M&T Solicitors In Warwick Handicap Chase (GBB Race).
Warwick · Monday, 4 May · 18:25
· 2m 4f
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:25
Off time
8
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
IMPERIAL BEDE (FR
🥈 Second
FULL FORCE GALE (IRE
🥉 Third
DILIGENT MILITIA (FR
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
5.50
9/2
05 · —
11
10/1
06 · —
15
14/1
07 · —
15
14/1
08 · —
23
22/1
09 · —
29
28/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | — |
Imperial Bede (G)
FAV
[P]
Back to winning ways at Catterick in February. Possibly found run coming too quickly when last of 5 at Hereford a fortnight later and quickly back on form when second at Haydock (2½m, good) last month, closing all way to line. Leading clai…
|
H Cobden | J & A O'Neill | 8 | 77.1 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 6th | 2 | — |
Salley Gardens (G)
[PT]
Won a pair of small-field chases for Olly Murphy last spring but hasn't scaled the same heights for this yard. On a good mark but others are still preferred.
|
Philip Armson | J Coulson | 10 | 76.2 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 7th | 3 | — |
Harel Du Marais (G)
At his best when there's a real emphasis on speed and he cashed in on a reduced mark at Stratford (17f ) in March. Below-form third of 6 at Huntingdon (2m, good to soft) since. The step back up in trip isn't sure to suit.
|
C J Todd | C & A Pogson | 9 | 76.2 kg |
15
14/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
Start Again (G)
[T]
Maiden hurdle winner last autumn. Also a creditable third in a 2m Ascot novice in November but he made a disappointing start to his chase career when pulled up at Uttoxeter on Saturday.
|
Jack Hogan | F O'Brien | 6 | 76.2 kg |
15
14/1
|
| 2nd | 5 | — |
Theonlywayiswessex (G)
Dual chase winner who was runner-up over C&D last summer. Off since a below-par fourth at Newton Abbot (21f) last August but fairly handicapped if ready to roll.
|
Thomas Bellamy | A King | 8 | 74.8 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 4th | 6 | — |
Another Folly (G)
[P]
Put experience to good use when off the mark at Stratford (23f) last autumn. Mostly respectable efforts since, including in France last time.
|
C Gethings | Mrs J Williams | 7 | 74.8 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| — | 7 | — |
Diligent Militia (G)
[PT]
Low-mileage sort who shaped a lot better than a remote fourth suggests on last month's 2m Chepstow handicap chase debut, in contention until a chance-ending mistake 2 out (rider lost irons).
|
David Noonan | Tim Vaughan | 7 | 74.8 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 3rd | 8 | — |
Dj Pete (G)
[P]
Showed a game attitude to get off the mark at Ffos Las in February and didn't take long for him to add to that tally at Bangor 3 weeks ago. Ran no sort of race at Chepstow last time, though.
|
James Best | S-J Davies | 8 | 72.1 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 1st | 9 | — |
Full Force Gale (G)
[PT]
Bumper winner in 2024. Well held in maiden hurdles but different proposition switched to fences for handicap debut when second of 9 over C&D (good to soft) 39 days ago. Should progress.
|
Charlie Deutsch | T R George | 6 | 70.3 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
Betting forecast: Imperial Bede (9/4), Full Force Gale (7/2), Another Folly (7/2), Theonlywayiswessex (9/2), Dj Pete (10/1), Harel Du Marais (14/1), Start Again (14/1), Diligent Militia (22/1), Salley Gardens (28/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5149.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2369.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1185.0 GBP |
| P4 | 593.0 GBP |
| P5 | 295.0 GBP |