It Pays To Buy Irish Stewart Tory Memorial Open Hunters' Chase.
Wincanton · Thursday, 29 Jan · 20:03
· 3m 1f 30y
· Class 5
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:03
Off time
6
Runners
Heavy
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
THUNDER ROCK (IRE
🥈 Second
ILLICO DE COTTE (FR
🥉 Third
MR GLASS (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 6 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.50
6/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
6.50
11/2
05 · —
13
12/1
06 · —
26
25/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | — |
Thunder Rock (G)
Very smart chaser at his peak. Below that level over hurdles in more recent times but still a potential class act in his first hunter.
|
Mr James King | O Murphy | 10 | 78.9 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 3rd | 2 | — |
Illico De Cotte (G)
FAV
[T1]
Fairly useful hurdle/chase winner for Dan Skelton. Runner-up in 2 points for new connections and likely to go well on hunter debut.
|
Mr F Philipson-Stow | W Biddick | 8 | 77.1 kg |
2.50
6/4
|
| — | 3 | — |
Mr Glass (G)
[T]
Under the care of Will Biddick when seeing off Go Sacre Go to win this 12 months ago. Might have found the run coming too soon when pulled up at Leicester a fortnight later. Has rejoined Paul Nicholls ahead of his return to action. Could m…
|
Mr Lucas Murphy | P F Nicholls | 10 | 77.1 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 1st | 4 | — |
Pyleigh Court (G)
Multiple point winner who landed 4-runner hunter chase in the mud at Leicester last February. Pulled up in the Aintree Foxhunter 5 weeks later and not seen since. Chance he'll need this first run back.
|
Miss Ella Herbison | R Pudd | 11 | 76.2 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| — | 5 | — |
Go Sacre Go (G)
Chased home Mr Glass in this race 12 months ago. Pulled up at Stratford only subsequent start last season but returns to Rules on the back of a point win 11 weeks ago (final start for Sally Alner). Now trained by Robert Walford.
|
Mr Paddy Barlow | R Walford | 10 | 75.3 kg |
13
12/1
|
| — | 6 | — |
Minella Jab (G)
Multiple point winner who reached the frame in 2 hunters in spring 2024. Fit from a recent point win but will need to advance his form to go close here.
|
Mr Jake Bament | Miss M Lawrence | 9 | 75.3 kg |
26
25/1
|
Betting forecast: Illico De Cotte (6/4), Mr Glass (11/4), Thunder Rock (4/1), Pyleigh Court (11/2), Go Sacre Go (12/1), Minella Jab (25/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 3229.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1615.0 GBP |
| P3 | 807.0 GBP |
| P4 | 404.0 GBP |
| P5 | 202.0 GBP |