14:25
Bet365 Handicap Hurdle Race
Class 3, 2m3½f (2m3f154y), Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-130, £5,281, 4 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.4)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Service Minimum No. 1
Dominic Lewis · Dan Skelton
✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (16/77, 14 days)
Service Minimum is the pick of a tight four-runner contest at Wetherby, with a progressive profile giving her the edge over Washington, who is rated just a pound better on our figures. Rated level with Handlethekettle at 125, she looks every bit as capable over the 20 furlongs on good ground, and her upward trajectory is the deciding factor. Washington is the chief danger on 126 and Handlethekettle is equally close, while Spot On Soph looks to have plenty to find on 105. Service Minimum gets the nod.
Runners
Dominic Lewis (10)
Dan Skelton 16/77
Service Minimum showed her wellbeing with a third last time out, and she has won three of her last five, including a victory two starts back. Fresh from a 14-day break, she has run over today's trip and going before, though 170 lb is a stiff burden.
- Sire
- Doctor Dino (FR)
- Dam
- Zanzibelle (FR) by Zanzibari
- Owner
- Susan Johnson
- Foaled
- 10 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 16 wins from 77 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 125
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden 4/15
Handlethekettle arrives in cracking form, a second last time out after back-to-back wins, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before. The one concern is a 56-day absence under 160 lb, which could leave him vulnerable to a sharper rival.
- Sire
- Youmzain (IRE)
- Dam
- Tooreen (IRE) by Gold Well
- Owner
- Rc Syndicate Viii
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 15 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 125
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham 0/14
Ranked top of our four-runner field, Washington has run over today's trip and going before, and a 20-day break keeps him fresh; he carries 160 lb off 122, but he is winless in his last five, finishing seventh last time out.
- Sire
- Westerner (GB)
- Dam
- Present Leader (GB) by Presenting
- Owner
- Syders Burkes
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2016
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 14 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Rebecca Hitchen (7)
Sam England 3/24
Spot On Soph arrives in cracking nick, a second last time out after back-to-back wins two and three starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. The risk is her 147 lb burden, with our rating placing her fourth of four.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Gwenadu (FR) by Cadoubel
- Owner
- Mowbray Park
- Foaled
- 13 May 2016
- Stable
- Guiseley, W Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 24 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 105
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.