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Sky Sports Racing Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 3m2f (3m1f170y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,752, 5 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Badbury Rings is our selection at Newton Abbot, and he looks the right call on the soft ground over this marathon trip. He sits only two pounds behind the top-rated Kick Up A Storm on our figures, but he is fitter and has the more solid book of form, which is enough to tip the balance in his favour. Kick Up A Storm is the chief danger as the narrowly higher-rated runner, with Not A Light just a pound better than our pick, and Mask of Zorro is not far behind them in a tight contest. Badbury Rings gets the nod.
Runners
Sean Bowen
Rebecca Curtis 3/10
Fairye Forth won last time out, with a second, third and fourth before that, so the form reads well, but he returns after 176 days off and carries 168 lb off an official mark of 117. Our figures have him fifth of six, which makes him hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Kingston Hill (GB)
- Dam
- Let Her Cry (IRE) by Westerner
- Owner
- Away With The Fairys Partnership
- Foaled
- 29 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Newport, Pembrokeshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 10 runs (30%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 112
Freddie Gingell
Paul Nicholls 0/6
Kick Up A Storm won two starts in succession, a first three starts back and another four starts back, and he has run over today's trip, while our rating has him top of six. The risk is plain: he was pulled up last time out and returns after 518 days off, carrying 168 lb.
- Sire
- Shantou (USA)
- Dam
- Erins Stage (IRE) by King's Theatre
- Owner
- Mrs Helen Moger
- Foaled
- 1 Jun 2018
- Stable
- Ditcheat, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 119
Brendan Powell
Joe Tizzard 9/30
Four wins in his last five starts make Mask of Zorro a leading threat, and he has run on today's going before, with the yard in form at 9 from 30 over the last 14 days. The one concern is a 245-day absence, plus 167 lb to carry after a fourth last time out.
- Sire
- Masked Marvel (GB)
- Dam
- Ville Sainte (FR) by Saint Des Saints
- Owner
- The Alyasan Partnership
- Foaled
- 23 May 2020
- Stable
- Milborne Port, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 30 runs (30%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 115
246 days
9yo, 11-7, OR 110 /642P-
J: Jack Stenhouse (7) · T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Jack Stenhouse (7)
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 1/12
Not A Light was pulled up last time but finished second two starts back, has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 118 ranks him second of six. The main risk is a 246-day absence under 161 lb.
- Sire
- Leading Light (IRE)
- Dam
- Famous Lady (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- P J Hobbs
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Bilbrook, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
Conor O'Farrell
Neil Mulholland 4/22
Badbury Rings arrives in cracking recent form, a fourth last time out, after back-to-back wins two and three starts back, and he has run on today's going before. Fit enough after 21 days off, he is our pick despite 159 lb, which is the one reservation.
- Sire
- Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)
- Dam
- Barton Heather (GB) by Midnight Legend
- Owner
- Chris Tory
- Foaled
- 14 May 2019
- Stable
- Limpley Stoke, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 22 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Adam Wedge
Mrs C. Williams 1/21
Woodythewoodpecker was third last time out and second in the two runs before that, yet he is yet to win in his last five starts, and a 205-day absence plus a stable at 1/23 are hard to ignore. He has run over today's trip and going, but 152 lb and a sixth-of-six ranking on our figures make him tough to fancy.
- Sire
- Doyen (IRE)
- Dam
- Omyn Supreme (IRE) by Supreme Leader
- Owner
- Stoneacre Racing
- Foaled
- 23 May 2020
- Stable
- Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 21 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 25%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
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.