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Insurance Connections Best Bet Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 3m (3m0f10y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-110, £4,700, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Emailandy looks the one to beat in this eight-runner staying contest at Uttoxeter, with our rating of 130 putting him a sizeable 17 lb clear of his nearest rivals, which is a gap that should count over the 24 furlongs on good ground. Post Chaise and Fern Hill, both rated 113, are the main dangers, with Safe Destination on 110 also needing to be respected, but none of them can match the top-rated runner on our figures. Emailandy is top-rated by a wide margin and should be hard to beat. Emailandy is our selection.
Runners
Jack Quinlan
Ben Case 0/4
Fern Hill arrives with a third last time out, and a second two starts back, showing he's consistently in the frame, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The one concern is a 198-day layoff, with 168 lb to carry too.
- Sire
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)
- Dam
- Water Rock (GB) by El Conquistador
- Owner
- J E Harrison Mrs S Case
- Foaled
- 9 May 2015
- Stable
- Edgcote, Northants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Jonathan Burke
James Owen 9/52
Winless in his last four, Back It Up has finished fourth, fifth and fourth since being pulled up, and that tame sequence makes him hard to fancy under 167 lb. He has run on today's going and is fresh enough after 15 days, but our figures rank him seventh of eight.
- Sire
- Mahler (GB)
- Dam
- Meryemnana (IRE) by Pistolet Bleu
- Owner
- J R M Ridge
- Foaled
- 15 Jun 2018
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 52 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 60%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
Post Chaise tb D
42 days
9yo, 11-12, OR 108 0512/6
J: Jack Tudor · T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero
Jack Tudor
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 0/15
Post Chaise won three starts back and was second two runs ago, so a sixth last time out looks the exception, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 113 ranks him second of 8, but 166 lb and 42 days off are the concern.
- Sire
- Shirocco (GER)
- Dam
- Trazona Kit (IRE) by Beneficial
- Owner
- Graham Cardwell
- Foaled
- 24 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Oldcastle, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 15 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 34%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Sean Bowen
Martin Keighley 2/15
Emailandy bounced back from a third three starts back to win two starts back, and he has run on today's going before, while only 13 days since a pulled-up effort keeps him fresh. Our top-rated runner at 165 lb, he is the one to beat, despite that latest blip.
- Sire
- Mount Nelson (GB)
- Dam
- Eoz (IRE) by Sadler's Wells
- Owner
- Martin Keighley Racing Partnership 26
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Luckley, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 15 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 130
Safe Destination p CD
225 days
8yo, 11-11, OR 107 126PP-
J: Sam Twiston-Davies · T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 9/26
Safe Destination won five starts back and was second four starts back, while the stable is in cracking form with 9 winners from 26 in the last 14 days, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The big risk is a 225-day absence after two pulled-up efforts.
- Sire
- Pether's Moon (IRE)
- Dam
- Leighton Lass (GB) by Shirocco
- Owner
- Malcolm Berryman
- Foaled
- 19 Feb 2018
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 26 runs (35%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 110
Jack Hogan
Fergal O'Brien 3/17
Mahler Moon won three and five starts back, with seconds in between, but he was only sixth last time out and returns after 145 days off. He has run over today's trip and on this going, though 163 lb is a hefty burden, and our rating of 110 ranks him fifth of eight.
- Sire
- Mahler (GB)
- Dam
- Celestial Spirit (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Mrs K M Pink
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Withington, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 17 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 110
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain 2/20
Camarrate bounced back to finish second last time out after being pulled up two starts back, and he has run on today's going before, though carrying 162 lb off an official mark of 104 is a stiff ask. Our rating of 107 ranks him sixth of eight.
- Sire
- Gleneagles (IRE)
- Dam
- Celtic Cygnet (IRE) by Arcano
- Owner
- Owners Group 127
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Cholmondeley, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 20 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 21%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
Jamie Hamilton
John Wainwright 0/1
Winless in his last six, Slaney Opera was third last time out and second two starts back, but he's had an 84-day break and is rated bottom of eight on our figures. He has run over today's trip and going, yet 154 lb makes life tough.
- Sire
- Sholokhov (IRE)
- Dam
- Miss Opera (GB) by Alflora
- Owner
- J Camm
- Foaled
- 19 May 2018
- Stable
- Norton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 22%
- Ratings
- Perf 104
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.