15:37
RHN Travel Norton's Coin Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 3m, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-115, £7,922, 6 runners
Winning time 6m 9.70s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Minella Blueway No. 1
Adam Wedge · Mrs C. Williams
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Back from a 239-day break
Minella Blueway heads the field on our figures at 119, narrowly ahead of Solar System on 117 and Impatient on 116, and that slim edge is enough to make him the pick over 24 furlongs on good ground at Ffos Las. Solar System and Impatient are the obvious dangers given how tightly they are rated to him, while Fame And Fun, a good bit further back on 107, could still pick up the pieces if the leading trio fail to fire. This looks a competitive contest and the margins are fine, but Minella Blueway is the one to side with.
Result
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
held up in last group but within reach - scrappy leap 2nd - superb leap 7th - gradual progress by 14th - joined issue 3 out - went on before the penultimate - driven out on the run-in and kept going to win
Jamie Brace (5)
Rebecca Curtis
Rear division but close up - sluggish over the first fence - progressed before 10th and moved into runner-up spot from 12th - took on leader 3 out - unable to peg back winner on the run-in but stayed on for 2nd
Callum Pritchard
Barry Murphy
Settled at the back early - short of racing room on the inner at the 14th - moved up to fourth four out then climbed to third before the last - unable to make any dent on the leading duo and finished 3rd
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy
Prominent in second early - moved up to dispute at the 10th and went in front at the 12th - overtaken before 2 out - faded before the last to finish 4th
Adam Wedge
Mrs C. Williams
up with the pace early - dropped back before 4 out and folded tamely soon after - finished 5th well beaten
Jack Tudor
Mickey Bowen
Went to the front - sluggish jumping at the 1st and untidy at the 4th - overtaken at the 12th - dropped back by the 14th - blundered 4 out and pulled up
Non-runners: Solar System
Racecard
Adam Wedge
Mrs C. Williams 3/30
Minella Blueway is yet to win in his last five starts, but a second three starts back and a third five runs ago show he has ability, and he has run over today's trip. Our top-rated runner, he is rated 119 against an official 117, though a 239-day absence and last-time pull-up are the reservation.
- Sire
- Champs Elysees (GB)
- Dam
- Final Episode (IRE) by Definite Article
- Owner
- Mrs Janet Davies
- Foaled
- 20 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 30 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 119
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 4/37
Impatient bids to build on a fourth last time out, having been second two starts back and a winner three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The big risk is a 257-day absence, with 168 lb to carry on an official mark of 115.
- Sire
- Montmartre (FR)
- Dam
- Vista Palma (FR) by Enrique
- Owner
- Miss Katharine J Holland
- Foaled
- 7 Jan 2018
- Stable
- Cheltenham, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 37 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
218 days, Non-runner
7yo, 11-13, OR 114 /5036-
J: Harry Cobden · T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Harry Cobden
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 0/26
Solar System steps up on a third-placed effort two starts back and has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 117 ranks him second of seven and sits above his official 114. The main risk is a 218-day absence, with a yard 0 from 25 lately.
- Sire
- Pastorius (GER)
- Dam
- Solar Wind (FR) by Peer Gynt
- Owner
- John P Mcmanus
- Foaled
- 5 May 2019
- Stable
- Bilbrook, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 26 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 64%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 7/35
Winner last time out and again two starts back, with a second three starts back, Galway Reel arrives fit after 22 days and has run over today's trip and going. Carrying 157 lb off 104, though, he looks vulnerable, and our rating of 102 ranks him sixth of seven.
- Sire
- Highland Reel (IRE)
- Dam
- Moraine (GB) by Rainbow Quest
- Owner
- Not One But Two
- Foaled
- 22 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 7 wins from 35 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 102
Jamie Brace (5)
Rebecca Curtis 3/8
Fourth last time out and a second three starts back show Slim Marvel can run a race, and she has run over today's trip and going before, but she's winless in her last five and returns after 198 days off. Carrying 155 lb off 102, she looks a midfield sort, with our rating of 106 ranking her fifth of seven.
- Sire
- Masked Marvel (GB)
- Dam
- Slim Pearl (FR) by Enrique
- Owner
- Sean Niland
- Foaled
- 22 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Newport, Pembrokeshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 8 runs (38%)
- Trainer running to form
- 58%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Jack Tudor
Mickey Bowen 3/17
Fame And Fun arrives with a third, a second and a third in his last three outings, and he has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 107 ranks him fourth of seven. The big risk is a 477-day layoff, with 154 lb to carry on an official mark of 101.
- Sire
- Fame And Glory (GB)
- Dam
- Tabachines (FR) by Art Francais
- Owner
- H Jones
- Foaled
- 2 Jun 2017
- Stable
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokes
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 17 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
Callum Pritchard
Barry Murphy 1/10
Jack's Jury was beaten into fifth last time out, and his unseated three starts back adds to the doubt, though he did win two starts back and has run over today's trip and on the going. Carrying 146 lb off 17 days' rest, he is ranked seventh of seven on our figures, so he is hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Jukebox Jury (IRE)
- Dam
- Shedan (IRE) by Perpendicular
- Owner
- L H Evans
- Foaled
- 19 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Caerfyrddin, Carmarthenshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 10 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 99
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.