I've Got A Friend arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out and again two starts back, with a second three starts back, and he's fresh from a run just 14 days ago. He has run over today's trip, and while 163 lb is a hefty burden, our figures at 110 still make him a strong pick.
Form last 6U2-11
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
99SR110RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 99 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Littlebobbydazzler won last time out and was third the start before, but he returns after 189 days off and carries 159 lb, which makes him hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip, and our rating of 100 only ranks him sixth of 14.
Form last 631-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
94SR100RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 94 suggests ability but 12/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Port Isaac won last time out and has run over today's trip and going before, while carrying 159 lb is a hefty burden. Our rating of 111 ranks him top of the 14, but 225 days off the track is the main risk to his fitness.
Form last 61-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
108SR111RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 108 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Tythingman won last time out, but that came 244 days ago and he now carries 159 lb, so he is hard to fancy on our figures, ranked only fifth of 14. In his favour, he has run over today's trip and the yard is in form.
Form last 61-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
104SR103RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 104 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Delusionofgrandeur arrives with back-to-back seconds, the latest last time out, and has run over today's trip, so he looks a leading threat while carrying 156 lb; the one concern is a 140-day layoff, and our rating of 111 ranks him second of 14.
Form last 64P62-2
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
94SR111RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 94 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Winner on his latest outing, he returns after 237 days off and carries 155 lb, so a fitness question remains; lightly raced and unexposed, he could have more to offer.
Form last 61-
★AI Rating★★★★☆
113SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 11-1 gives a real edge in this handicap.
Cask Of Pimlico is an unexposed debutant with no form to assess, so he is open to plenty of improvement. He carries 155 lb, and his first outing will reveal plenty about what he can do.
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
90SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 90 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 16/1.
Dennis's Honor finished second last time out and has run over today's trip, while carrying 155 lb is a stern task; our rating of 106 ranks him fourth of 14, so he's a leading threat, but the main risk is a 168-day absence leaving him short of peak fitness.
Form last 62
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
74SR106RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 74 suggests ability but 40/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Lightly raced and unexposed, Freetobe was second on his latest outing but returns after 259 days off, so fitness is the question. He carries 155 lb and, yet to win in his last start, looks open to improvement.
Form last 62-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
90SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 90 suggests ability but 16/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Micky Haller won last time out, his only recent start, so he's unexposed and open to improvement, though he returns after 230 days off and carries 155 lb.
Form last 61-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
98SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 98 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Lightly raced and unexposed, Milord D'anjou was third last time out, and a sixth two starts back, so there could be more to come, though he returns after 206 days off and is yet to win in his last two starts, carrying 155 lb.
Form last 663-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
104SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 104 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Newgrove won last time out and is unexposed, though he returns after a 231-day break and carries 155 lb. He is lightly raced, so there could be more to come, but fitness is the question first time back.
Form last 61-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
110SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 110 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
Unexposed mare who won last time out and was third the start before, but she returns after 206 days off and carries 149 lb, so fitness is the question. Lightly raced, she looks open to further improvement.
Form last 631-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
89SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 89 suggests ability but 25/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Stoner's Sister is unraced, so she's an unknown quantity with no form to go on, but that leaves her unexposed and open to improvement. She carries 148 lb on her first outing.
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
96SR—RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 96 suggests ability but 14/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Ballycrystal Boy owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (63) and market confidence (91). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
15/8Jamie SnowdenGavin Sheehan
75%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Newgrove
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
10/3 · Dan Skelton✓ Value Signal
Dennis's Honor
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
40/1 · Tom Ellis◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Ballycrystal Boy (SR:113, 9/4) is the highest-rated horse in the field and carries just 11-1 — a favourable weight for a bumper at this level. The market has moved dramatically in his favour (Mkt:in33%), the strongest steaming of any horse in the race, suggesting significant stable/market confidence. Trainer Jamie Snowden posts a 26% career strike rate from 854 runners — outstanding for a National Hunt yard — and Gavin Sheehan (22%, 1320 runners) is an experienced booking who knows Cheltenham. While every runner in this bumper shows DistFit:? and GoingFit:? given their inexperience, Ballycrystal Boy's SR leads the field by 3 points over Newgrove (SR:110) and his connections signal clearly they expect to win.
Each-way alternative: Newgrove.
Main danger: Newgrove — Newgrove (SR:110, 10/3) is ridden by Harry Skelton (27%, 1715 runners — the highest jockey strike rate in the field) and is Dan Skelton's clear #1 runner over stablemate Micky Haller, making him the most dangerous threat to the selection.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
Newgrove (SR:110) is trained by Dan Skelton (22% SR, 2662 runners) and ridden by Harry Skelton (27%, 1715 runners) — a formidable combination whose strike rate and experience at Cheltenham rivals or…
Ballycrystal Boy's sole form entry is '1-' — one bumper win, no further evidence. Port Isaac (SR:108, 11/2) and Tythingman (SR:104, 9/2) are also unbeaten on a single run; this race is a clash of one…
Milord D'Anjou shows the strongest market move in the race (in38%, beating Ballycrystal Boy's in33%) despite being 8/1 — suggesting at least one rival's camp is equally confident, and Milord D'Anjou…
At 9/4 in a 14-runner bumper full of unexposed, once-raced horses, the price leaves little margin for error — Newgrove at 10/3 represents better each-way value against an SR gap of only 3 points.