March 03 / 15.07 Southwell

15.07

Good To Soft

Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open Hunters’ Chase

  • Prize money: £2483.5
  • 3m 0f 60y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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Watch Unbridled On attheraces.com Open Hunters’ Chase

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

10/1 (Won)

  • Win: £8.00
  • Place: £3.20

Form: 13P/4-

Last run: 467 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Fairly useful on his day but lacks recent match practice having been absent since November 2023; hunter chase debut; market helpful.
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11

13th Mar 2026

Good

3m 2f 70y

Class 2

16:40 Cheltenham

Linelee King

12st 0lb

J: Mr James King

T: Olly Murphy

This is his first visit to Cheltenham since beating one home in the Champion Bumper six years ago; has won one of his two hunter chases and the Cartmel defeat came at the hands of a useful rival; back from a break to beat Music Drive readily in a point in January and he could run well at lengthy odds; effective on good to soft and slower ground.

33/1

2nd

1

28th May 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

20:40 Cartmel

Linelee King

12st 4lb

J: Mr James King

T: Olly Murphy

Useful handicapper who returned from long absence to make winning hunter chase debut at Southwell (3m, good to soft) in March; remains lightly raced for his age and ought to be a tough nut to crack here.

13/8

2nd

1

28th May 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

20:40 Cartmel

Linelee King

12st 4lb

J: Mr James King

T: Olly Murphy

Useful handicapper who returned from long absence to make winning hunter chase debut at Southwell (3m, good to soft) in March; remains lightly raced for his age and ought to be a tough nut to crack here.

13/8

3/1

  • Place: £2.20

Form: P-12

Last run: 24 days

W: 12st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 132

Form & Verdict
Ran well in similar event at Bangor (3m) last month, back under rules, and might have won but for getting the final fence wrong (rider lost irons); respected.
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24

9th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

15:30 Aintree

Willewonga

12st 0lb

J: Mr Alan O’Sullivan

T: J J O’Shea

Pulled up at 50-1 in this last year and same outcome at the Cheltenham Festival last month, when 100-1; however, that latest outing was his first run for 110 days and he may have needed it; in front when making a bad blunder at the final fence at Bangor (3m, soft) last February and that form suggests he might not be a forlorn hope each-way, at what should be a big price.

100/1

21

13th Mar 2026

Good

3m 2f 70y

Class 2

16:40 Cheltenham

Willewonga

12st 0lb

J: Mr Thomas Easterby

T: J J O’Shea

Five-time point winner but turned over at odds-on in latest start in that sphere; Gracchus De Balme and Linelee King have had his measure in the past.

100/1

27

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Willewonga

12st 0lb

J: Mr William Easterby

T: J J O’Shea

Might have beaten Eva's Oskar at Bangor had he not clouted the last fence and he again found one too good at Southwell latest (again over 3m); in points this season he's been beaten by Gracchus De Balme and Bardenstown Lad; has no more than place aspirations.

50/1

Form: -42753 CD BF

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 122

Form & Verdict
Close third in similar event at Ludlow (3m) last month; on a long losing spell but won his last two Southwell attempts (spring 2022) and is interesting back here.
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22

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Percussion

12st 0lb

J: Mr Daniel Cherriman

T: L J Morgan

Will need to step up on his recent hunter chase efforts but he has form figures of 33237 in handicaps over the Grand National fences; a bold show would be no surprise.

20/1

15th

22

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Percussion

12st 0lb

J: Mr Daniel Cherriman

T: L J Morgan

Will need to step up on his recent hunter chase efforts but he has form figures of 33237 in handicaps over the Grand National fences; a bold show would be no surprise.

20/1

3rd

8

3rd Mar 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

15:07 Southwell

Percussion

11st 12lb

J: Mr Daniel Cherriman

T: L J Morgan

Close third in similar event at Ludlow (3m) last month; on a long losing spell but won his last two Southwell attempts (spring 2022) and is interesting back here.

4/1

OUR TIP

Form: /6744- CD

Last run: 313 days

W: 12st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Record of 2-3 in points for new stable; faces a tougher task back under rules but is a C&D winner and could go well.
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4th

2

3rd Mar 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

15:07 Southwell

Kayf Hernando

12st 2lb

J: Mr Sam Lee

T: J L Brotherton

Record of 2-3 in points for new stable; faces a tougher task back under rules but is a C&D winner and could go well.

9/1

4th

3

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

17:10 Ludlow

Kayf Hernando

12st 2lb

J: Mr Sean O’Connor

T: Dan Skelton

in touch with leaders, not fluent 2nd, weakened 3 out

11/2

4th

3

24th Apr 2024

Good

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

17:10 Ludlow

Kayf Hernando

12st 2lb

J: Mr Sean O’Connor

T: Dan Skelton

in touch with leaders, not fluent 2nd

11/2

Form: 3O5/24

Last run: 276 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
Multiple point winner, including last two outings; ran well in the first of two attempts in hunter chases; one to consider.
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18

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Master Templar

12st 0lb

J: Miss Gina Andrews

T: Mrs G Andrews

Odds-on when beating Bardenstown Lad and Bothwell Bridge in successive points through the winter but he was only fifth of seven back in a hunter chase last month; this demands a career best by some margin; blinkers replace cheekpieces.

100/1

18

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Master Templar

12st 0lb

J: Miss Gina Andrews

T: Mrs G Andrews

Odds-on when beating Bardenstown Lad and Bothwell Bridge in successive points through the winter but he was only fifth of seven back in a hunter chase last month; this demands a career best by some margin; blinkers replace cheekpieces.

100/1

5th

6

3rd Mar 2025

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

15:07 Southwell

Master Templar

11st 12lb

J: Miss Gina Andrews

T: Mrs G Andrews

Multiple point winner, including last two outings; ran well in the first of two attempts in hunter chases; one to consider.

3/1

Form: P-727U D

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 12lb

12 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Unseated rider at Ludlow last month on hunter chase debut when facing a difficult task on ratings; again has something to find.
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7th

1

11th Sep 2025

Good

3m 0f 10y

Class 4

17:35 Uttoxeter

Jimmy The Digger

12st 0lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Henry Daly

Has dropped a long way down the weights for good reason and struggles with his consistency these days; too risky.

16/1

1

7th Jul 2025

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 4

14:42 Worcester

Jimmy The Digger

11st 11lb

J: Alice Stevens

T: Henry Daly

Rated higher in the past but not as good as he was and couldn't make the most of a soft lead in a small field at Southwell (3m, good).

20/1

3rd

3

3rd Jun 2025

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 4

15:00 Southwell

Jimmy The Digger

11st 10lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Henry Daly

Kept on well for second in Ludlow hunter chase (3m, good to soft) in April and will be suited by the forecast good ground here but this veteran is no longer the force of old and has become inconsistent.

11/2

Form: P/P-64 C

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 12lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Record of 2-2 over fences at Southwell (spring 2022); however, far from solid on recent form and has a lot to find on ratings.
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7th

5

10th May 2026

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

17:10 Ludlow

Steady The Ship

10st 8lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Steph Cameron

Pulled up in three successive chases before finishing tailed off back over hurdles; no appeal.

50/1

12th

9

27th Mar 2026

Good

3m 0f 26y

Class 5

16:50 Wetherby

Steady The Ship

10st 13lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Steph Cameron

0-7 over hurdles and has been pulled up in his last three races, all handicap chases; hard to recommend.

33/1

2

15th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 68y

Class 5

15:20 Musselburgh

Steady The Ship

11st 8lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Steph Cameron

Made all in small-field point last April (good ground) but pulled up in two handicap chases for new stable in the autumn and arrives here with a lot to prove.

25/1

Non-runners

Drop Flight, Minella Trump

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £35.00
Straight Forecast £33.50
Trifecta £115.20

Selections

The Times:

Willewonga

SPOTLIGHT:

Percussion

Telegraph:

Master Templar

The Guardian:

Linelee King

TOPSPEED:

Minella Trump

RP RATINGS:

Percussion

The Sun:

Percussion

Daily Mirror:

Willewonga

The Star:

Willewonga

Daily Record:

Willewonga

Daily Mail:

Master Templar

D Express:

Linelee King

POSTDATA:

Minella Trump