14:35
Heb Group "the Power Behind Everyday" Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 4, 2m (1m7f182y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,700, 4 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 6.5)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Bright but Windy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Cheesy Icon is our selection at Southwell, and the case rests on a progressive profile that makes him more appealing than his rating alone suggests. At 117 he sits only five pounds behind the joint top-rated pair, Marche d'Aligre and Four Springs, both on 122, so the gap is small enough for his upward trajectory to close it. Those two are the chief dangers, with Lady Kara on 112 also needing respect in a compact six-runner field. This is a tight call, but Cheesy Icon is the pick.
Runners
Kielan Woods
Ben Pauling 0/5
Four Springs counts two wins in his last five starts, a second two starts back and a third three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 220-day absence and a pulled-up effort last time out, with 168 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Berkshire (IRE)
- Dam
- Send For Molly (FR) by Arcadio
- Owner
- T P Radford
- Foaled
- 27 May 2021
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 122
Charlie Deutsch
Mel Rowley 0/1
Cheesy Icon has been in the frame in his last two, third last time out and a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 290-day absence is the one reservation, though our rating of 117, third of six, gives him a tentative chance off 166 lb.
- Sire
- Sixties Icon (GB)
- Dam
- Ettie Hart (IRE) by Bushranger
- Owner
- E Murchan K Mcconnell A P Shaw
- Foaled
- 13 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Bridgnorth, Shrops
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden 2/12
Without a win in his last five, Marche d'Aligre still shows a pair of seconds and a third in that spell, has run over today's trip and going, and our top-ranked runner of six on 122 against an official 116 is a leading danger. The risk is a 192-day absence and 166 lb on his back.
- Sire
- Seahenge (USA)
- Dam
- Simplon (GB) by Rail Link
- Owner
- Billam Roe Swindell Wilson The Molds
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 12 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Ratings
- Perf 122
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 3/18
Jamada's recent form reads well, with a third last time out, a winner two starts back and a third three starts back, but 151 days off is a long absence and he carries 158 lb. He has run over today's trip and going, yet our figures rank him fifth of six.
- Sire
- Affinisea (IRE)
- Dam
- Sounds Of Thunder (GB) by Tobougg
- Owner
- Mick Fitzgerald Racing Syndicate 4
- Foaled
- 27 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 18 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 112
Mr T Walsh (7)
Olly Murphy 3/18
Ask A Sainte has been beaten in his last two, a seventh last time out and a fourth two starts back, with a pulled up before that, so he is hard to fancy at the bottom of our ranking. On the plus side, he has run over today's trip and going, is back quickly after nine days, and won five starts back.
- Sire
- Ask (GB)
- Dam
- Sainte Fortuna (FR) by Zero Problemo
- Owner
- Fools And Horses
- Foaled
- 21 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 18 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Luke Scott (3)
Dr Richard Newland 1/17
Lady Kara arrives in good heart, second last time out and second two starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. Back out just six days later, the main risk is whether she's fresh enough off 155 lb, though our rating of 112 backs her as a leading threat.
- Sire
- Kapgarde (FR)
- Dam
- Karalee (FR) by Martaline
- Owner
- Upton House Stud
- Foaled
- 16 Feb 2021
- Stable
- Claines, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 24%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.