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YieldingBluegrass Racehorse Cube Chase
- Prize money: £8194.78
- 3m 2f 50y
- 4 runners
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Runners: 4 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
11/10 (Won)
- Win: £1.62
Form: /3-P32 C
Last run: 24 days
W: 11st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 160
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
11th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
11st 10lb |
Five Grade 1 wins and runner-up in the 2024 Cheltenham Gold Cup; reappearance at Christmas came after 421 days off and this season's form is well short of his best, but second to Grangeclare West at Fairyhouse was a big step back in the right direction and he comfortably obliged at odds-on for latest outing; cheekpieces last three starts; well handicapped on his old form and could be on his way back. |
25/1 |
|
1st 3 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
11st 0lb |
Five Grade 1 wins; runner-up to Galopin Des Champs in the 2024 Gold Cup; defeated at odds-on here in November 2024; absent until pulled up early in the Savills at Christmas; respectable third at Gowran in the Galmoy Hurdle (heavy) in first-time cheekpieces; good effort behind Grangeclare West in the Bobbyjo; gets 7lb from Nick Rockett, race-fitness in his favour |
11/10 |
|
2nd 6 |
21st Feb 2026 Heavy 3m 2f 0y |
11st 0lb |
Five-time Grade 1 winner was a runner-up behind Galopin Des Champs in the 2024 Gold Cup; defeated at odds-on at Down Royal in November 2024 and didn't reappear for 421 days when pulled up early in the Savills over Christmas; more promise in his third at Gowran in the Galmoy Hurdle (heavy) in first-time cheekpieces, although 18l behind; back over fences now and this is a key test to see if the ability is still there. |
14/1 |
33/1
Form: 76-21P CD
Last run: 101 days
W: 11st 10lb
14 yo Gelding
OR: 132
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 1 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
11st 10lb |
Veteran who won 3m6f Listed cross-country race at Craon last September, repeating a 2024 success; finished seventh in the 2023 Grand National and ninth in 2024; pulled up the Becher in December on his most recent Aintree run; won this event in 2022 and second in 2023 and 2024; asking a lot now at the age of 14. |
33/1 |
|
36 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 4lb |
Bold show when seventh in this race in 2023 but he did not take to it so well when ninth last year; impressive in a French cross-country race in September but has not shone since, particularly back in France last Saturday, and he lacked any finishing punch when seventh in the Cheltenham cross-country; 13yo but the handicapper is showing very few concessions for his age. |
100/1 |
|
36 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
10st 4lb |
Bold show when seventh in this race in 2023 but he did not take to it so well when ninth last year; impressive in a French cross-country race in September but has not shone since, particularly back in France last Saturday, and he lacked any finishing punch when seventh in the Cheltenham cross-country; 13yo but the handicapper is showing very few concessions for his age. |
100/1 |
5/4
Form: /4111- D
Last run: 346 days
W: 11st 7lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 168
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 2 |
17th Mar 2026 Yielding 3m 2f 50y |
11st 7lb |
Ended his novice season with third in bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown; took his form to another level last season; backed up his Thyestes win by taking the Grade 2 Bobbyjo at Fairyhouse en route to leading home a one-two-three for the stable in the Grand National; makes a delayed reappearance after missing the John Durkan in December. |
5/4 |
|
1st 3 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
11st 8lb |
Capped his first season over fences with third to Minella Cocooner in bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown (extended 3m4f, good) last April and took his form to another level with two Grade 3 wins on testing ground in Ireland this year; the latest was in a good scrap with Intense Raffles, who's now a whopping 15lb better off; that helps to show that even more improvement is needed. |
25/1 |
|
1st 3 |
5th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1 |
11st 8lb |
Capped his first season over fences with third to Minella Cocooner in bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown (extended 3m4f, good) last April and took his form to another level with two Grade 3 wins on testing ground in Ireland this year; the latest was in a good scrap with Intense Raffles, who's now a whopping 15lb better off; that helps to show that even more improvement is needed. |
25/1 |
200/1
Form: PU3PP0 C
Last run: 15 days
W: 11st 0lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 105
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 16 |
4th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 2m 5f 45y |
10st 5lb |
Won a valuable staying handicap chase at the 2024 Punchestown festival; ordinary form since then, although did well to maintain contact with top-class performers when 66-1 outsider of four at Down Royal on St Patrick's Day; flattered by proximity but the run implies a return to form; rider doing well in point-to-points, 8-22 this season. |
14/1 |
Non-runners
Perceval Legallois
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | €4.60 |
| Straight Forecast | €7.10 |
| Trifecta | €10.30 |
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