14:10
Unibet Middle Distance Chase Series Veterans' Handicap Steeple Chase
Class 2, 2m5½f (2m5f89y), Chase, 9yo+, Rated 0-150, £15,843, 5 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Overcast
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Ga Law No. 1
Isabelle Ryder · Jamie Snowden
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (6/16, 14 days)
Ga Law is the clear call at Market Rasen, rated 159 on our figures, a full 15 lb better than Tommy's Oscar on 144 and miles clear of the rest in a five-runner field. That sort of margin gives him plenty in hand over this marathon 22f trip on good to soft ground, and he only needs to run to his level to take this. Tommy's Oscar is the chief danger, with Mars Harper and Sure Touch also in the mix, but each would need to improve considerably to get close. Ga Law is the selection.
Runners
Isabelle Ryder (5)
Jamie Snowden 6/16
Ga Law has twice finished third in his last four starts, a third two starts back and another three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating makes him the one to beat despite top weight of 168 lb, though 309 days off is a reservation.
- Sire
- Sinndar (IRE)
- Dam
- Law (FR) by Lute Antique
- Owner
- Foxtrot Racing Ga Law
- Foaled
- 30 Apr 2016
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 6 wins from 16 runs (38%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 159
Danny McMenamin
Ann Hamilton 0/3
Tommy's Oscar has been consistent, with a second five starts back, a win four starts back, a second two runs ago and a fourth last time out, and he has run on today's going before. Fresh enough after 21 days, but 161 lb is a hefty burden and the main risk.
- Sire
- Oscar (IRE)
- Dam
- Glibin (IRE) by Luso
- Owner
- Ian Hamilton
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2015
- Stable
- Capheaton, Northumberland
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 144
Tabitha Worsley
Sarah Humphrey 0/3
Mars Harper showed he can get involved with a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before, while our 137 rating ranks him third of five. The main risk is a 155-day absence, plus 153 lb on his back after a sixth last time out.
- Sire
- Sulamani (IRE)
- Dam
- Kizzy May (IRE) by Definite Article
- Owner
- Shooting Stars
- Foaled
- 4 May 2016
- Stable
- West Wratting, Cambs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 137
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 7/30
Sure Touch has been consistent, finishing fourth last time out, third two starts back, and a winner five starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Fresh from a 29-day break with the yard in form, the risk is carrying 149 lb off a mark of 130.
- Sire
- Yeats (IRE)
- Dam
- Liberthine (FR) by Chamberlin
- Owner
- Geegeezcouk Om Partner
- Foaled
- 28 Feb 2016
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 30 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 133
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard 9/33
Triple Trade was sixth last time out and unseated two starts back, with a win now five starts old and 193 days off the track, so he is hard to fancy at 147 lb. On the plus side, he has run over today's trip and going, and the yard is in form with 9 winners from 32 in the last 14 days.
- Sire
- Norse Dancer (IRE)
- Dam
- Doubly Guest (GB) by Barathea Guest
- Owner
- Sjs Racing
- Foaled
- 11 Mar 2016
- Stable
- Milborne Port, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 33 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- 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.