Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Handicap Chase (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) (GBB Race).
Kempton · Saturday, 27 Dec · 18:30
· 2m
· Class 1
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:30
Off time
7
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
THISTLE ASK (IRE
🥈 Second
RYAN'S ROCKET (IRE
🥉 Third
SAINT SEGAL (FR
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.75
7/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
2.88
15/8
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
12
11/1
05 · —
13
12/1
06 · —
19
18/1
07 · —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | — |
Saint Segal (G)
[T]
This 7-y-o arrives here at the top of his game having won 3 of his last 4 at up to 19.4f, showcasing his versatility ground-wise in the process. Defeat on penultimate start at Exeter came at the hands of the re-opposing Thistle Ask, though…
|
C Gethings | Mrs J Williams | 7 | 75.3 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 3rd | 2 | — |
Boothill (G)
[T]
Winner of the Wayward Lad on this card in 2022 and bagged a couple of significant Ascot handicaps the following season. However, he's prone to mistakes over fences (has failed to complete in the last 2 renewals of this) and has failed to f…
|
Bryan Carver | H Fry | 10 | 72.6 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 1st | 3 | — |
Thistle Ask (G)
[HT]
Dual winner for James Ewart and highly progressive for new yard this season, making it 3-3 for the Skelton team with a decisive seven-length beating of Saint Segal in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter (17.5f, soft). Has predictably rocketed up…
|
Harry Skelton | D Skelton | 8 | 71.2 kg |
2.88
15/8
|
| 4th | 4 | — |
Sans Bruit (G)
[T]
Front-runner who ended last term on the up with back-to-back 2m handicap wins in April, including the valuable Red Rum at Aintree, a race he also won in 2023. On the downside, he's yet to fire this season and it appears that he is at his b…
|
H Cobden | P F Nicholls | 7 | 68 kg |
13
12/1
|
| — | 5 | — |
Ryan's Rocket (G)
FAV
Irish point/hurdles winner who made the perfect start in this sphere at Chepstow last November. Back on the up when picking off the pace-forcers on the run-in at Newbury (16.4f, good to soft) last month and, likely to come on for that seas…
|
J J Burke | F O'Brien | 7 | 66.2 kg |
2.75
7/4
|
| — | 6 | — |
Gabriel's Getaway (G)
[T]
Ended last term on a downer but has resumed in the good order this season, finishing second in handicaps here and at Ascot. Another creditable effort when fourth in a valuable race at the latter course (16.8f, soft) last time and should ma…
|
Rex Dingle | A J Honeyball | 8 | 66.2 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 5th | 7 | — |
Calgary Tiger (G)
Free-going front runner who was beating a retreat when departing at the final fence on his reappearance at Cheltenham last month. Faces a mountainous task from a miles out of the handicap here.
|
James Best | W De Best-Turner | 10 | 66.2 kg |
151
150/1
|
Betting forecast: Ryan's Rocket (7/4), Thistle Ask (15/8), Saint Segal (9/2), Gabriel's Getaway (11/1), Sans Bruit (12/1), Boothill (18/1), Calgary Tiger (150/1)
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 |