14:45 Newton Abbot

Wednesday 7 May 2025

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:20

Racing To School Reaches 250,000 Novices' Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 75y  |   Good (Good to Firm in places)  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:45  |   Winning time: 3m 59.54s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Crac De Megaudaish,t35
Age: 6|  Weight: 12-0| J: R T Dunne| T: T R Gretton| OR:  92
6/1
Well supported when easily opening his account in 8-runner handicap hurdle at Fakenham (2½m, soft) in January. Struggled off 13 lb higher at Ludlow since and improvement needed now switched to fences.
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2
Horse silk
Gwennie May Jem13
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-9| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR:  87| D
1/1
Has made a promising start over fences, opening his account at the fourth attempt in this sphere when proving 3¼ lengths too good for El Rojo Grande at Warwick (16.2f, good) recently. 7 lb rise may not be enough to stop him.
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3
Horse silk
El Rojo Grande13
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-12| J: Shane Quinlan(3)| T: Katy Price| OR:  76
5/2
Winning Irish pointer who is 0-10 under Rules but latest second to Gwennie May Jem at Warwick was a solid effort. Now 6 lb better off with that rival and likely to give another good account.
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4
Horse silk
Poet's Reflection13
Age: 10|  Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Miss L Blackford| OR:  72
16/1
Just the one win from 28 career starts and unseated at the first fences in the Warwick race won by Gwennie May Jem.
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5
Horse silk
Blue Ribbonp35
Age: 10|  Weight: 10-5| J: James Best| T: R Chapman| OR:  69| D
9/1
Fair 2m hurdles winner for Dr Richard Newland in 2021. Largely struggled for present stable and record in this sphere stands at 0-10.
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6
Horse silk
Clashmore Bantert15
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-4| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR:  68
50/1
Didn't offer much in points and failed to better her low-key hurdles exploits on chase debut at Hereford where she was well beaten.
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Forecasts

Gwennie May Jem (1/1), El Rojo Grande (5/2), Crac De Megaudais (6/1), Blue Ribbon (9/1), Poet's Reflection (16/1), Clashmore Banter (50/1)

Verdict

GWENNIE MAY JEM and El Rojo Grande recently filled the first two places in a Warwick handicap and a repeat scenario could be on the cards here, with the former taken to confirm his superiority. Crac de Megaudais will need to improve if he's to trouble the aforementioned duo on this chase debut but he's most interesting of the others all the same.

  1. Gwennie May Jem1/1
  2. El Rojo Grande5/2
  3. Crac De Megaudais6/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00

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