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Bet Boost At Bet365 Crossley Handicap Steeple Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Class 1, 2m3½f (2m3f85y), Chase, 4yo+, £42,712, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.4)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Charlie Todd · Dan Skelton
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (16/77, 14 days)
Matterhorn looks the one to beat in this seven-runner Class 1 over 20 furlongs at Wetherby, rated 148 on our figures and six pounds clear of his nearest pursuer. That kind of margin matters over a stamina-testing trip on good ground. Prairie Wolf, on 142, is the chief danger, with Breaking Cover (138) and Crebilly (135) the other two who must be respected, though both have plenty to find on our figures. Matterhorn is our selection.
Runners
Charlie Todd
Dan Skelton 16/77
Matterhorn showed he has the ability with a win five starts back and a second three starts back, and he returns just 16 days after his last run, having run over today's trip and going before. Our rating makes him the one to beat, though a seventh last time out is the blot.
- Sire
- Martaline (GB)
- Dam
- Sacarine (FR) by Turgeon
- Owner
- Mrs Johnny De La Hey
- Foaled
- 7 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 16 wins from 77 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 148
Chad Bament (5)
Anthony Honeyball 3/8
Three straight wins, the latest 26 days ago, make Breaking Cover a leading threat, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is the 167 lb burden off an official rating of 142, with our rating ranking him third of seven.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Peace And The City (FR) by Elusive City
- Owner
- Cartwright Langford And Saunders
- Foaled
- 1 May 2018
- Stable
- Mosterton, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 8 runs (38%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 138
Prairie Wolf p D
223 days
9yo, 11-13, OR 142 31911-
J: Danny McMenamin · T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith
Danny McMenamin
Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith 2/8
Prairie Wolf has won three of his last five, including last time out and two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 223-day absence, so fitness is the question, especially carrying 167 lb.
- Sire
- Sageburg (IRE)
- Dam
- Applause For Amy (IRE) by King's Theatre
- Owner
- G R Orchard Mrs J M Gray
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2017
- Stable
- High Eldwick, W Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 8 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 142
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 7/29
- Sire
- Westerner (GB)
- Dam
- Be Mine Tonight (IRE) by Carroll House
- Owner
- Aim Equestrian Ltd Russell
- Foaled
- 24 May 2018
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 29 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 132
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 7/25
Crebilly arrives fit after 16 days off, a third last time out, a winner two starts back and another success five starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is that, carrying 157 lb, his own rating of 135 ranks only fourth of seven.
- Sire
- Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)
- Dam
- Blueberry Bramble (IRE) by Pistolet Bleu
- Owner
- John P Mcmanus
- Foaled
- 7 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Cheltenham, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 25 runs (28%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 135
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 16/77
Three straight seconds since winning four starts back look solid, but Kingston Narcissus has been off 104 days, carries 155 lb off an official 130, and has run over today's trip and going. Our figures rank him last of seven, which makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Authorized (IRE)
- Dam
- Kingston Acacia (GB) by King Of Roses
- Owner
- St Racing Sunglasses Syndicate
- Foaled
- 13 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 16 wins from 77 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 128
Harry Cobden
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 7/25
Genois is hard to fancy after unseating last time out and being pulled up three starts back, with just one win in his last five, a fifth-back success. He has run over today's trip and going, and returns after 16 days, but 150 lb is a stiff burden and our figures rank him sixth of seven.
- Sire
- Saddler Maker (IRE)
- Dam
- La Rousseliere (FR) by April Night
- Owner
- John P Mcmanus
- Foaled
- 25 Apr 2016
- Stable
- Cheltenham, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 25 runs (28%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 131
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.