Pertemps Novices' Handicap Chase.
Huntingdon · Thursday, 22 Jan · 17:30
· 2m 7f 129y
· Class 5
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:30
Off time
8
Runners
Soft
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
ANNIE EXPRESS (IRE
🥈 Second
ORANGE DIAMOND (FR
🥉 Third
MOOR END (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 10 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3
2/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
4.50
7/2
05 · —
7
6/1
06 · —
13
12/1
07 · —
15
14/1
08 · —
34
33/1
09 · —
51
50/1
10 · —
126
125/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1 | — |
Limetree Boy (G)
[P]
Best effort for some time when second of 7 in a handicap chase on return to action on New Year's Day. Has never been the easiest to predict but he's a player if in the same mood.
|
873-268 | Jonjo O'Neill Jr. | J & A O'Neill | 10 | 76.2 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 3rd | 2 | — |
Orange Diamond (G)
[T]
Completed hat-trick of Worcester handicap wins (all 20f) in September and continued excellent start for this yard when cashing in on a slightly lower chase mark at Market Rasen 4 weeks ago (23.9f). Unexposed over this trip so has to be of…
|
42132-4 | Jack Andrews | T Ellis | 8 | 76.2 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| — | 3 | — |
Moor End (G)
Made a winning start over fences at Uttoxeter in October and backed it up with a brace of placed efforts to end 2025, latterly at Leicester. Same mark here so a player if seeing this longer trip out.
|
7-1322U | Lily Pinchin | Mrs E Bishop | 7 | 74.4 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 5th | 4 | — |
Annie Express (M)
FAV
Irish point winner who showed ability over hurdles and chase debut fifth of 13 at Southwell (24.3f, good) in April 2024 was encouraging. Restricted to just 2 runs since but readily defied an absence starting out for new connections at Ludl…
|
4-15P41 | Toby McCain-Mitchell | R L Llewellyn | 8 | 74.4 kg |
3
2/1
|
| 1st | 5 | — |
Call Me Arthur (G)
Southwell hurdle in May 2024 who disappointed switched to fences 5 months later. Off further 14 months and showed a bit more at Hereford but he'll need to improve his jumping to progress over these obstacles. Tongue tie removed.
|
2/19-41F | Stan Sheppard | T Lacey | 7 | 73 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| — | 6 | — |
There's Claude (G)
[T1]
Showed a bit in 3 qualifying runs over hurdles in 2023/24. A point background suggests handicap chases should be his thing but didn't show much or return from near 2-year absence at Huntingdon. This will reveal more.
|
23764/P | Freddie Gordon | P Gundry | 8 | 71.7 kg |
15
14/1
|
| — | 7 | — |
Lord Maher (G)
Modest winner on hurdles debut in Ireland last summer but 0-10 for current yard. Probably booked for second when brought down at Fontwell penultimate start but ran poorly at Market Rasen last month and has stamina to prove over this marked…
|
445B7-5 | Tom Cannon | K Jewell | 6 | 69.9 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 2nd | 8 | — |
Hardy Buck (G)
[P]
Had fallen a long way in the weights (still 2 lb out of the handicap) when recording a first career success on stable debut in a conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle at Exeter (23.1f, soft) last month. Disappointing from same mark at Taunt…
|
78P172 | Luke Scott | M Comley | 8 | 64.4 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| — | 9 | — |
Honneur De Sivola (G)
[PT]
Point winner who finished second 4 times over fences in 2023, but has lost his way.
|
75-366P | Benjamin Poste | C Hobson | 9 | 64.4 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 4th | 10 | — |
Voleur De Terres (M)
Dual winning Irish pointer but she has offered nothing under Rules.
|
P-P6411 | Lee Edwards | Miss C Dyson | 8 | 64.4 kg |
126
125/1
|
Betting forecast: Annie Express (2/1), Call Me Arthur (7/2), Hardy Buck (7/2), Orange Diamond (7/2), Moor End (6/1), Limetree Boy (12/1), There's Claude (14/1), Lord Maher (33/1), Honneur De Sivola (50/1), Voleur De Terres (125/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4489.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2066.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1033.0 GBP |
| P4 | 517.0 GBP |
| P5 | 258.0 GBP |