April 24 / 19.37 Chepstow

19.37

Good To Soft

Dunraven Bowl Pink Eyed Pedro “Grassroots’ Open Hunters” Chase

  • Prize money: £2874.48
  • 2m 7f 136y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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Dunraven Bowl Pink Eyed Pedro “Grassroots’ Open Hunters” Chase

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hunter Chase

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

11/8 (Won)

  • Win: £1.91
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 1162F1 D

Last run: 17 days

W: 12st 6lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 125

Form & Verdict
Rampant in sub-3m good-ground hurdle races and chases last summer, and has the beating of Yippee Ki Yay on a line through Macklin, whom he trounced at Exeter last time (3m, good); still fairly lightly raced over this sort of trip, and drying forecast rates a big plus.
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6th

7

7th Jul 2026

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 3

15:00 Uttoxeter

Stumps Or Slips

11st 6lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Polly Gundry

Won two hunter chases in April on good ground before gifted a point walkover; can't be ruled out after those exploits and his hurdle figure is 10lb beneath his chase mark; had win and placed form for Olly Murphy in this discipline.

10/1

1st

1

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Stumps Or Slips

12st 6lb

J: Mr Zac Baker

T: Edward William Walker

Rampant in sub-3m good-ground hurdle races and chases last summer, and has the beating of Yippee Ki Yay on a line through Macklin, whom he trounced at Exeter last time (3m, good); still fairly lightly raced over this sort of trip, and drying forecast rates a big plus.

11/8

4/1

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 165U-2 D

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 112

Form & Verdict
Track and going types come alike to this former Kelso and Exeter hunter chase winner (soft and good to soft); 11l behind a rival later drubbed by Stumps Or Slips on his most recent hunter chase start, but confidence levels topped up with an easy point win at Eyton-on-Severn (good to firm) since.
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2nd

7

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Yippee Ki Yay

11st 12lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Mrs N Sheppard

Track and going types come alike to this former Kelso and Exeter hunter chase winner (soft and good to soft); 11l behind a rival later drubbed by Stumps Or Slips on his most recent hunter chase start, but confidence levels topped up with an easy point win at Eyton-on-Severn (good to firm) since.

4/1

2nd

3

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Yippee Ki Yay

12st 6lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Mrs N Sheppard

Won twice under rules (once over C&D) in 2024; slightly disappointing when favourite for his latest point but the form of his first two runs this season reads quite well in this context; no surprise if he features.

16/1

30

3rd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 19y

Class 2

16:05 Aintree

Yippee Ki Yay

12st 0lb

J: Mr Ivor Herbert

T: Matt Sheppard

Won two hunter chases last year but those wins were in much easier races and he doesn't look in the same form now.

100/1

Form: 614PP- D

Last run: 391 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 111

Form & Verdict
Hampered when unseating in an open point at neighbouring Howick last month, and generally a safe ride; both handicap chase wins (from 17 starts over fences) have come over Wincanton's 3m1f on ground softer than good, and the drying forecast isn't strictly ideal.
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3rd

5

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Poppa Poutine

11st 12lb

J: Mr James Murray

T: Miss A Willmott

Hampered when unseating in an open point at neighbouring Howick last month, and generally a safe ride; both handicap chase wins (from 17 starts over fences) have come over Wincanton's 3m1f on ground softer than good, and the drying forecast isn't strictly ideal.

16/1

2

29th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

Class 4

16:30 Uttoxeter

Poppa Poutine

12st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

always behind

12/1

4

7th Feb 2025

Soft

3m 5f 142y

Class 4

14:12 Bangor-on-Dee

Poppa Poutine

11st 12lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

Rated much higher in the past so Newbury last time was disappointing (3m2f, good to soft) after going up just 3lb for winning a small-field handicap at Wincanton (3m1f, soft); getting back on soft ground should help and he'll stay okay.

12/1

Form: 3F2-5F

Last run: 17 days

W: 11st 12lb

11 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Landed back-to-back Fontwell and Wincanton staying handicap chases three years ago (good to soft); blameless exit behind Stumps Or Slips latest (hampered) but capable of throwing in his own errors or jumping right; form of this year's completed efforts falls well short of the required.
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4th

6

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Landed back-to-back Fontwell and Wincanton staying handicap chases three years ago (good to soft); blameless exit behind Stumps Or Slips latest (hampered) but capable of throwing in his own errors or jumping right; form of this year's completed efforts falls well short of the required.

33/1

9

7th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 54y

Class 4

17:10 Exeter

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Four wins under rules divided between hurdles and fences but at an ordinary level; 66-1 when tailed off behind Macklin here last month.

66/1

5th

11

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

17:13 Exeter

Windance

11st 12lb

J: Mr Jack Stenhouse

T: Martin Sweetland

Dual handicap winner in 2023 but last year's point/hunter chase form was uninspiring and he was a long way behind Crawter when reappearing in a Larkhill point this month.

50/1

Form: 2/51-P CD

Last run: 329 days

W: 12st 2lb

15 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Splendid old-timer who has won both confined novice (2019) and grassroots (2025) incarnations of this race (each on good); always held by a match-fit and five-years younger rival on this month's seasonal return, albeit beaten just 2l; likely to be spot on for his title defence.
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2

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 136y

Class 5

19:37 Chepstow

Pink Eyed Pedro

12st 2lb

J: Mr James King

T: David Brace

Splendid old-timer who has won both confined novice (2019) and grassroots (2025) incarnations of this race (each on good); always held by a match-fit and five-years younger rival on this month's seasonal return, albeit beaten just 2l; likely to be spot on for his title defence.

11/4

7

30th May 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 2

19:35 Stratford

Pink Eyed Pedro

12st 0lb

J: Mr James King

T: David Brace

Stratford record of P3322 includes a John Corbet third to Law Of Gold in 2019; no doubting his appetite for the game remains judged on scores in a Howick open and (latest) the Dunraven Bowl at Chepstow, but he'd be the oldest winner of this race since 15-year-old Otter Way in 1983.

9/1

7

30th May 2025

Good

3m 3f 119y

Class 2

19:35 Stratford

Pink Eyed Pedro

12st 0lb

J: Mr James King

T: David Brace

Stratford record of P3322 includes a John Corbet third to Law Of Gold in 2019; no doubting his appetite for the game remains judged on scores in a Howick open and (latest) the Dunraven Bowl at Chepstow, but he'd be the oldest winner of this race since 15-year-old Otter Way in 1983.

9/1

Non-runners

Ideal Du Tabert, Important Notice

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £3.00
Straight Forecast £3.56
Trifecta £8.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Stumps Or Slips

RP RATINGS:

Yippee Ki Yay

TOPSPEED:

Yippee Ki Yay

The Guardian:

Yippee Ki Yay

D Express:

Yippee Ki Yay

Daily Record:

Yippee Ki Yay

POSTDATA:

Stumps Or Slips

The Times:

Stumps Or Slips

Telegraph:

Stumps Or Slips

Daily Mail:

Stumps Or Slips

Daily Mirror:

Stumps Or Slips

The Sun:

Stumps Or Slips

The Star:

Stumps Or Slips