15:15 Sandown

Sunday 9 November 2025

All12:3013:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Oddschecker Veterans' Handicap Chase

  • 10YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 37y  |   Good (Good to Firm in places)  |   4 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:15  |   Winning time: 6m 28.07s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Twig218
Age: 10|  Weight: 12-0| J: Beau Morgan(5)| T: B Pauling| OR:  142| D
9/4
Runner-up in the Ultima at the Cheltenham Festival in 2024 but largely below par last term and ended campaign with a below-par effort in the Grand National in April. Needs to bounce back on his reappearance.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
Courtland8
Age: 10|  Weight: 11-6| J: James Bowen| T: M Bowen| OR:  134
6/4
Scored five time over fences (at up to 23f) last season and in good nick without winning this term too. Unseated his rider 10th in 3m handicap chase at Ascot 8 days ago but a likely player off a lenient mark.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Only The Boldp,t133
Age: 10|  Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR:  130| D
16/5
Had a disappointing 2023/24 for David Pipe but back on track for his new yard and bagged 15-runner handicap chase at Uttoxeter (26.1f, good) in June. Not taken lightly despite a 4 lb rise.
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Timeform
6
Horse silk
The Big Breakawayt,v245
Age: 10|  Weight: 10-10| J: P Hanlon(5)| T: S Hosie| OR:  124| D
11/2
It's now 23 runs since his last win in 2020 but he signed off for last season with a solid third of 7 in handicap chase at Warwick (29.2f, good to soft) 8 months ago. No forlorn hope.
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Timeform

Non-Runners

3
Horse silk
Credo1
Weight: 11-5|  Age: 10
T: A J Honeyball  J: H Cobden
NR
5
Horse silk
Gustavian1
Weight: 11-5|  Age: 10
T: A J Honeyball  J: Sam Twiston-Davies
NR

Forecasts

Courtland (6/4), Twig (9/4), Only The Bold (16/5), Gustavian (9/2), Credo (5/1), The Big Breakaway (11/2)

Verdict

None of these veterans can be dismissed but COURTLAND rates the pick at the weights and is taken to bounce back from his recent Ascot mishap and gain a deserved first win of the season. Only The Bold has started life well for Jamie Snowden and might be the danger.

Previous Winners

2024
Certainly Red
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 10
15/8

Prize Money

1st: £15,609.002nd: £7,176.003rd: £3,588.004th: £1,794.005th: £897.006th: £447.00

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