

10/1

8th

7

5th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

16:25 Warwick

Up For Appeal

11st 0lb

J: David Noonan

T: Christian Williams

Scored at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good) last June and was in contention before penultimate-fence fall at Sedgefield (2m5f, soft) in December but last season's record was rather mixed and we haven't seen him since a poor performance in January.

10/1

Form: 0849-8

Last run: 66 days

W: 10st 3lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Flat/hurdle winner but little to shout about under either code for a while now and needs to get back on track.
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10th

11

29th Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

18:48 Fontwell

Rays The One

10st 2lb

J: James Best

T: Mark Pattinson

Dual C&D winner (soft/good) but not since December 2022, and is very inconsistent nowadays; tailed off at Stratford on latest outing in early July; 1lb wrong today; others have more pressing claims.

25/1

7th

9

1st Jul 2025

Good To Firm

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

19:18 Stratford

Rays The One

10st 2lb

J: Connor Brace

T: Mark Pattinson

Placed over hurdles in February and there was nothing wrong with his sixth at Warwick (2m3f, good) in April; has undergone wind surgery since finishing a distant last of ten back on the Flat in May but others have more pressing claims.

14/1

10th

5

4th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 6f 44y

Class 6

17:00 Salisbury

Rays The One

9st 3lb

J: Molly Gunn

T: Mark Pattinson

Placed over hurdles in February but three lesser performances since then; both Flat wins have come on the AW and a good while back now.

16/1

Form: -F4376

Last run: 16 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
AW winner but 0-12 over hurdles and he's not bred for chasing; this looks a big ask from out of the weights.
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6th

9

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Lions Vigil

10st 2lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Bill Turner

AW winner but 0-12 over hurdles and he's not bred for chasing; this looks a big ask from out of the weights.

25/1

6th

7

5th Jul 2024

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

14:15 Newton Abbot

Lions Vigil

11st 4lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Bill Turner

AW winner over 1m4f but 0-11 over hurdles; respectable efforts off low marks in handicaps at Ludlow (3m, good) and Newton Abbot (2m2f, soft) but up against it on these terms.

50/1

Form: /5-114 BF

Last run: 37 days

W: 12st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
Won back-to-back minor hurdle races on good ground at Market Rasen but didn't look obviously well treated for handicap debut back there and ended up tailed off; that was not his true running but, off just 2lb lower, he faces no straightforward task unless improving for fences (bred for it).
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2

6th Sep 2024

Good

2m 1f 77y

Class 4

15:55 Bangor-on-Dee

Ittack Blue

12st 0lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Made all in two Market Rasen novice hurdles (both 2m, good) in May but was soundly beaten in both subsequent handicaps, the latter his chasing debut; still has plenty of time to get career back on track but comes here with a point to prove.

12/1

7th

1

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Ittack Blue

12st 2lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Won back-to-back minor hurdle races on good ground at Market Rasen but didn't look obviously well treated for handicap debut back there and ended up tailed off; that was not his true running but, off just 2lb lower, he faces no straightforward task unless improving for fences (bred for it).

3/1

Form: 5-4131 C

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 8lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
Has won two of his four starts over fences (one here) when very much at home dominating in front; up 7lb since latest at Cartmel (2m5f, good) but he's a good jumper and on a roll.
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Form: -44131

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 6lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Has won two of his last three over fences, both at Market Rasen (2m1f, good); 6lb higher in stiffer grade here but has to be considered.
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3rd

4

27th May 2026

Good

2m 1f 61y

Class 5

20:38 Cartmel

Clean Getaway

11st 6lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

Usually saves his best for Sedgefield, where he won over fences in April (subsequent fourth was over hurdles); two visits here has produced a second place; no surprise to see him run well.

13/2

4th

5

10th Apr 2026

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

16:45 Sedgefield

Clean Getaway

11st 0lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

Hurdle (including C&D) and chase winner here and won a chase over the equivalent trip here latest, when on the same mark; well treated if able to translate that form back to this sphere; big player.

5/2

66/1

Form: 5P-468

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
18-race maiden who brings no form claims from so far out of the weights.
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8th

14

24th Sep 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

13:47 Warwick

Beannaigh Do

10st 2lb

J: Shane Quinlan

T: Sheila Lewis

0-20 under rules; not as far out of the weights today as is sometimes the case but still makes only limited appeal in first-time blinkers.

25/1

13

28th Aug 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:40 Worcester

Beannaigh Do

10st 2lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Sheila Lewis

19-race maiden; modest form in 12 chase starts, although had a stiff task from a long way out of the weights last time; out of the handicap again but not entirely ruled out on the pick of past form.

16/1

10th

10

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Beannaigh Do

10st 2lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Sheila Lewis

18-race maiden who brings no form claims from so far out of the weights.

66/1

Form: 688PP-

Last run: 335 days

W: 10st 2lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Poor form under rules (three hurdles/one chase) for this yard before suffering five further defeats in points; too far out of the weights to warrant a second look.
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5th

4

25th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 131y

Class 5

19:35 Chepstow

Hedgehopper

11st 12lb

J: Mr Frederick Philipson-Stow

T: Mrs S M Farr

He'd rate a most poignant local winner following the passing of Ross Farr last week, but recent defeats in maiden points underline he has the most to find of any here.

33/1

5th

4

25th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 131y

Class 5

19:35 Chepstow

Hedgehopper

11st 12lb

J: Mr Frederick Philipson-Stow

T: Mrs S M Farr

He'd rate a most poignant local winner following the passing of Ross Farr last week, but recent defeats in maiden points underline he has the most to find of any here.

33/1

11

21st Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 98y

Class 4

17:10 Stratford

Hedgehopper

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Sheila Lewis

Poor form under rules (three hurdles/one chase) for this yard before suffering five further defeats in points; too far out of the weights to warrant a second look.

66/1

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Payout
Exacta £43.50
Straight Forecast £31.96
Tricast £361.09
Trifecta £443.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Up For Appeal

POSTDATA:

Clean Getaway

The Times:

Soir De Gala

D Express:

Almost Gotaway

The Star:

Soir De Gala

RP RATINGS:

Up For Appeal

TOPSPEED:

Up For Appeal

Daily Mirror:

Up For Appeal

Telegraph:

Clean Getaway

Daily Record:

Clean Getaway