15.55
GoodRachel Jones Memorial Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £7921.5
- 2m 1f 77y
- Class 4
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
13/8 (Won)
- Win: £2.75
Form: 44P-21 D
Last run: 34 days
W: 11st 3lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
21st Jun 2025 Good 2m 1f 77y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
The more his mark has eased this spring and summer the better he's done over fences, culminating in last month's Stratford success (2m1f, good); chance likely rests on whether he's derived sufficient confidence from that experience to defy going back up 10lb. |
13/8 |
|
1st 1 |
18th May 2025 Good 2m 0f 213y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
0-6 over fences; bounced back from poor performance when keeping on well to snatch never-dangerous second at Worcester (2m, good) 12 days ago but others here have more convincing profiles. |
3/1 |
|
1st 1 |
18th May 2025 Good 2m 0f 213y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
0-6 over fences; bounced back from poor performance when keeping on well to snatch never-dangerous second at Worcester (2m, good) 12 days ago but others here have more convincing profiles. |
3/1 |
11/2
Form: /591-0 C
Last run: 42 days
W: 12st 2lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
21st Jul 2025 Good 2m 1f 61y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
Returned to form with hurdle win in first-time tongue-tie in April, his third run after a mammoth absence, and ran big race when close second in small-field chase at Bangor (2m1f, good) last month; ought to be favoured if the ground is slower than good here; might be the answer. |
3/1 |
|
2nd 1 |
21st Jun 2025 Good 2m 1f 77y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
Has not been the same horse since a 1,395-day break but the first-time tongue-tie helped him to a 2m1f hurdles success here in April (good to soft) and the hurly-burly of the Swinton Hurdle wasn't for him last time; chasing debut. |
11/2 |
|
16th 10 |
10th May 2025 Good 1m 7f 144y Class 1 |
11st 0lb |
Won three on the bounce before fourth in a Grade 2 during his novice days; very low key on his first two runs back after an absence but then won comfortably under an enterprising ride at Bangor (2m, good to soft) 16 days ago when tongue tied for the first time, beating Dance And Glance; back up 6lb but may have turned a corner and he looked classy in his younger days. |
14/1 |
5/4
Form: /PP-11 CD
Last run: 29 days
W: 10st 7lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
9th Sep 2025 Soft 2m 0f 75y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Hit the ground running for this yard, winning two good-ground chases and then only beaten about 1l when third of four at Bangor in June; sent off favourite to exploit a lower hurdle mark back there in July and reportedly became fractious during the preliminaries; might be a shade high in the weights now but that might not matter in a race lacking depth. |
6/4 |
|
7th 5 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 2m 0f 145y Class 4 |
11st 1lb |
Revitalised by switch to new stable this spring, winning two good-ground chases (one here); only beaten about 1l when third of four here a fortnight ago and now reverts to hurdling on a 9lb lower mark; could still have more to offer for his new trainers. |
7/4 |
|
3rd 4 |
21st Jun 2025 Good 2m 1f 77y Class 4 |
10st 7lb |
Turned inside out by the fitting of a tongue-tie, following up last month's C&D success from out of the weights with an even more emphatic Worcester win six days later (2m1f, good); handicapper not slow to react, but hard to know where his ceiling might be. |
5/4 |
7/1
Form: 1F13-1 C
Last run: 46 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
31st Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Eight-time hurdle winner, the last two in claimers in the spring; his three chase starts haven't been devoid of promise but he was only sixth of nine at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good) last time and needs something extra. |
33/1 |
|
6th 4 |
27th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Latest two wins were in claiming hurdles for another yard; last of four over fences on yard debut and then fifth of seven over hurdles; opposable. |
20/1 |
|
5 |
7th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 2 |
10st 8lb |
Latest two wins were in claiming hurdles for Archie Watson; last of four over fences on recent stable debut but didn't run at all badly; this is a warm handicap, however. |
16/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £7.10 |
| Straight Forecast | £7.72 |
| Trifecta | £10.40 |
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