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Catesby Estates Handicap Hurdle

Cheltenham · Friday, 12 Dec · 13:15 · 2m 179y · Class 3 · TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:15
Off time
11
Runners
Good to Soft
Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

🏆 Top pick
FORTUNE DE MER (IRE
🥈 Second
KEL DU LARGE (FR
🥉 Third
FRENCH EMPEROR (FR

Betting forecast

11 runners
01 · 🏆
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈
4.20
16/5
03 · 🥉
5
4/1
9
8/1
05
11
10/1
12
11/1
15
14/1
08
29
28/1
29
28/1
67
66/1
101
100/1

Runners

Pos No. Dr Horse Form Jockey / Trainer Age Wgt Best decimal odds
9th 1
Iberico Lord (G)
Former Greatwood and Betfair Hurdle winner but hard to know much of that ability remains as he's been below par back hurdling since a fall over fences at Ascot last December, including in this year's…
00-9918 N de Boinville
N J Henderson
7 76.2kg 9
8/1
6th 2
Brentford Hope (G)
Smart hurdler and translated most of that ability to fences at the first time of asking when 12¼ lengths fourth of 6 in 2m course Grade 2 on reappearance in November. Not in the same form when last o…
446313 Megan Fox
Harry Derham
8 75.7kg 12
11/1
10th 3
No Ordinary Joe (G)
T
Useful on his day for Nicky Henderson but winless since 2022 and hasn't fired in 3 outings for current yard.
K Brogan
Faye Bramley
9 73.5kg 67
66/1
1st 4
Fortune De Mer (G)
H
Good Cheltenham record includes wins in a listed bumper last November and a Grade 2 novice hurdle this autumn. Sound start to his handicap career when second of 7 at Ascot (2m, good) 3 weeks ago. Big…
140-312 Harry Skelton
D Skelton
5 71.2kg 4.20
16/5
11th 5
Stoner's Choice (G)
T
Has yet to fire this season but nicely handicapped if staging a rival having dipped to 4 lb lower that when second in a competitive race at Kempton in February.
560576 Kielan Woods
F O'Brien
10 70.8kg 29
28/1
3rd 6
Melon (G)
Lightly raced improver on Flat for this yard and took well to hurdling last winter, winning juveniles at Doncaster (good to soft) and Wetherby (heavy). Only a respectable fourth in Sandown juvenile h…
614-382 Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
O Greenall & J Guerriero
4 68.9kg 29
28/1
4th 7
Leloopa (M)
T
Made it 4 wins in her last 7 starts when seeing off 11 rivals in a course conditional jockeys' handicap under Tom Broughton in October. Did that decisively and should remain competitive off 6 lb high…
171-631 Tom Broughton
F O'Brien
5 68.5kg 11
10/1
7th 8
French Emperor (G) FAV
Arrives 2-2 in handicap hurdles, both competitive big-field events, latterly at the Open meeting here (heavy) 4 weeks ago. Raised 7 lb but further progress can't be discounted.
7-11738 S Bowen
Nicky Martin
5 68kg 3.25
9/4
2nd 9
Continuance (G)
H
Enthusiastic front-runner who landed back-to-back victories at Ludlow and Fontwell in the spring. Pulled up on reappearance but quickly back on song when second of 4 at Sandown (2m, good) last month.
223-422 Freddie Keighley
M Keighley
4 68kg 15
14/1
8th 10
Moutarde (G)
V
Trained by Anthony Charlton to win a pair of juvenile hurdles last season. His second at Newton Abbot in May shows he can be competitive in handicaps but he's struggled in his 2 outings this autumn. …
29P8P5 Callum Pritchard
S Hosie
4 65.8kg 101
100/1
5th 11
Kel Du Large (G)
Won all 3 starts in 2023/24 season, including a course listed bumper and a Hereford juvenile hurdle. Off 21 months, lost his unbeaten record but shaped encouragingly given the length of absence when …
1/35712 C Gethings
Mrs J Williams
5 65.3kg 5
4/1

Betting forecast: French Emperor (9/4), Fortune De Mer (16/5), Kel Du Large (4/1), Iberico Lord (8/1), Leloopa (10/1), Brentford Hope (11/1), Continuance (14/1), Melon (28/1), Stoner's Choice (28/1), No Ordinary Joe (66/1), Moutarde (100/1)

Prize money

PositionPrize
P113202.0 GBP
P26075.0 GBP
P33038.0 GBP
P41520.0 GBP
P5758.0 GBP