Pertemps Novices' Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	—	Limetree Boy (G) P Best effort for some time when second of 7 in a handicap chase on return to action on New Year's Day. Has never been the easiest to predict but he's a player if in the same mood.	873-268	Jonjo O'Neill Jr. J & A O'Neill	10	76.2kg	13 12/1
3rd	2	—	Orange Diamond (G) T Completed hat-trick of Worcester handicap wins (all 20f) in September and continued excellent start for this yard when cashing in on a slightly lower chase mark at Market Rasen 4 weeks ago (23.9f). …	2132-41	Jack Andrews T Ellis	8	76.2kg	4.50 7/2
—	3	—	Moor End (G) Made a winning start over fences at Uttoxeter in October and backed it up with a brace of placed efforts to end 2025, latterly at Leicester. Same mark here so a player if seeing this longer trip out.	7-1322U	Lily Pinchin Mrs E Bishop	7	74.4kg	7 6/1
5th	4	—	Annie Express (M) FAV Irish point winner who showed ability over hurdles and chase debut fifth of 13 at Southwell (24.3f, good) in April 2024 was encouraging. Restricted to just 2 runs since but readily defied an absence …	4-15P41	Toby McCain-Mitchell R L Llewellyn	8	74.4kg	3 2/1
1st	5	—	Call Me Arthur (G) Southwell hurdle in May 2024 who disappointed switched to fences 5 months later. Off further 14 months and showed a bit more at Hereford but he'll need to improve his jumping to progress over these o…	2/19-41F	Stan Sheppard T Lacey	7	73kg	4.50 7/2
—	6	—	There's Claude (G) Pulled Up T Showed a bit in 3 qualifying runs over hurdles in 2023/24. A point background suggests handicap chases should be his thing but didn't show much or return from near 2-year absence at Huntingdon. This …	23764/P	Freddie Gordon P Gundry	8	71.7kg	15 14/1
—	7	—	Lord Maher (G) Modest winner on hurdles debut in Ireland last summer but 0-10 for current yard. Probably booked for second when brought down at Fontwell penultimate start but ran poorly at Market Rasen last month a…	445B7-5	Tom Cannon K Jewell	6	69.9kg	34 33/1
2nd	8	—	Hardy Buck (G) P Had fallen a long way in the weights (still 2 lb out of the handicap) when recording a first career success on stable debut in a conditional jockeys' handicap hurdle at Exeter (23.1f, soft) last mont…	P172P-6	Luke Scott M Comley	8	64.4kg	4.50 7/2
—	9	—	Honneur De Sivola (G) Pulled Up PT Point winner who finished second 4 times over fences in 2023, but has lost his way.	75-366P	Benjamin Poste C Hobson	9	64.4kg	51 50/1
4th	10	—	Voleur De Terres (M) Dual winning Irish pointer but she has offered nothing under Rules.	P-P6411	Lee Edwards Miss C Dyson	8	64.4kg	126 125/1

Betting forecast: Annie Express (2/1), Call Me Arthur (7/2), Hardy Buck (7/2), Orange Diamond (7/2), Moor End (6/1), Limetree Boy (12/1), There's Claude (14/1), Lord Maher (33/1), Honneur De Sivola (50/1), Voleur De Terres (125/1)