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Copybet For Champions League Profit Boosts National Hunt Flat Race (conditional & Amateur Jockey's Race) (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)
Class 5, 2m, NH Flat, 4-5yo, £2,451, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Good in places (GoingStick: 6.2)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Light Rain
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Ballydine Boy No. 1
Mr James King · Olly Murphy
✓ Top rated ✓ Trainer in form (8/33, 14 days) ✓ Back from a 209-day break
Ballydine Boy gets the vote at Worcester, as our top-rated runner on 111 and narrowly ahead of Tide Is Turning on 107, a four-pound edge that only narrowly separates them over this 16 furlongs on good to soft. Tide Is Turning is the obvious danger and sits close enough to turn the tables if our pick is below his best. The other four, Dressforsuccess, French Fancy, Ginolo and Maxi Twist, are unrated by us and hard to weigh up, which leaves Ballydine Boy's rating as the strongest line into the race. Ballydine Boy is the selection.
Runners
Mr James King
Olly Murphy 8/33
Ballydine Boy bounced back to winning ways two starts back before a fourth last time out, and he has run over today's trip, so the top-rated runner has a solid profile. A 209-day absence is the one reservation, though our rating of 111 ranks him first of six.
- Sire
- Shirocco (GER)
- Dam
- Lilywhite Gesture (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Bdrsyndicates
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 33 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
Harry Atkins (5)
Dan Skelton 22/89
Dressforsuccess is unexposed on his debut, so there's no form to lean on and plenty of scope for improvement. He carries 155 lb, and this first outing should tell us plenty about what he can do.
- Sire
- Shantaram (GB)
- Dam
- Ever Dreaming (USA) by Dynaformer
- Owner
- Money Down The River
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 22 wins from 89 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
Miss Eleanor Williams (5)
Mrs C. Williams 0/23
Unraced and with no form to go on, French Fancy is a pure unknown who looks open to improvement, though he carries 155 lb on debut and his yard is 0/23 in the last 14 days.
- Sire
- French Fifteen (FR)
- Dam
- Moon Giant (USA) by Giant's Causeway
- Owner
- Vale Racing 1
- Foaled
- 20 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 23 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 18%
Mr Henry Main (5)
Nicky Henderson 0/2
Ginolo is an unexposed debutant with no recorded form to go on, so he's open to any amount of improvement. The gelding carries 155 lb on his first start, and the unknown is the main angle here.
- Sire
- It's Gino (GER)
- Dam
- La Rusee (FR) by Falco
- Owner
- Charlotte's Web
- Foaled
- 17 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
Rian Corcoran (5)
David Pipe 1/7
- Sire
- Poet's Word (IRE)
- Dam
- Our Polly (IRE) by Saint Des Saints
- Owner
- Bs3 Services Ltd
- Foaled
- 25 May 2022
- Stable
- Nicholashayne, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 7 runs (14%)
Lewis Saunders (5)
Olly Murphy 8/33
Unexposed gelding who won last time out in his only recent start, so there should be more to come, though he returns after 171 days off and carries 155 lb, which is a notable weight to shoulder.
- Sire
- Maxios (GB)
- Dam
- Payngo (IRE) by Mahler
- Owner
- Mrs J M Jones
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 33 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
Bradley Harris (3)
Neil Mulholland 4/23
Tide Is Turning bumps into a leading threat after a third last time out, and he has run over today's trip, while our rating of 107 puts him second of six. The one concern is a 221-day absence, so fitness is the question carrying 155 lb.
- Sire
- Frontiersman (GB)
- Dam
- Oriental Flame (GB) by Norse Dancer
- Owner
- S Harvey
- Foaled
- 1 May 2022
- Stable
- Limpley Stoke, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 23 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
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.