15:35
Festive Meeting Saturday 28th November Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m3½f (2m3f123y), Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-145, £10,562, 4 runners
- Going
- GOOD (GoingStick: 5.8)
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Static is our selection here, sitting just two pounds behind the top-rated Good To Be Alive on our figures, and a fitness edge is enough to tip the balance in his favour over this 20 furlongs on good ground. That narrow gap is easily bridged by a runner who arrives in better condition, and Static looks the one to take advantage. Good To Be Alive is the chief danger as the highest-rated runner, while Charisma Cat is only a pound behind our pick and The Cistercian cannot be ignored in a tight five-runner event. Brookside La looks outclassed, so the verdict is Static, with the one caveat being how little separates the leading four.
Runners
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 10/41
Good To Be Alive arrives with a winner three starts back, sandwiched by seconds either side, and he has run over today's trip and going before; the one concern is a pulled-up effort last time and a 214-day absence under 168 lb.
- Sire
- Shirocco (GER)
- Dam
- Because Of You (IRE) by Oscar
- Owner
- Bective Stud
- Foaled
- 21 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 41 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 130
Tom Bellamy
Alan King 1/19
Charisma Cat has won two of her last five, with a first two starts back and another four starts back, and has run over today's trip, but a sixth last time out and 214 days off the track are the main risk, with 167 lb to carry. Our rating ranks her third of five.
- Sire
- Nathaniel (IRE)
- Dam
- Tidara Angel (IRE) by Oratorio
- Owner
- Annabel Waley Cohen Family And Friends
- Foaled
- 6 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Wroughton, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 19 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 127
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds 1/12
Placed in three of his last five, including a second last time out, The Cistercian is yet to win in that spell and has two unseated rides in it, but he has run on today's going and sits on a workable 124. The main risk is a 231-day absence, with 159 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Yeats (IRE)
- Dam
- Fair Evie (IRE) by Fame And Glory
- Owner
- Genet Racing
- Foaled
- 29 May 2020
- Stable
- Stewkley, Bucks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 123
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Theo Gillard
Donald McCain 0/26
Static was second last time out, a fifth two starts back, and he won four and five starts back, so he arrives fit after 26 days and has run over today's trip and going. The yard's poor run of form is the one reservation.
- Sire
- Clovis Du Berlais (FR)
- Dam
- Electrostatique (FR) by Charming Groom
- Owner
- G E Fitzpatrick
- Foaled
- 24 May 2021
- Stable
- Cholmondeley, Cheshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 26 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 128
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 21/96
Won last time out and has two wins in his last five starts, and he has run over today's trip and going, but our figures rank him last of five, and 154 lb off 119 is a big ask after 35 days off.
- Sire
- Shantou (USA)
- Dam
- Brookside (IRE) by Exit To Nowhere
- Owner
- Christopher Greenall
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 21 wins from 96 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- 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.