14:17
Bet With The On Course Bookies Handicap Steeple Chase
Class 5, 2m½f (2m0f75y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-105, £5,017, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places (GoingStick: 5.1)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Myrighthandman is the strongest runner on our figures, rated 115 and a useful 7 lb clear of Another Folly on 108, which is a meaningful edge in a six-runner Class 5 over 16 furlongs on good ground at Newton Abbot. Another Folly is the main danger, with Reteti and Playful Fox both on 106 and capable of making it competitive if our pick is below his best. The rest, Leech and Annual Invitation, look to have too much to find on these figures. Myrighthandman is the selection, though confidence is only low.
Runners
Marc Goldstein
Sheena West 0/5
Reteti has finished in the first three in each of his last five starts, including a win two starts back and a third last time out, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 168 lb is the main risk, though a 29-day break shouldn't leave him short of fitness.
- Sire
- Sixties Icon (GB)
- Dam
- Siri (GB) by Atlantic Sport
- Owner
- Tusk Racing
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Lewes, West Sussex
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Stan Sheppard
Tom Lacey 0/11
Myrighthandman is yet to win in his last five starts, but a second three starts back and a third four back show he can run well, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our top-rated runner at 115, he's the one to beat despite a 178-day absence.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Cloghoge Lady (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Value Racing Myrighthandman
- Foaled
- 1 Jun 2021
- Stable
- Woolhope, H'fords
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 22%
- Ratings
- Perf 115
Ciaran Gethings
Mrs Jane Williams 1/11
Another Folly is a model of consistency, finishing fourth in each of his last five starts, and he's fit after just 12 days off, with experience of today's trip and going; our rating has him second of six. The risk is that he's yet to win and 167 lb leaves little margin.
- Sire
- Castle Du Berlais (FR)
- Dam
- Eau Tenebreuse (FR) by Lando
- Owner
- Crest Racing 11
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2019
- Stable
- George Nympton, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 11 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 108
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 19/80
Playful Fox has won twice in his last six starts, a winner three starts back and another five starts back, and he returns just 13 days after his last run, having been fifth in his last two outings. Our rating of 106 backs him as a threat, but the main risk is carrying 157 lb.
- Sire
- Hunter's Light (IRE)
- Dam
- Reform Act (USA) by Lemon Drop Kid
- Owner
- Babbitt Racing
- Foaled
- 22 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 19 wins from 80 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Jack Tudor
Christian Williams 1/14
Annual Invitation is hard to fancy, unplaced last time and with a seventh, a fifth, a ninth and another seventh before that, so he is winless in his last five starts. Carrying 156 lb off 93 does him no favours, though he has run over today's trip and going, and our rating has him last of six.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Tip Tap Toe (IRE) by Getaway
- Owner
- Sue Howell
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Ogmore-By-Sea, Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 14 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 89
Adam Wedge
Mrs C. Williams 1/21
Leech is winless in his last five, beaten into sixth last time out, and that run was 247 days ago, so fitness is a real worry, with a yard going 1/21 lately. In his favour, he has run over today's trip and was third two starts back, and again four starts back.
- Sire
- Masked Marvel (GB)
- Dam
- Lichtspiel (GER) by Areion
- Owner
- Mrs C Williams
- Foaled
- 1 May 2019
- Stable
- Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 21 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 22%
- Ratings
- Perf 92
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.