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Bet Vickers Durham National Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 2, 3m5f (3m5f48y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-145, £14,308, 7 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 7.1)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Tommie Beau No. 2
Benjamin Macey · Seamus Mullins
✓ Top rated ✓ Course & distance winner ✓ Won last time out
Tommie Beau heads our ratings on 135 and looks the right choice in this seven-runner Class 2 over 29f on good ground. He is three pounds better than Ki Woo, so the edge is narrow rather than decisive, but it is enough to make him the one to beat. Ki Woo is the chief danger on 132, with Red Delta (128) not far behind, while Ivane (118) is a more distant threat. Tommie Beau gets the nod.
Runners
Jack Tudor
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 0/15
Ki Woo bounced back from a fifth three starts back to be second last time out, and he's won twice in his last five, so he's a leading danger who has run over today's trip and going. The main risk is a 112-day absence, with 168 lb on his back.
- Sire
- Cokoriko (FR)
- Dam
- Calonge (FR) by Kap Rock
- Owner
- Haydock Park Racing Company Limited
- Foaled
- 10 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Oldcastle, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 15 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 28%
- Ratings
- Perf 132
Benjamin Macey (5)
Seamus Mullins 2/7
Tommie Beau won last time out and again four starts back, with a second three starts back in a solid recent run, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 135 puts him top of the seven, though 48 days since his last run is the one question.
- Sire
- Brian Boru (GB)
- Dam
- Bajan Girl (FR) by Emperor Jones
- Owner
- Simon Christine Prout
- Foaled
- 9 Mar 2015
- Stable
- USA
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 7 runs (29%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 135
Brian Hughes
Fiona Needham 0/0
Red Delta has a win and a second in his last five starts, has run over today's trip and going before, and our rating of 128 ranks him third of seven. The main risk is a 186-day absence, plus a sixth last time out and 157 lb on his back.
- Sire
- Ocovango (GB)
- Dam
- Red Card (IRE) by Flemensfirth
- Owner
- R Tate
- Foaled
- 12 May 2019
- Stable
- Boltby, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Ratings
- Perf 128
James Bowen
Mickey Bowen 3/25
Dexperts Opinion arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out, a second two starts back, and a winner three starts back, and he has run on today's going before. Against that, 44 days off and 150 lb on an official mark of 115 temper enthusiasm, with our rating of 117 leaving him fifth of seven.
- Sire
- Court Cave (IRE)
- Dam
- Anotherlady (IRE) by Gamut
- Owner
- Miss Jayne Brace
- Foaled
- 16 May 2020
- Stable
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokes
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 25 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 46%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Jonathan Burke
James Owen 9/54
Ivane has run over today's trip and going before, and a pair of fourths followed a second five starts back, so he's far from out of his depth off 115, with our rating of 118 ranking him fourth of seven. The risk is a pulled-up last time out and a 103-day absence, while he also carries 150 lb.
- Sire
- Network (GER)
- Dam
- Uvanana (FR) by Dom Alco
- Owner
- Keaveney Butcher
- Foaled
- 1 May 2018
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 54 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
Adam Wedge
Christian Williams 1/14
Fever Dream arrives in good heart, a winner last time out and again three starts back, with experience of today's trip and going, but he carries 148 lb off 113 and ranks only sixth of seven on our figures, which makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Sholokhov (IRE)
- Dam
- O What A Girl (IRE) by Anshan
- Owner
- Bedford Noel The Cant Say No
- Foaled
- 10 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Ogmore-By-Sea, Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 14 runs (7%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
- Wind surgery
- w 2
Jonathan England
Sam England 1/21
Three straight seconds suggest he's in good heart, but he's still a winless runner since six starts back, and a trainer going 1 from 21 lately makes him hard to fancy. He's back quickly after eight days, carries 143 lb and has run on today's going, though our figures rank him last of seven.
- Sire
- Pillar Coral (GB)
- Dam
- Canto Creek (GB) by Beat All
- Owner
- John Birtles And Bill Allan
- Foaled
- 12 May 2019
- Stable
- Guiseley, W Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 21 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 109
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.