Turners Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) — Cheltenham

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Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

HENRY'S FRIEND (IRE

🥈 Second

KING TURGEON (FR

🥉 Third

THE DOYEN CHIEF (IRE

Betting forecast

Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

The Short Go

5

4/1

02 · 🥈 2nd

Herakles Westwood

5

4/1

03 · 🥉 3rd

L'Homme Presse

6

5/1

04 · —

Henry's Friend

7

6/1

05 · —

Blaze The Way

8.50

15/2

06 · —

King Turgeon

9

8/1

07 · —

Gowel Road

10

9/1

08 · —

The Doyen Chief

13

12/1

09 · —

Cruz Control

23

22/1

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
2nd	1	—	L'Homme Presse (G) Classy chaser who has to concede plenty of weight all round, but last run in a handicap was when winning the 2022 Rehearsal Chase off a 2 lb higher mark. Made it 3-4 at Cheltenham when landing the Cotswold Chase (25.2f, soft) in January an…	31P-222	Charlie Deutsch	Miss V Williams	10	76.2 kg	6 5/1
8th	2	—	Henry's Friend (G) [P] Proved better than ever when landing a big pot on his seasonal reappearance at Ascot (23.8f, good) last month. Nudged up just 3 lb for that and while he has struggled on his 2 previous visits to this course, he will be a danger to all if a…	88-1869	Ben Jones	B Pauling	8	68.9 kg	7 6/1
7th	3	—	Gowel Road (G) [PT] Cleeve Hurdle winner here last winter and bettered his low-key reappearance display when third in 3m handicap hurdle here last time. Not seen out over fences since winning a small-field handicap at Ascot in October 2022, though, and this w…	037442	Sam Twiston-Davies	N & W Twiston-Davies	9	68.9 kg	10 9/1
—	4	—	Cruz Control (G) [T] Won 3 times over fences last season, culminating in a decisive victory in valuable Aintree handicap, a race he also captured in 2024. Reappearance run at Newcastle was probably needed, but it's likely that his campaign will once again be g…	7P1/6P5-	Stan Sheppard	T Lacey	8	67.1 kg	23 22/1
5th	5	—	The Doyen Chief (G) On the up with 3m handicap wins at Kempton and Warwick in March and shaped well when second on return at Bangor. Didn't end up taking part after going to post for a major Newbury handicap recently (pulled up at the start) and while his new…	2P5129	Thomas Bellamy	A King	8	66.2 kg	13 12/1
6th	6	—	King Turgeon (G) [PT] Took his form to a new level last season, winning first 3 starts of the campaign, including this race off a 3 lb lower mark 12 months ago. Ended that campaign on a downer, but reappearance sixth in the Grand Sefton at Aintree (21f, good) w…	13PP-66	Jack Tudor	D Pipe	7	64.4 kg	9 8/1
1st	7	—	Blaze The Way (G) Fairly useful chaser who put his underwhelming reappearance behind him when second in a Sligo maiden (17.5, good to soft) in October. Wasn't disgraced in Grade 3 company next time and moving back up in trip won't hurt, but he's on a tough-…	624157	Danny Mullins	Ms M Mullins	7	64.4 kg	8.50 15/2
3rd	8	—	The Short Go (G) FAV [HT1] Mixed record last season, but performed with credit both visits here during that campaign and again when fourth in another valuable handicap at this course (25f, good) towards the end of October. Still, the first-time tongue strap will nee…	F5P430/	Darragh O'Keeffe	H De Bromhead	8	64.4 kg	5 4/1
4th	9	—	Herakles Westwood (G) FAV Improved switched to fences last season, winning at Newbury at Windsor, and wasn't entirely disgraced in the big festivals here and at Punchestown during the spring. Kick-started present campaign with a good second at this course (25f, sof…	75-2410	S Bowen	W Greatrex	8	64.4 kg	5 4/1

Betting forecast: The Short Go (4/1), Herakles Westwood (4/1), L'Homme Presse (5/1), Henry's Friend (6/1), Blaze The Way (15/2), King Turgeon (8/1), Gowel Road (9/1), The Doyen Chief (12/1), Cruz Control (22/1)

Prize money

Position	Prize
P1	56950.0 GBP
P2	21370.0 GBP
P3	10700.0 GBP
P4	5330.0 GBP
P5	2680.0 GBP
P6	1340.0 GBP

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