15:45
Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle Race
Class 4, 2m½f (2m0f125y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-100, £4,621, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Pigeon House heads our ratings at Market Rasen, narrowly ahead of Takeit Easy by two pounds and three clear of Pergamon, which is enough to make him our selection in a tightly packed Class 4 over two miles on good ground. That is a slim edge rather than a dominant one, so Takeit Easy and Pergamon must be respected as the chief dangers, with Caelan also within range at 109. Ballygeary and Saint Polo look to have more to find on our figures, which leaves this as a race where Pigeon House's slight superiority can tell. Pigeon House is the pick, though only with low confidence.
Runners
William Shanahan (5)
Jennie Candlish 2/31
Pergamon arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out and again two, three and four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The risk is a 38-day break and a hefty 168 lb, with our rating ranking him third of six.
- Sire
- Frankel (GB)
- Dam
- Spain Burg (FR) by Sageburg
- Owner
- Frank The Tank
- Foaled
- 27 Jan 2021
- Stable
- Basford, Staffs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 31 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Beau Morgan (5)
Charles & Adam Pogson 0/0
Pigeon House has run over today's trip and on the going, and he arrives off a fourth last time out, with a second three starts back and a win five starts back; he carries 166 lb, and a 42-day break is the one question. Our rating has him top of the six, and he looks the one to beat.
- Sire
- Saxon Warrior (JPN)
- Dam
- Zaitana (IRE) by Zoffany
- Owner
- New Vision Bloodstock
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Farnsfield, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Sean Bowen
Jack Jones 2/8
Saint Polo has been in cracking form, a third last time out, a third two starts back and three wins before that, and has run over today's trip and going, but he carries 157 lb off an official 108, and our figures rank him last of six.
- Sire
- Storm The Stars (USA)
- Dam
- Une Royal (FR) by Royal Dragon
- Owner
- The Mammoth Pack Ltd
- Foaled
- 19 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 8 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 31%
- Ratings
- Perf 103
James Bowen
Sarah Humphrey 0/4
Caelan has been in the frame twice in his last five, with a second three starts back and a third four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The risk is a 91-day absence and an unseated last time out, while carrying 157 lb.
- Sire
- Tamayuz (GB)
- Dam
- Fou Rire (IRE) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- Yen Hall Farm Racing
- Foaled
- 1 Feb 2021
- Stable
- West Wratting, Cambs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 109
Joshua Thompson (5)
Mike Sowersby 1/8
Ballygeary won last time out and has had just nine days to recover, but that sits alongside three fifths and a third in his other recent runs, and he carries 155 lb. He has run over today's trip and going, yet our figures rank him fifth of six.
- Sire
- Flemensfirth (USA)
- Dam
- Sweet Poli (IRE) by Poliglote
- Owner
- A Waite
- Foaled
- 24 May 2017
- Stable
- Little Barugh, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 8 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
Jack Andrews
Pam Sly 0/0
Takeit Easy arrives with solid recent form, a fourth last time out following a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before; our rating of 114 ranks him second of six. The one concern is a 208-day absence, carrying 155 lb.
- Sire
- Malinas (GER)
- Dam
- Circus Rose (GB) by Most Welcome
- Owner
- Mrs P M Sly
- Foaled
- 15 May 2015
- Stable
- Thorney, Cambs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
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.