Racecards
14:15 Market Rasen
Sharp Minds Betfair: Biggest Markets Novices' Chase (Class D)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m 1f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Form 212133
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Garritty
held up, headway 12, chased leaders 4 out, ridden next, went 2nd 2 out, kept on flat
- Form 1/1-3P1
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey J P McNamara
led, mistake and headed 3rd, remained with leader, mistake 10th, lost place 4 out, behind when pulled up before next
- Form 140/P32
- Age 9
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey V T Keane
chase leaders, mistake 7th, ridden and outpaced 3 out, no impression
- Form 54P025
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J R Cornwall
- Jockey R Hobson
behind, jumped slowly 4th, pushed long from 10th, kept on one pace from 3 out, never on terms
John Rich
81- Form 14222R
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M E Sowersby
- Jockey D O'Meara
track leader, led 3rd, headed 8th, soon lost place, tried to refuse 4 out, soon pulled up
- Form 4523-33
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
track leaders, led after 10th, made rest, ridden 2 out, stayed on well
Mijico (IRE)
51- Form 265/F
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey R McGrath
held up, blundered 9th, tailed off when pulled up 2 out
- Form 5/4-P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
held up, mistake 5th, headway and in touch 10th, ridden after 4 out, no impression from 2 out
The Nomad
43- Form P1-32F4
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey A Dempsey
raced keenly, track leaders, led eighth to after 10th, chased winner approaching 3 out, soon ridden, blundered next, beaten when mistake last
In depth
Verdict
The ones to focus on here are The Nomad, Silver Knight, Another Chance and Moreluck, with the vote going to Another Chance. The selection has a length-and-a-quarter to find with Moreluck based on Musselburgh form last month but, now six-pounds better off at the weights, he holds a good chance of turning the tables on Kim Bailey's progressive eight-year-old. The Nomad is a course winner and he's been retaining his form pretty well although he has never won over this type of trip. Silver Knight beat subsequent winner The Kew Tour at Wetherby in December and has been highly tried without success since. He is talented and should go well but it will be no easy task trying to concede weight to the field so this just leans us towards Another Chance, who deserves to win race of this nature.