16:12
3A's Leisure Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Class 4, 2m, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, £5,281, 4 runners
Winning time 3m 49.60s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Rula Bula is our selection here, only a pound behind the top-rated Centara on our figures, so the progressive profile is what swings it for us over two miles on good ground at Ffos Las. Centara is the obvious danger and is narrowly ahead on raw numbers, while Pure Carbon sits just two pounds behind our pick and cannot be dismissed in a five-runner field. A Moments Madness is a lesser threat on ratings, but he completes a quartet that makes this competitive, so confidence is low. Rula Bula gets the vote.
Result
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
Settled in third early - moved into second after the 4th - took command before 4 out - pushed along on the run-in and kept on strongly to win
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham
Settled at the rear early - jumping lacked rhythm at the 3rd before climbing to third by the 6th - moved into second before 4 out - pushed along after 2 out but unable to peg back the winner on the run-in to finish 2nd
Harry Cobden
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill
Prominent until beyond the 4th - fell away to rear by the 6th - plugged on to snatch third from 3 out
Jay Tidball (5)
Paul Nicholls
Made the running from the front - jumped awkwardly at the 1st but then went well ahead - advantage cut after 5 out - overtaken before 4 out - fading when blundered 3 out - eased out of the race shortly after
Non-runners: A Moments Madness
Racecard
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham 4/23
Pure Carbon won last time out and has finished first, third, second and first in his last four runs, with experience over today's trip and going; the risk is a 203-day absence, and he carries 170 lb off an official mark of 122.
- Sire
- Diamond Boy (FR)
- Dam
- Rosie's Rein (IRE) by Kayf Tara
- Owner
- J Palmer Brown
- Foaled
- 24 May 2019
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 23 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 58%
- Ratings
- Perf 124
213 days, Non-runner
7yo, 12-1, OR 121 21/30-
J: Mr Albi Tufnell (7) · T: Fergal O'Brien
Mr Albi Tufnell (7)
Fergal O'Brien 2/25
A Moments Madness arrives with solid recent form, a third two starts back and a winner three starts back, and he has run on today's going before. The main risk is a 213-day absence, with his latest outing unplaced and 169 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Conduit (IRE)
- Dam
- Miss Sarenne (FR) by Robin Des Pres
- Owner
- Mrs Jane Tufnell
- Foaled
- 31 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Withington, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 25 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 118
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 5/38
Rula Bula bounced back from a fifth and a seventh to finish second two starts back, and she's quick to return just four days after unseating last time. She has run over today's trip and on the going, though she's yet to win in her last five and carries 169 lb.
- Sire
- Mount Nelson (GB)
- Dam
- Kopitar (IRE) by Kalanisi
- Owner
- Jeremy Germaine Hitchins
- Foaled
- 8 Jun 2019
- Stable
- Cheltenham, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 38 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Jay Tidball (5)
Paul Nicholls 8/40
Centara arrives fit after 11 days, has run over today's trip and going, and was fourth last time out with a third two starts back; our rating of 127 ranks him top of five. The risk is that he's yet to win in his last five starts and carries 168 lb.
- Sire
- Sageburg (IRE)
- Dam
- Spartan Angel (IRE) by Beneficial
- Owner
- Mrs Kathy Stuart
- Foaled
- 6 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Ditcheat, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 40 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 65%
- Ratings
- Perf 127
Harry Cobden
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 5/38
Imperial Bede is winless in his last six, beaten into eighth last time out after a sixth the start before, and he looks the one to oppose on our figures, ranked last of five. He has run over today's trip and going and has a third three starts back, but 146 lb is a big burden.
- Sire
- Robin Du Nord (FR)
- Dam
- Amusez Moi (FR) by Mister Conway
- Owner
- John P Mcmanus
- Foaled
- 3 May 2018
- Stable
- Cheltenham, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 38 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
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.