15:15 Wetherby

Saturday 1 February 2025

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Peter Beaumont Memorial Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 6m 47.20s

Jet Plane^t³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 12-6| J: Miss Heidi Palin⁽⁵⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 133

1/1

Fairly useful chaser. 20/1, fair seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Kempton (24f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Holds excellent form claims in these much calmer waters though.

Form: 11P-3U7

Another Furlough^h,t⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Robbie David⁽⁵⁾| T: H Ryall| D

10/3

9/2 and hooded tongue strap on, staying on into the frame when fell 2 out in hunter chase at Cheltenham (26f, heavy) on NH debut 9 months ago. Since won a point so he's one to consider.

Form: 311-F13

Ask A Honey Bee⁶²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Martin McIntyre⁽³⁾| T: M Osborne| OR: 119| C| D

9/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser. 7/2, below-par fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (25f) on his final run for Fergal O'Brien. Third in a point since so possibilities.

Form: P373/5-3

Irascible^p,t⁸⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss Amber Jackson-Fennell⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss A Jackson-fennell| OR: 125

28/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Sixth of 10 in minor event chase at Dieppe (19.4f) 9 months ago for Sophie Leech. A subsequent third in a point. No forlorn hope.

Form: 7535-63

Socks Off^p⁵⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Paddy Barlow⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 93

11/1

Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. 11/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap chase at this course (19.4f, heavy) 56 days ago. Up in trip and not ruled out.

Form: 46/5-623

Tanora¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss Pippa Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: A C Wilson| OR: 69| D

100/1

Poor chaser whoo came in a remote third of 7 in hunter chase at Cartmel (21.2f) 20 months ago. Fifth in a point recently but faces an uphill task.

Form: U13P-P5

Wild Romance^p¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr Shay Halton⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs Jody Lancaster| OR: 115| D

9/2

Fairly useful winner at 19f over hurdles but pulled up in handicap chase at Chepstow (23.6f) in April, 2023, on her final run for Dan Skelton. A mulitple winning pointer since though so she's very much one to consider.

Form: 231-112

Non-Runners

Jerrysback⁴⁸

Weight: 12-2| Age: 13

T: T W Fife J: Miss Becky Smith

Zee Man¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 11

T: F Hutsby J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Jet Plane (1/1), Another Furlough (10/3), Jerrysback (4/1), Wild Romance (9/2), Ask A Honey Bee (9/1), Socks Off (11/1), Zee Man (25/1), Irascible (28/1), Tanora (100/1)

Dan Skelton's JET PLANE has much less on his plate than when seventh at Kempton last time so is fancied to resume winning ways. Former stablemate Wild Romance comes here on the back of pointing success so could prove the chief threat, although Ask A Honey Bee and Jerrysback could also have a say in this hunter chase.