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Dartmoor Magazine Intermediate Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 2, 2m5f (2m4f216y), Chase, 4yo+, £16,338, 4 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places (GoingStick: 5.1)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Quebecois is the pick on our figures, rated 137 and a full 9 lb better than Country Mile on 128, which is a meaningful edge in a four-runner contest over 21 furlongs on good ground. Country Mile is the main danger and the one most likely to make him work, while El Capitaine (118) and Leading Choice (116) look to have a good deal to find. With so small a field, a smooth trip should see Quebecois do enough, though confidence is only low. Quebecois is the selection.
Runners
Brendan Powell
Kayley Woollacott 0/1
El Capitaine won last time out and also five starts back, a winner twice in his last five outings, and he has run over today's trip before. The main risk is a 211-day absence, with 156 lb to carry adding to the task.
- Sire
- Mahler (GB)
- Dam
- Lady Of The Hall (IRE) by Saddlers' Hall
- Owner
- Ivan G Thompson
- Foaled
- 20 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Woolminstone, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 19/80
Country Mile arrives fresh from a win last time out, with a third and a second before that, and he's back quickly after 13 days and has run on today's going. The risk is his 150 lb burden off an official mark of 137.
- Sire
- Ocovango (GB)
- Dam
- Uncatchable (IRE) by Catcher In The Rye
- Owner
- Stephen Bough
- Foaled
- 12 May 2019
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 19 wins from 80 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 128
Sean Houlihan
Nicky Martin 0/1
Leading Choice arrives with back-to-back thirds and has run over today's trip and going, while our rating of 116 sits above his official 108 and he is yet to win in recent starts. The main risk is a 234-day layoff, plus 150 lb on his back.
- Sire
- Leading Light (IRE)
- Dam
- Rachel's Choice (IRE) by Ela-Mana-Mou
- Owner
- Bradley Partnership
- Foaled
- 18 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Withypool, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Sam Twiston-Davies
Paul Nicholls 1/7
Quebecois is yet to win in his last five, but a third two starts back and seconds three and four starts back show he is reliably competitive, and he has run over today's trip and going. A 182-day absence and a pulled-up last time out are the reservations, yet he still heads our ratings.
- Sire
- No Risk At All (FR)
- Dam
- Miss Poutine (FR) by Chamberlin
- Owner
- Mcneill Stevens Mckenzie Flowers Walsh
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Ditcheat, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 7 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 137
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.