14:55 Cheltenham

Sunday 16 November 2025

All13:1513:4514:2014:5515:3016:00

Oddschecker Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 7m 21.32s

1^st

Marble Sands

910-5

7/1

T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Kielan Woods

Held up in rear, awkward 2nd, made steady headway after 13th, slow 16th, pushed along 2 out, pressed leaders rounding home turn, ridden to lead before last, went clear flat, readily tchd 13/2

2^nd

Fascile Mode

710-2

8/1

T: T MullinsJ: G Sheehan

Wore hood to post, in touch towards rear, went left 3rd, plenty to do when pushed along after 3 out, ridden and headway after 2 out, switched left before last, stayed on strongly run-in, went second towards finish tchd 9/1

3^rd

Protektorat

1012-0

3/1f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Led, disputed lead from 7th, went right 16th, headed 3 out, switched right after 2 out, ridden to challenge rounding home turn, kept on same pace after last op 4/1

4^th

Beauport

911-3

13/2

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leaders, mistake 9th, went second after 3 out, jumped well to lead 2 out, faced challenges rounding home turn, ridden and headed before last, rallied flat, kept on op 5/1

5^th

7 ½

Tanganyika

710-3

7/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Front rank, not fluent 3rd, closed and disputed from 7th, not fluent 11th, led 3 out, headed 2 out, lost position rounding home turn, weakening when blundered last tchd 10/3

6^th

2 ¼

Sam Brown

1311-4

16/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: Chad Bament (7)

Midfield, awkward 11th, not fluent 3 out, ridden and made no impression from 2 out op 22/1 tchd 14/1

7^th

Latenightpass

1210-7

22/1

T: T EllisJ: Miss Gina Andrews

In touch, headway after 15th, shaken up going okay after 3 out, found little and weakened after 2 out op 28/1 tchd 18/1

8^th

Transmission

810-2

13/2

T: N P MulhollandJ: Harriet Tucker (7)

Held up in rear of midfield, jumped right 10th, dropped to rear and struggling 12th, not fluent 15th, well behind 3 out, never on terms op 6/1 tchd 7/1

Also Ran

Nassalam

810-10

18/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Freddie Mitchell (5)

Prominent, lost ground 16th, ridden and dropped to rear 3 out, well behind when pulled up after 2 out op 12/1

Lady Balko

610-2

22/1

T: D PipeJ: P Hanlon (5)

Held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, mistake 7th, not fluent 10th, well behind and no chance when pulled up before last op 33/1 tchd 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.20, £2.50, £1.70EX:£65.40Trifecta:£344.00Tricast:£202.48SF:£62.07Swingers:£8.80, £5.60, £6.10

Forecasts

Protektorat (3/1), Tanganyika (7/2), Beauport (13/2), Transmission (13/2), Marble Sands (7/1), Fascile Mode (8/1), Sam Brown (16/1), Nassalam (18/1), Latenightpass (22/1), Lady Balko (22/1)

This is wide open but it could pay to side with BEAUPORT who scored impressively on his reappearance at Ascot last term and looks on a handy-looking mark having shaped much better than his 12th position suggests in the Grand National on his final run. Venetia Williams' upwardly-mobile Tanganyika was a fine second in last season's Midlands National and is feared most on his return, while Protektorat can't be ruled out either on a rare foray into handicaps. Marble Sands completes the shortlist.

BEAUPORT (IRE)
TANGANYIKA (FR)
PROTEKTORAT (FR)

Previous Winners

2024

Abuffalosoldier

Weight: 10-3 |Age: 7

J: S Bowen | T: W Greatrex

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £44,580.002nd: £16,695.003rd: £8,340.004th: £4,162.00