14:00
Sodexo Live! Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 2, 2m1f (2m0f172y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-150, £52,030, 12 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to firm in places
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Boothill No. 4
Bryan Carver · Harry Fry
✓ Top rated ✓ Course & distance winner ✓ Back from a 205-day break
Boothill heads our ratings on 161, a clear nine pounds better than Brookie on 152, and that margin gives him the strongest claim in a 12-runner Class 2 over 17 furlongs on good ground. Brookie is the principal danger, with Martator only two pounds further back on 150, while Teddy Blue on 145 completes the group that looks most likely to make him work. The rest of the field are rated 141 or lower, so Boothill only needs to run to his level to be hard to peg back, even if confidence is low in such a competitive contest. Boothill is our selection.
Runners
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham 1/16
Teddy Blue showed he retains ability when third last time out, and he has a winner three starts back on his record, while he has run over today's trip and on this going. The main risk is a 189-day absence, with 168 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Sea The Moon (GER)
- Dam
- Tickle Me Blue (GER) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- Hale Sargent Evans Clifton
- Foaled
- 10 Feb 2018
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 16 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 145
Charlie Deutsch
Venetia Williams 0/3
Martator won last time out and has run over today's trip and going, while our rating of 150 ranks him third of 12 and makes him a leading threat under 168 lb. The one concern is a 234-day absence, so fitness is the main risk.
- Sire
- Martaline (GB)
- Dam
- Tornada (FR) by Ballingarry
- Owner
- Camilla Norton
- Foaled
- 27 Jan 2017
- Stable
- Kings Caple, H'fords
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 150
Callum Pritchard
Ben Pauling 0/24
Vanderpoel won two starts back and again three starts back, but he was seventh last time out and returns after 234 days off, with his yard 0/24 in the last 14 days. He has run over today's trip and going, though 165 lb is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- Sholokhov (IRE)
- Dam
- Dear Songbird (IRE) by Millenary
- Owner
- Lady Dulverton
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 24 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 141
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Bryan Carver
Harry Fry 1/4
Boothill is the one to beat on our figures, having run over today's trip and going before and finished third three starts back, though he is winless in his last five and returns after 205 days off. Carrying 161 lb is a fair test, yet his official mark of 137 looks workable.
- Sire
- Presenting (GB)
- Dam
- Oyster Pipit (IRE) by Accordion
- Owner
- Brian Sandy Lambert
- Foaled
- 11 May 2015
- Stable
- Corscombe, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 4 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 161
Ben Godfrey
Anthony Honeyball 3/9
Brookie has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 152 puts him second of 12, well clear of his official 137 while he carries 161 lb. The risk is obvious: he fell last time out and returns after 189 days off.
- Sire
- Policy Maker (IRE)
- Dam
- Presenting D'Azy (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Abigail Rugg
- Foaled
- 18 May 2017
- Stable
- Mosterton, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 9 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 152
David Bass
Henry Daly 1/6
Three wins in his last five starts is a decent calling card, but he was eighth last time out after being pulled up two starts back, and 199 days off is a long layoff. He has run over today's trip and going, yet 159 lb is a hefty burden, and our rating of 138 ranks him seventh of twelve.
- Sire
- Cokoriko (FR)
- Dam
- Clemence (FR) by Laveron
- Owner
- C Daly Pilkingtons
- Foaled
- 21 Feb 2019
- Stable
- Ludlow, Shropshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 6 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 138
Harry Kimber
Faye Bramley 1/13
Glengouly won two starts back but was only seventh last time out, and he pulled up in his three runs before that, so consistency is the worry. He has run over today's trip and going, returns after 20 days, and our rating of 138 sits sixth of 12 under 159 lb.
- Sire
- Coastal Path (GB)
- Dam
- Roulmapoule (FR) by Agent Bleu
- Owner
- The Cheeky Pups
- Foaled
- 9 May 2016
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 13 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 138
Sam Twiston-Davies
Anthony Honeyball 3/9
Five wins in his last six starts, including last time out, is hard to ignore, and he has run over today's trip and going before, but our figures rank him 11th of 12. Carrying 157 lb off an official mark of 133 asks a lot after 33 days off.
- Sire
- Order Of St George (IRE)
- Dam
- Preveza (FR) by Dalakhani
- Owner
- M W Pendarves
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Mosterton, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 9 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 125
Charlie Todd
Dan Skelton 17/79
Shakeyatailfeather is winless in her last five, finishing seventh on her last two outings, and she returns after 231 days off, which is a lot to ask carrying 147 lb. She has run over today's trip and going before, but that is the only real positive.
- Sire
- Workforce (GB)
- Dam
- Benefit Lodge (IRE) by Beneficial
- Owner
- T C Mckeever
- Foaled
- 15 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 17 wins from 79 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 130
Mr Lucas Murphy (7)
Sandy Thomson 1/5
Aeros Luck has been placed in all five recent runs, including three thirds in a row, yet he is still winless in that time, and that habit of finding one too good is hard to ignore. He has run over today's trip and going, but a ninth-place ranking on our figures makes him tough to fancy.
- Sire
- My Dream Boat (IRE)
- Dam
- Sapere Aude (IRE) by Broadway Flyer
- Owner
- Raymond Anderson Green
- Foaled
- 9 May 2019
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 133
- Wind surgery
- w 2
Rex Dingle
Anthony Honeyball 3/9
Gabriel's Getaway was a sixth last time out after a third two starts back and another third three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going, but he is yet to win in his last five starts and returns after 168 days off. Carrying 144 lb off 120, he sits eighth of 12 on our rating.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Chosen Destiny (IRE) by Well Chosen
- Owner
- Buckingham Chapman Kingston Langford
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Mosterton, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 9 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 137
Ciaran Gethings
Chester Williams 1/3
Haas Boy arrives in cracking form, second last time out and a winner two starts back and three starts back, with a run 20 days ago and experience of today's trip and going. Even so, 144 lb is a big burden, and our figures rank him last of 12.
- Sire
- Diamond Boy (FR)
- Dam
- Naker Mome (FR) by Nashamaa
- Owner
- J Allison Racingpulses
- Foaled
- 27 Feb 2017
- Stable
- George Nympton, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 3 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 28%
- Ratings
- Perf 124
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.