14:55
Bet365 Charlie Hall Steeple Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race)
Grade 2, Class 1, 3m (3m0f45y), Chase, 5yo+, £56,950, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.4)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Pic D'orhy No. 4
Harry Skelton · Dan Skelton
✓ Top rated ✓ Trainer in form (16/77, 14 days) ✓ Back from a 205-day break
Pic D'orhy looks the standout at Wetherby, with our rating of 165 putting him a full 10 lb clear of The Real Whacker and Hitman, who share 155, and that is a significant margin in a six-runner Class 1 contest. The extreme 24f trip on good ground should hold no fears for a horse rated this far above his rivals, and he has the class to come out on top. The Real Whacker and Hitman are the chief dangers on identical figures, with Handstands a further 6 lb back on 149 and needing others to underperform. Pic D'orhy is the confident selection.
Runners
Freddie Gingell
Paul Nicholls 2/13
Hitman is a leading danger, a winner four starts back and a third three starts back, with experience of today's trip and going, and our rating of 155 ranks him third of six. The risk is a 204-day absence after a fall last time out and a pulled up before that, under 162 lb.
- Sire
- Falco (USA)
- Dam
- Tercah Girl (FR) by Martaline
- Owner
- Mason Hogarth Ferguson Done
- Foaled
- 17 Apr 2016
- Stable
- Ditcheat, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 13 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 155
Robert Dunne
Dan Skelton 16/77
Riskintheground has won twice in his last five starts, but he was only sixth last time out, and he shoulders 162 lb off an official mark of 146, which makes life tough. He has run over today's trip and going, and 17 days since his last run is fine, yet our figures rank him last of six.
- Sire
- Presenting (GB)
- Dam
- The Folkes Choice (GB) by King's Theatre
- Owner
- 3 Sons
- Foaled
- 15 May 2017
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 16 wins from 77 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 138
Ben Jones
Ben Pauling 0/24
Handstands bids to bounce back from a pulled-up effort last time, having been third two starts back and a fourth three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The big risk is a 235-day absence, with his yard 0/24 lately and 158 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Wattle Bridge (IRE) by King's Theatre
- Owner
- T P Radford
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 24 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 149
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 16/77
Pic D'orhy has finished in the first three in each of his last four starts, third last time out and a second four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 205-day absence is the one reservation, but he is the one to beat, with our rating of 165 putting him top of six.
- Sire
- Turgeon (USA)
- Dam
- Rose Candy (FR) by Roli Abi
- Owner
- Mrs Johnny De La Hey
- Foaled
- 15 Apr 2015
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 16 wins from 77 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 165
Brian Hughes
Patrick Neville 1/4
The Real Whacker arrives a last-time-out winner and a third two starts back, with the gelding having run over today's trip and on this going before. Carrying 158 lb after 38 days off is the main risk, though our rating of 155 ranks him second of six.
- Sire
- Mahler (GB)
- Dam
- Credit Box (IRE) by Witness Box
- Owner
- Neville Mann Duffus Dennis Price
- Foaled
- 14 May 2016
- Stable
- Coverham, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 4 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 155
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls 2/13
Twinjets won last time out and was second two starts back, but a 197-day absence is a concern, and his form has been patchy, with a pulled up and an unseated in the last five. He has run over today's trip and going, yet 158 lb off 152 and a rating of 146 leave him fifth of six.
- Sire
- Jet Away (GB)
- Dam
- Shenamar (IRE) by Beneficial
- Owner
- C W Rodgers
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Ditcheat, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 13 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 146
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.