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Leicester · Thursday, 4 Dec · 16:30
· 2m 4f 110y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:30
Off time
8
Runners
Soft (Heavy in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
CHOICE RUNNER (IRE
🥈 Second
SHOTGUN RIDER (IRE
🥉 Third
UBATUBA (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.20
6/5
02 · 🥈 2nd
4
3/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
10
9/1
05 · —
10
9/1
06 · —
19
18/1
07 · —
34
33/1
08 · —
151
150/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | — |
Choice Runner (G)
Wasn't done with when falling 3 out on hurdles debut at Uttoxeter in March and again shaped well with a creditable second to the odds-on Jasmine d'Airy in 2m novice at the same course last month (first run following a wind op). This step b…
|
Tristan Durrell | D Skelton | 5 | 71.7 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 8th | 2 | — |
Midsummer Dream (G)
No real impact in a couple of bumpers and improvement needed now switched to hurdles following a year off.
|
Kielan Woods | T Bulgin | 4 | 71.7 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 5th | 3 | — |
My Own Lovely Lee (G)
Third sole start in Irish points in February and there was promise in his Rules debut fourth in a 10-runner Chepstow novice hurdle (19.4f, soft) last month. Entitled to come on for that run, but it's likely that he'll come into his own whe…
|
James Best | P Hobbs & J White | 5 | 71.7 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 6th | 4 | — |
Neptune House (G)
Down the field in a pair of bumpers 9 months apart and it's been a case of much of the same in a couple of runs over hurdles.
|
R P McLernon | L Horsfall | 5 | 71.7 kg |
151
150/1
|
| 7th | 5 | — |
Pop's Folly (G)
Bettered debut effort when fifth in an 11-runner Exeter bumper in February, but will need to take another sizeable step foward if he's to get competitive now hurdling.
|
Finn Lambert | G Nicholls | 5 | 71.7 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 2nd | 6 | — |
Shotgun Rider (G)
Picked up for £155,000 after winning his only start in Irish points during the spring. In good hands as he embarks on a career under Rules and it will be interesting to see what the market has to say.
|
Sam Twiston-Davies | N & W Twiston-Davies | 4 | 71.7 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 3rd | 7 | — |
Tao Enki (G)
Glimmers of ability in bumpers last season and made an encouraging start over hurdles when fifth of 14 in a Stratford novice (16.3f, good to soft) at the end of October. Promises to be suited by this step up in trip and he's not discounted.
|
Jack Hogan | A Ralph | 5 | 71.7 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 1st | 8 | — |
Ubatuba (G)
FAV
Bang there when unseating 3 out on debut between the flags last December and accounted for 10 rivals on latest start in that sphere in March. Changed hands for £85,000 and, having joined a prolific, up-and-coming yard, he is of strong inte…
|
Ben Sutton | O Murphy | 5 | 71.7 kg |
2.20
6/5
|
Betting forecast: Ubatuba (6/5), Shotgun Rider (3/1), Choice Runner (7/2), Tao Enki (9/1), My Own Lovely Lee (9/1), Pop's Folly (18/1), Midsummer Dream (33/1), Neptune House (150/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4357.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2007.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1003.0 GBP |
| P4 | 502.0 GBP |