Racecards
13:35 Kempton Park
Racing TV Novices' Chase (GBB Race) (Class 3)
- 2 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £21,400 added
- Winner: £10,892
- 2nd: £5,018
- 3rd: £2,508
- 4th: £1,256
- Form 181/180-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 144
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
close up, outjumped 9th, pushed along after 4 out, outpaced and ridden before 2 out, soon well held
- Form 4/36365-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer F O'Brien
- Jockey Max Kendrick
led narrowly, mistake 8th, forged clear after 3 out, soon in command and eased towards finish, comfortably
- Form 345021-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey N F Houlihan
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
CALVA D'AUGUE is rated 144 over hurdles despite a couple of poor runs. He's won seven times over the smaller obstacles and also scored on the Flat and can make a winning start over fences. Fifty Ball is rated 14lb lower over timber but does have experience of chasing having run three times at the back end of last year though didn't make the expected progress from a fine start at Sandown. He arrives with a win under his belt over hurdles at Ascot while Stoner's Choice, a winning bumper and four-times successful over hurdles, was narrowly beaten by the selection over timber here in November and is better off at the weights.
Formwatch
Calva D'Auge (FR) 22-1 (11-12) Chased leader, ridden and outpaced 3 out, weakened thereafter, 12th of 17, 32 1/4l behind Press Your Luck (10-11) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Mar.
Stoner's Choice 15-2 (11-12) Chased leaders on inside, hit 4th, hit 3 out and pushed along, weakened before next, 5th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Storm Dennis (10-6) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp (3) gs in Feb.
Fifty Ball (FR) 6-5fav (11-7) Chased front pair, pressed leader before 2 out, ridden and led narrowly before last, pushed out and went clear run-in, won at Ascot 2m 6f hcp (3) gd in Mar beating Sizable Sam (11-11) by 4 1/2l, 4 ran.