Racecards
15:05 Leicester
Ladbrokes.com Belvoir Novices' Chase (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f 110y
- Going: Good to Soft (Hurdles, soft, good to soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £11,000 added
- Form P3-2411
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 125
- Trainer M Scudamore
- Jockey T Scudamore
held up in rear, ridden and weakened after 4out, tailed up when pulled up before 2 out
- Form BP5P5P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 92
with leader, led 4th, headed and reminded 9th, weakened approaching 14th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form 5911-16
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer C C Bealby
- Jockey T Messenger
tracked leaders, went 2nd 12th, led 14th, headed 3 out, stayed challenging, left in lead last, ridden out
- Form 830P-31
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey D Elsworth
held up towards rear, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off
- Form 2P/2-3U5
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
led, blundered 2nd, headed 4th, mistake next, led 9th, headed 14th, mistake and weakened 3 out, left moderate 2nd last
- Form 421-62
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A King
- Jockey R Thornton
held up, soon in touch, mistake and reminded 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened before 2 out
- Form 35339-F
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer R Lee
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
prominent to 1st, held up, mistake 11th, headway approaching 4 out, weakened before 3 out
- Form 2142-32
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer B De Haan
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
prominent, led 3 out, rider dropped whip on landing 2 out, narrow advantage when blundered and unseated rider last
Peterfly (FR)
104- Form 0F-15
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
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Previous results
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Verdict
Silly Wupple has won his last two starts in good fashion but Michael Scudamore's gelding faces no easy task giving weight away all round here and preference is for LYES GREEN, who gets the vote ahead of Nom de Guerre. Ben De Haan's gelding has run creditably in both starts over fences this season, latterly when chasing home Aimigayle at Kempton last month, and he should be thereabouts again if able to reproduce that form. Chris Bealby's Dream Garden is less exposed than his rivals after just four career starts and the Uttoxeter winner is better than he showed in a stronger contest than this at Cheltenham last time. Alan King's Irish import Minella Four Star ran better here last time than he had done on his first start for new connections and he has to be considered along with Charlie Mann's Fair Point, who may do better now sent chasing. The vote in a decent contest though goes to Oliver Sherwood's Lyes Green who was easily the pick of these over hurdles and made a pleasing start to his chasing career behind Scots Dragoon at Huntingdon prior to being good value for his success at Hereford earlier this month; he looks the one they all have to beat.
Formwatch
Silly Wupple 2-1fav (11-2) Held up in rear, went 2nd at 13th, upsides when left in lead and clear next, stayed on well from 2 out, won at Wetherby 3m 1f nov chs (4) gs in Nov beating Checkerboard (11-2) by 15l, 6 ran.
Dasher Reilly (USA) 100-1 (10-0) In touch, ridden and lost place 11th, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Cresswell Willow (11-0) at Ludlow 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs, 10 ran.
Dream Garden 11-1 (11-7) Held up in touch, not fluent 10th, weakened 12th, tailed off, 6th of 7, well behind Shining Gale (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m 4f nov chs (2) sft in Nov.
Lyes Green 3-1 (11-1) Soon led, headed 5th, led again 14th, ridden approaching last, kept on, won at Hereford 3m 1f beg chs (4) gs beating Will The Till (10-12) by 2l, 5 ran.
It's In The Stars 7-2 (11-2) With leaders, ridden and weakened when blundered 2 out, 5th of 9, 25l behind Kate's Gift (11-2) at Leicester 2m 7f mdn chs (4) sft.
Minella Four Star (IRE) 5-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, ridden 3 out, kept on flat, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Kate's Gift (11-2) at Leicester 2m 7f mdn chs (4) sft.
Mister Potter 16-1 (11-12) Pressed leader, led 2nd, headed approaching 4 out, chased leader to 3 out, 3rd and weakening when fell 2 out in race won by Shouldhavehadthat (11-4) at Newbury 2m 6f nov hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Nov, 11 ran.
Nom de Guerre (IRE) 10-3 (11-2) In touch, hit 2nd, headway when bumped 13th, went 2nd 4 out, ridden after 3 out, kept on but always held by winner, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Aimigayle (10-9) at Kempton 3m beg chs (4) gd in Nov.
Peterfly (FR) (10-12) Led to 3 out, weakened quickly, 5th of 6, 19l behind Orateur Collonges (11-3) at Cluny 2m 4f chs gd in Sept.
Fair Point (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Slight lead 1st to 4th, handy until driven 3 out and weakened soon after, 4th of 7, 21l behind Junior (11-0) at Sandown 2m 4f nov hdl Grd 2 (1) gs.