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Get Raceday Ready Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (Go North Forgive 'N Forget Series Qualifier) (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m4f (2m4f19y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,700, 5 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to soft in places (GoingStick: 6.3)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Showers
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Looking Splendid No. 2
Dylan Johnston · Gary Rutherford
✓ Distance winner ✓ Back from a 165-day break
Looking Splendid is our selection here, and the case rests on a progressive profile and a more solid book of form than the top-rated Nice One Eric, who is only three pounds better on our figures. At 111 he is level with Rosie Baloo and just two pounds clear of Halpha Soleil, so the margins are tight, but the way his form has been building gives him the edge over two and a half miles on good ground. Nice One Eric is the chief danger as the highest-rated runner, while Rosie Baloo and Halpha Soleil both have the ability to make this competitive. Looking Splendid gets the nod.
Runners
Callum Pritchard
Ben Pauling 3/33
Nice One Eric won two starts back and has run over today's trip and going, while our ratings have him ranked first of five, making him a leading threat off 168 lb. The main risk is a pulled up last time out and a 202-day absence.
- Sire
- Harzand (IRE)
- Dam
- One Gulp (GB) by Hernando
- Owner
- Forty Winks Racing
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Naunton, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 33 runs (9%)
- Trainer running to form
- 52%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
Dylan Johnston
Gary Rutherford 0/1
Looking Splendid arrives in cracking nick on paper, third last time out, a second two starts back, and a winner three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 165-day absence is the one reservation, but his profile makes him our pick.
- Sire
- Passing Glance (GB)
- Dam
- Splendid Blue (IRE) by Blueprint
- Owner
- Mrs A J Boswell
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Jedburgh, Roxburghshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 14%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
Jamie Hamilton
Tim Easterby 5/51
Rosie Baloo has been in the first five in each of her last five starts, including a win three starts back, and has run over today's trip and going before; our rating also ranks her third of five. The risk is a 235-day absence, with 163 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Jack Hobbs (GB)
- Dam
- Tarabaloo (GB) by Kayf Tara
- Owner
- R W Metcalfe
- Foaled
- 11 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Great Habton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 51 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
195 days
6yo, 11-3, OR 102 0373P-
J: Patrick Wadge · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 5/35
Humble Jumble is hard to fancy after being pulled up last time out and returning from a 195-day absence, while he's yet to win in his last five starts. A third two starts back and a third four starts back offer some hope, and he has run over today's trip, but 157 lb is a big burden.
- Sire
- Jet Away (GB)
- Dam
- Taylors Storm (IRE) by Oscar
- Owner
- The Humble Syndicate
- Foaled
- 2 Jun 2020
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 35 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Brian Hughes
Micky Hammond 1/10
Halpha Soleil arrives on the back of a second last time out, with a third and two fifths also in his last five, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 152-day absence, and he carries 155 lb off 100.
- Sire
- Kapgarde (FR)
- Dam
- Toi Et Le Soleil (FR) by Poliglote
- Owner
- G King M Hammond
- Foaled
- 9 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Middleham, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 10 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 109
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.