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Stan Mellor Memorial 'Chasing Excellence' Beginners' Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Class 3, 2m (2m54y), Chase, 4yo+, £7,922, 2 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 5.8)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Loriko looks the right side of a two-runner contest at Warwick, with the fitness edge the key factor in preferring him to Un Sens A La Vie. The rival is rated two pounds better on our figures, so there is very little between them, and a sharper, race-ready Loriko can close that narrow gap over the 16 furlongs on good ground. Un Sens A La Vie is the obvious danger if he arrives fit enough to show his superior rating, but Loriko is the one we want on the day, and he is our selection.
Runners
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 18/94
Loriko won three of his last six, including a win four starts back and another three starts back, and returns just 11 days after a sixth last time out. He has run over today's trip and going, though 159 lb is a stiff burden.
- Sire
- Cokoriko (FR)
- Dam
- Theme Song (FR) by Antarctique
- Owner
- Cherry Knoll Farm M Ward D Skelton
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 18 wins from 94 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 127
38 days
6yo, 11-5, OR 133 2142-1
J: Sam Twiston-Davies · T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies
Sam Twiston-Davies
Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 3/23
Won last time out and again four starts back, with seconds either side of that, so he arrives in cracking form and has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 38-day break and 159 lb, with his rating of 129 sitting below his official mark of 133.
- Sire
- Muhtathir (GB)
- Dam
- Kpalime (FR) by Enrique
- Owner
- El Rincon
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 23 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 129
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.