GB - Chepstow - Race 3

Thoroughbred

12 Runners

23.6f

Handicap Hurdle

Turf

Soft

27.5K

VIEW

Verdict

This looks wide open but Ben Clarke's A PERFECT DAY rates just the pick of the weights and remains with few miles on the clock so is taken to go 3-5 at the chief expense of hat-trick seeking Stone's Throw who rates a big threat. In-form top-weight Gowel Road seems sure to be on the premises back in handicap company, while Ambion View, King Of The Lake and Keable also need factoring in too.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob
10	Lightly-raced son of Westerner who made a winning start over hurdles at Wincanton in 2024. Off 12 months but has improved sent handicapping this winter, scoring at Lingfield before good third of 10 back at Wincanton (3m) last month. Remains quite unexposed and a likely player off an unchanged mark. 1st Pick 10 A Perfect Day (Ire) Jockey: Bryan Carver Trainer: Ben Clarke J: Bryan Carver T: Ben Clarke	100	-	-	-	25%
Analysis Lightly-raced son of Westerner who made a winning start over hurdles at Wincanton in 2024. Off 12 months but has improved sent handicapping this winter, scoring at Lingfield before good third of 10 back at Wincanton (3m) last month. Remains quite unexposed and a likely player off an unchanged mark.
9	Scored at Southwell in December and progressed again when following up in 3m handicap at Doncaster 54 days ago. Well on top at the finish there so can make his presence felt in his hat-trick bid despite a 7 lb weights rise. 2nd Pick 9 Stone's Throw Jockey: Kielan Woods Trainer: Billy Aprahamian J: Kielan Woods T: Billy Aprahamian	95	-	-	-	13%
Analysis Scored at Southwell in December and progressed again when following up in 3m handicap at Doncaster 54 days ago. Well on top at the finish there so can make his presence felt in his hat-trick bid despite a 7 lb weights rise.
1	Smart hurdler who gamely landed Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham last January. Good fourth of 6 to Ma Shantou in same 3m contest four weeks ago so he's not taken lightly back in handicap company. 3rd Pick 1 Gowel Road (Ire) Jockey: Toby Mccain-Mitchell Trainer: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies J: Toby Mccain-Mitchell T: Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies	99	-	-	-	23%
Analysis Smart hurdler who gamely landed Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham last January. Good fourth of 6 to Ma Shantou in same 3m contest four weeks ago so he's not taken lightly back in handicap company.

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Scratch

A horse is a scratch when injury or other necessity causes it to be withdrawn from the race.

Firm

A dry turf course, equal to a ‘fast’ dirt track.

Dead Heat

Two or more horses finishing so close at the wire, that they were unable to be separated on a photo finish and deemed to have tied.