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Class 3, 2m5f (2m4f205y), Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-130, M, £6,100, 6 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Good in places (GoingStick: 5.3)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Misty
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Service Minimum No. 1
Harry Skelton · Dan Skelton
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (21/97, 14 days)
Service Minimum heads our ratings at 128 and gets the nod over a six-runner field at Stratford, though only a pound ahead of Dream Shadow, so this is a tight call rather than a clear-cut one. Dream Shadow is the obvious danger at 127 and could easily reverse the placings, while She Is For Me Boys (112) and Kalista Love (111) sit a good way back but would come into it if the top two underperform over the 21 furlongs on good to soft. Service Minimum has the best figure in the race and that is enough to make her the selection.
Runners
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 21/97
Service Minimum arrives fit after 10 days, having finished third last time out and third two starts back, with a winner three starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating makes her the one to beat, though 169 lb is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- Doctor Dino (FR)
- Dam
- Zanzibelle (FR) by Zanzibari
- Owner
- Susan Johnson
- Foaled
- 10 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 21 wins from 97 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 128
Kielan Woods
Fergal O'Brien 2/24
Dream Shadow arrives in cracking form, a third last time out, a winner two starts back and another victory five starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is her 164 lb burden, which she must carry off a 25-day break.
- Sire
- My Dream Boat (IRE)
- Dam
- Rubys Shadow (IRE) by Supreme Leader
- Owner
- M Doocey S Doocey P J Doocey
- Foaled
- 9 May 2019
- Stable
- Withington, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 24 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 127
Caoilin Quinn
Tom Symonds 0/11
Kalista Love won two starts back and five starts back, and has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating of 111 ranks her fourth of six. The main risk is a 234-day absence, plus a sixth last time out and 148 lb.
- Sire
- Walzertakt (GER)
- Dam
- Ot Love (FR) by Laveron
- Owner
- Hot To Trot Jumping And Dahlbury
- Foaled
- 17 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Hentland, H'fords
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 11 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 54%
- Ratings
- Perf 111
Isabelle Ryder (5)
Jamie Snowden 8/23
Consistent in recent starts, with a win four starts back and a second two starts back, She Is For Me Boys has run over today's trip and going before, and her yard is in cracking form. The risk is a 45-day break, plus 146 lb to carry after a fourth last time out.
- Sire
- Clovis Du Berlais (FR)
- Dam
- Bet Davis (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Mrs K B Gunn
- Foaled
- 18 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 23 runs (35%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 112
Freddie Keighley (5)
Martin Keighley 1/10
Bobbi's Beauty has been in the frame in four of her last five, including a win two starts back and a third last time out, but she is ranked fifth of six on our figures. She has run over today's trip and going, yet 145 lb makes life tough.
- Sire
- Mahler (GB)
- Dam
- Bobbi's Venture (IRE) by Bob Back
- Owner
- Oliver Ryanjim White Debbie Charlton
- Foaled
- 5 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Luckley, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 10 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 42%
- Ratings
- Perf 108
Bryan Carver
Alex Hales 1/12
Best Women arrives in cracking form, second last time out after a win two starts back, and has run over today's trip and going, but she carries 145 lb and our figures rank her last of six, which makes her hard to fancy.
- Sire
- Reliable Man (GB)
- Dam
- Orion Best (FR) by King's Best
- Owner
- Bettys Friends
- Foaled
- 15 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Edgcote, Northamptonshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 107
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.