Virgin Bet Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 2) Racecard

Channel: ITV
Distance: 3m 2f 1y
Going: Good

Runners: 12
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy

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Runner

Best Odds

Twig

J: Beau Morgan ⁵

T: Ben Pauling

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Going Specialist - 6 wins from 11 starts on this ground (55%)

Hot Recent Form Trainer - 10 wins from 21 in the last 14 days (48%)

Second at Cheltenham Festival (3m1f, heavy) last March off 3lb lower; hurdling this term

25-2P7

Age: 10

Weight: 12-0

OR: 146

Days: 59

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Jan 25	Chl Cheltenham	24f Sft	2HcH	11-9	7/9	Strackan (10L)	14/1	143	137
23 Nov 24	Hay Haydock	24.5f Sft	HcHG3	11-9 p¹	PU/15	Shoot First ()	22/1	143	-
2 Nov 24	Wet Wetherby	24f Gd	HG2	11-2	2/4	Beacon Edge (2½L)	9/1	140	142
13 Apr 24	Ain Aintree	25f GS	HcChG3	11-2	5/13	Cruz Control (10½L)	8/1	147	144
12 Mar 24	Chl Cheltenham	25f Hy	HcChG3	10-13	2/21	Chianti Classico (4½L)	28/1	143	147
2 Dec 23	Nby Newbury	26f GS	HcChG3	9-11	11/20	Datsalrightgino (26L)	9/1	143	132

White Rhino

J: Henry Brooke

T: Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero

Going Specialist - 3 wins from 4 starts on this ground (75%)

Stays 3m; won first two chases before unseating early in a Grade 1 novice on Boxing Day

34-11U

Age: 9

Weight: 11-9

OR: 141

Days: 65

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Dec 24	Kem Kempton	24f Gd	NvChG1	11-7	UR/5	The Jukebox Man ()	12/1	141	-
4 Dec 24	Hay Haydock	21.5f Sft	3NvHcCh	11-9	1/7	President Scottie (4¼L)	7/2	133	145
2 Nov 24	Ayr Ayr	20.5f Gd	3HcCh	11-12	1/5	Donny Boy (2L)	9/2	128	132
16 Mar 24	Utt Uttoxeter	23.5f Hy	2HcH	11-4	4/17	Gwennie May Boy (36L)	17/2	129	105
25 Jan 24	Hun Huntingdon	25f GS	2HcH	10-12	3/13	Beachcomber (8¼L)	11/4F	129	127
15 Dec 23	Chl Cheltenham	24f Sft	2HcH	10-9	1/10	Bold Endeavour (2¼L)	3/1F	123	129

Fidelio Vallis

J: Alice Stevens ³

T: Harry Derham

Hot Recent Form Trainer - 5 wins from 17 in the last 14 days (29%)

Weakened right out of it on all three starts this season and he's unproven beyond 2m4f

41-P67

Age: 10

Weight: 11-5

OR: 137

Days: 28

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
1 Feb 25	Mus Musselburgh	20.5f GS	2HcCh	11-1 p¹	7/12	The Kalooki Kid (19½L)	12/1	140	132
27 Dec 24	Chp Chepstow	19.5f Sft	2HcCh	11-4	6/7	Lowry's Bar (33L)	12/1	142	117
30 Nov 24	Nby Newbury	22.5f GS	2HcCh	11-8	PU/11	Wiseguy ()	28/1	146	-
1 Jan 24	Mus Musselburgh	20.5f Sft	2HcCh	11-9	1/9	Corrigeen Rock (3¾L)	5/1	140	153
24 Nov 23	Asc Ascot	21f Gd	2HcCh	11-9	4/8	Your Darling (15L)	7/1	141	143
8 Nov 23	Mus Musselburgh	16f GS	2HcCh	12-0	2/5	Cracking Destiny (4¾L)	5/4F	141	143

Weveallbeencaught ^p

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

Course Winner - Won before at this course

Made the breakthrough over fences when dominating a five-runner handicap here (3m, good)

-32P51

Age: 8

Weight: 11-4

OR: 136

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Jan 25	Don Doncaster	24f Gd	3NvHcCh	10-8 p	1/5	Rock My Way (9½L)	11/4	128	140
27 Dec 24	Kem Kempton	24f GS	3HcCh	11-4 p	5/11	Beachcomber (13½L)	16/1	130	131
16 Nov 24	Chl Cheltenham	20f Gd	HcChG3	10-2 p	PU/15	Il Ridoto ()	20/1	141	-
26 Oct 24	Chl Cheltenham	20f Gd	3NvHcCh	11-1 p¹	2/11	Lisnamult Lad (½L)	17/2	128	132
27 Sep 24	Wor Worcester	23f Sft	3NvCh	11-2	3/5	Hometown Boy (6¼L)	6/1	130	130
27 Apr 24	San Sandown	28.5f Gd	HcChG3	10-4 t	12/20	Minella Cocooner (20L)	14/1	132	121

Hymac ^tp ¹

J: Bryan Carver

T: Harry Fry

Hot Recent Form Jockey - 4 wins from 10 in the last 14 days (40%)

Each-way claims again assuming that first-time cheekpieces don't have a negative impact

21-132

Age: 9

Weight: 10-12

OR: 130

Days: 63

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
28 Dec 24	Nby Newbury	26f GS	2HcCh	11-4 t	2/9	Henry's Friend (6L)	8/1	130	137
17 Nov 24	Chl Cheltenham	27.5f Gd	HcChG3	10-2 t	3/10	Abuffalosoldier (5¼L)	11/4F	130	133
30 Oct 24	Nab Newton Abbot	21.5f Hy	3NvH	11-2 t	1/5	One Big Bang (1¾L)	13/8F	124	120
17 Apr 24	Chl Cheltenham	28f Gd	3HcCh	11-12 t	1/16	Midnight Our Fred (1½L)	11/2	120	133
16 Mar 24	Utt Uttoxeter	20f Hy	4HcCh	12-1 t	2/7	Jupiter Du Gite (6L)	6/1	121	126
14 Dec 23	Tau Taunton	23f GS	4NvHcCh	12-2 t¹	3/9	Morfee (6¼L)	8/1	122	126

Monte Igueldo ^tp ¹

J: James Davies

T: Gary Hanmer

Likely to find this tough unless first-time cheekpieces receive a very positive response

P-3237

Age: 8

Weight: 10-12

OR: 130

Days: 14

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
15 Feb 25	Asc Ascot	24f Gd	HcChG3	10-7 t	7/11	Victtorino (7¼L)	50/1	132	133
13 Nov 24	Ban Bangor-on-Dee	24f Sft	2HcCh	11-5 t	3/10	Celebre d'Allen (9½L)	18/1	133	132
28 Jul 24	Utt Uttoxeter	26f Gd	2HcCh	10-2 t	2/5	Kinondo Kwetu (½L)	3/1	133	135
30 Jun 24	Utt Uttoxeter	26f GS	2HcCh	10-2 t	3/14	Hang In There (6½L)	125/1	129	130
20 Apr 24	Ban Bangor-on-Dee	20.5f Sft	4HcCh	12-2 t	PU/9	Cerendipity ()	40/1	122	-
20 May 23	Ban Bangor-on-Dee	16.5f Gd	4HcH	11-13	4/6	Hidalgo de L'Isle (11½L)	11/2	119	113

Erne River ^b

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Nick Kent

3 x Course Winner - Won 3 times before at this course

Familiar sight here but not the force of old; 18l fourth in the Great Yorkshire last time

-PPU44

Age: 10

Weight: 10-12

OR: 130

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Jan 25	Don Doncaster	24f Gd	HcChG3	10-11 b	4/13	Docpickedme (18½L)	12/1	131	127
29 Dec 24	Don Doncaster	24.5f GS	3HcH	10-13 b	4/6	Super Survivor (4¼L)	17/2	127	123
14 Dec 24	Don Doncaster	24f GS	2HcCh	10-6 b¹	UR/14	Charlie Uberalles ()	14/1	132	-
13 Nov 24	Ban Bangor-on-Dee	24f Sft	2HcCh	11-6 p	PU/10	Celebre d'Allen ()	16/1	134	-
17 May 24	Ain Aintree	25f Gd	2HcCh	11-5 p	PU/8	Captain Morgs ()	10/1	135	-
13 Apr 24	Ain Aintree	25f GS	HcChG3	10-11 p	PU/13	Cruz Control ()	20/1	137	-

Undersupervision ^v

J: James Turner ⁵

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Won this in 2022 and beaten a neck in 2023, but last year's performance in it was poor

3PP-P4

Age: 9

Weight: 10-9

OR: 127

Days: 73

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Dec 24	Lud Ludlow	24f GS	3HcCh	11-2 v¹	4/6	Tightenourbelts (19L)	14/1	130	126
17 Nov 24	Chl Cheltenham	27.5f Gd	HcChG3	10-4 p	PU/10	Abuffalosoldier ()	25/1	132	-
2 Mar 24	Don Doncaster	26f Sft	2HcCh	10-13 p	PU/10	Does He Know ()	11/2	134	-
9 Dec 23	Ain Aintree	26f Hy	HcChG3	10-2 p	PU/12	Chambard ()	9/1	136	-
18 Nov 23	Chl Cheltenham	25f Sft	3HcCh	11-0 p	3/16	Hascoeur Clermont (3½L)	18/1	132	137
28 Oct 23	Chl Cheltenham	25f GS	2HcCh	11-4 p	PU/13	Whacker Clan ()	8/1	135	-

Some Scope ^t

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Richard Hobson

Course Winner - Won before at this course

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

2nd in this race last year; Boxing Day win was a new high, followed by a poor show at 2m4f

4-P41P

Age: 7

Weight: 10-9

OR: 127

Days: 35

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
25 Jan 25	Chl Cheltenham	20.5f Sft	HcChG3	10-1 t	PU/11	Moon D'Orange ()	15/2	128	-
26 Dec 24	Wet Wetherby	24f GS	HcChG3	9-9 t	1/7	Kinondo Kwetu (¾L)	5/2F	124	132
30 Nov 24	Ncs Newcastle	23.5f Gd	HcChG3	10-7 t	4/13	Frero Banbou (18L)	12/1	125	125
26 Oct 24	Chl Cheltenham	25f Gd	2HcCh	10-2 t	PU/14	Senior Chief ()	13/2	126	-
17 Apr 24	Chl Cheltenham	26f Gd	2HcCh	10-10 t	4/14	Manothepeople (4¾L)	3/1F	127	129
2 Mar 24	Don Doncaster	26f Sft	2HcCh	10-4 t	2/10	Does He Know (3¼L)	3/1F	125	129

Moroder ^b

J: James Best

T: Seamus Mullins

C&D Winner - Won before on this course at this distance

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 19 in the last 14 days (0%)

Too many poor runs but ran well sole start in blinkers (last April) and won this in 2023

852-P4

Age: 11

Weight: 10-7

OR: 125

Days: 111

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
10 Nov 24	San Sandown	24f Gd	2HcCh	11-1 p¹	4/4	Certainly Red (67L)	17/2	126	67
22 Oct 24	Exe Exeter	24.5f GS	3HcCh	11-12	PU/9	Jupiter Allen ()	28/1	129	-
17 Apr 24	Chl Cheltenham	26f Gd	2HcCh	10-10 b¹	2/14	Manothepeople (1½L)	25/1	127	133
31 Mar 24	Plu Plumpton	25.5f Gd	3HcCh	11-6 t	5/6	Cap Du Nord (36L)	12/1	131	111
3 Feb 24	San Sandown	24f Gd	2HcCh	11-10 t¹	8/8	Java Point (54L)	20/1	135	92
13 Jan 24	Kem Kempton	24f GS	2HcCh	11-5	7/7	Flegmatik (31L)	12/1	137	120

Lord Baddesley ^t

J: Ben Godfrey

T: Anthony Honeyball

Has not proved his stamina over even 3m; could still be worth a second look, however

74-V64

Age: 10

Weight: 10-7

OR: 125

Days: 92

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
29 Nov 24	Nby Newbury	20f GS	2HcCh	10-5 t	4/9	Le Patron (9¼L)	12/1	127	129
9 Nov 24	Wcn Wincanton	25f Gd	HcChG3	10-3 t	6/10	Al Dancer (68L)	14/1	129	75
16 Mar 24	Kem Kempton	20.5f GS	2HcCh	10-11	4/8	Outlaw Peter (11L)	5/1	131	129
24 Feb 24	Kem Kempton	24f Sft	HcChG3	10-8	7/12	Forward Plan (8¾L)	10/1	132	130
2 Dec 23	Nby Newbury	22.5f GS	2HcCh	11-2	2/8	Inch House (1¼L)	12/1	129	133
6 Nov 23	Plu Plumpton	20.5f GS	3HcH	11-3	7/8	Forever William (11L)	4/1	130	112

The Kniphand ^p

J: Finn Lambert ³

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

3 x Course Winner - Won 3 times before at this course

Course Specialist - 3 wins from 4 starts here (75%)

Won well here on penultimate start; creditable, rallying 3rd at Uttoxeter three weeks ago

5-1213

Age: 7

Weight: 10-7

OR: 125

Days: 21

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Feb 25	Utt Uttoxeter	24f Sft	2HcCh	10-8 p	3/8	Monbeg Genius (8½L)	7/1	125	128
13 Dec 24	Don Doncaster	24f GS	3NvHcCh	11-5 p¹	1/4	A Definite Getaway (18L)	EvensF	121	132
7 Nov 24	Lud Ludlow	25.5f Gd	4HcCh	12-1	2/4	Rockinastorm (1¼L)	85/40	121	130
3 Oct 24	Sth Southwell	24.5f Gd	4NvHcCh	11-7	1/5	Next Left (6L)	6/5F	116	129
15 Dec 23	Don Doncaster	24f GS	3NvHcCh	11-0	5/9	Twinjets (20L)	7/2	120	113
26 Oct 23	Lud Ludlow	24f GS	3NvHcCh	10-11	2/5	Neon Moon (12L)	4/1	121	118

King Turgeon ^tp

T: David Pipe

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 20 in the last 14 days (0%)

-1113P

Age: 7

Weight: 11-7

OR: 139

Days: 27

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 Feb 25	Mus Musselburgh	31.5f GS	2HcCh	12-0 tp	PU/14	Magna Sam ()	12/1	140	-
16 Jan 25	Wcn Wincanton	26.5f GS	3HcCh	12-0 tp	3/10	Collectors Item (3L)	9/2	139	142
13 Dec 24	Chl Cheltenham	26f GS	HcChG3	10-4 tp	1/8	Our Power (3L)	9/4	133	142
9 Nov 24	Ain Aintree	21f GS	2HcCh	10-2 tp	1/13	Vintage Fizz (3¼L)	9/2	125	137
29 Oct 24	Chp Chepstow	26.5f GS	4HcCh	11-12 tp	1/14	Ajp Kingdom (10L)	8/1	118	137
13 Apr 24	Chp Chepstow	23.5f GS	4HcCh	11-5 tb	BD/8	Bells Of Peterboro ()	7/2	118	-

Surrey Quest ^t

T: Toby Lawes

Course Winner - Won before at this course

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

02-2U3

Age: 8

Weight: 11-7

OR: 139

Days: 27

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
2 Feb 25	Mus Musselburgh	31.5f GS	2HcCh	11-13 t	3/14	Magna Sam (10½L)	11/2	139	142
28 Dec 24	Nby Newbury	26f GS	2HcCh	11-13 t	UR/9	Henry's Friend ()	6/1	139	-
17 Nov 24	Chl Cheltenham	27.5f Gd	HcChG3	10-9 t	2/10	Abuffalosoldier (2¾L)	14/1	137	141
20 Apr 24	Ayr Ayr	32f Sft	HcChG3	10-3 t	2/26	Macdermott (nse)	20/1	133	142
27 Jan 24	Don Doncaster	24f Gd	HcChG3	11-1 t	10/18	Annual Invictus (25L)	10/1	135	122
30 Dec 23	Nby Newbury	26f Sft	3HcCh	11-7 t	1/11	Atlanta Brave (¾L)	7/2	128	140