Virgin Bet A Good Bet Veterans' Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Erne River (G) PT Latest win came over C&D in December 2023 and while he's fallen a long way in the weights, he'll need to go with more fluency in a change of headgear to capitalise.	43P/P44-	Kielan Woods N Kent	11	76.7kg	11 10/1
6th	2	—	Chavez (G) Missed whole of 2025 but shaped as though a fair amount of ability remains on first start since leaving Willie Mullins at Ascot last month. Yard going much better now but needs to prove he can back t…	5FP0/P6-	Charlie Deutsch Miss V Williams	10	76.2kg	41 40/1
5th	3	—	Sainte Doctor (M) PT Reliable sort who picked up where she left off last season when second in strongly-run handicap on her comeback at Fakenham (21.2f) last month and she isn't fully exposed over this sort of trip. Soli…	1112-32	R P McLernon N P Mulholland	10	75.3kg	4.50 7/2
—	4	—	Almazhar Garde (G) Pulled Up PT Has continued in fine heart since landing a double at Worcester last summer, only going down to a less-exposed rival in a thin handicap at Catterick in November. Should give his running on just his s…	1142PU	David Bass C E Longsdon	11	75.3kg	23 22/1
—	5	—	Northern Poet (G) Pulled Up Dug deep to land first-leg of a double in similar race over C&D in the spring but ran a pair of stinkers to close out last season. Has gone well fresh previously but hard to be confident at this stag…	11PP/P4-	James Davies N J Gifford	11	73.5kg	15 14/1
—	6	—	Magna Sam (G) P Dual Edinburgh National winner who ran creditably over C&D following a breathing operation last season and may well leave behind his comeback run following another wind surgery.	P31P/66-	C Gethings A Ralph	12	73kg	17 16/1
2nd	7	—	Ladronne (G) T Winner of two of his 4 starts since his reappearance, justifying support in veterans' handicap at Catterick last month. May prove vulnerable back up in class.	124125	Jack Power J Parkinson & S Smith	12	73kg	6.50 11/2
7th	8	—	Autonomous Cloud (G) FAV PT Still fairly useful last season but didn't look the force of old in pair of handicaps for Fergal O'Brien this winter. Not out of the question that switch to veterans' company/new yard could spark som…	8-618P7	Paul O'Brien Harry Derham	10	71.7kg	3.75 11/4
1st	9	—	If Not For Dylan (G) T Made all/jumped soundly when winning off 2 lb higher at Newcastle last January. Has still showed plenty of spark this season and he's expected to make a bold bid with yard back in form.	U43173-	Alan Doyle L Russell & M Scudamore	11	70.3kg	5 4/1
3rd	10	—	Stratagem (G) PT Regressed for Paul Nicholls and similar story for new connections this season, undergoing another breathing operation since pulling up at Market Rasen last month.	314-313	Shane Fenelon M Bowen	10	68kg	9.50 17/2

Position	Prize
P1	10562.0 GBP
P2	4860.0 GBP
P3	2430.0 GBP
P4	1216.0 GBP
P5	606.0 GBP