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Christmas Jumper & Student Raceday 3rd December Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 3, 3m3½f (3m3f123y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-140, £13,202, 4 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Overcast
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›The Doyen Chief No. 1
Tom Cannon · Nick Scholfield
✓ Top rated ✓ Course winner ✓ Back from a 176-day break
The Doyen Chief is the clear pick in this four-runner staying contest at Market Rasen, rated 143 on our figures and a hefty 9 lb clear of Livin On Luco, who is the closest threat on 134. Rivers Corner (129) is a further 5 lb back and Paper Mill (117) is lowest-rated of the four, so the selection has a sizeable cushion even if conditions on the good to soft ground prove testing over 28 furlongs. Livin On Luco is the one most likely to make it competitive, but he needs to improve to get within reach. The Doyen Chief is the selection.
Runners
Tom Cannon
Nick Scholfield 0/11
The Doyen Chief won four starts back and was second three starts back, and he has run on today's going before, while our top-rated status rests on a 143 figure against his official 139. Pulled up last time and 176 days off, he's a risk on fitness, but he's still the one to beat.
- Sire
- Doyen (IRE)
- Dam
- Mandarli (IRE) by Darsi
- Owner
- Simon Smode
- Foaled
- 21 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 143
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard 9/33
Rivers Corner has won twice in his last five starts, a win two starts back and another four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going, with a yard in form at 9/32 over the last 14 days. The risk is a 202-day absence after an eighth last time out.
- Sire
- Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)
- Dam
- Whisky Rose (IRE) by Old Vic
- Owner
- J P Romans Nick Case
- Foaled
- 7 Jun 2018
- Stable
- Milborne Port, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 33 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 129
Sean Bowen
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 1/9
Livin On Luco makes a leading threat, having finished second two starts back and with experience over today's trip and going, while our rating ranks him second of four. The main risk is a 183-day absence and a pulled-up effort last time out, with 157 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Malinas (GER)
- Dam
- Andrea's Answer (IRE) by Winged Love
- Owner
- The Philip Hobbs Racing Partnership
- Foaled
- 3 May 2018
- Stable
- Bilbrook, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 9 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 134
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds 3/9
Paper Mill arrives in fine heart, a winner last time out and again five starts back, with a second three starts back and a fourth two starts back in between, and a 24-day break looks ideal. The main risk is the 146 lb on his back, with our rating placing him fourth of four.
- Sire
- Schiaparelli (GER)
- Dam
- Diva Of Norwich (IRE) by Norwich
- Owner
- M Kehoe
- Foaled
- 23 May 2016
- Stable
- Stewkley, Bucks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 9 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
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.