Pendil Novices Chase Individual Horse Profiles & Notes

With Cheltenham features coming thick and fast on The Parade Ring, it's easy to forget that there's still the small matter of Saturday racing to be taken care of. 6 go to post in the Grade 2 Pendil Novices Chase and we've used our unique individual horse profiles and notes to help you study the field and pick your bet.

As always, remember that we only look at races in the UK and Ireland under rules, and it'll be helpful to bear in mind the race information: it's at Kempton (a flat right-handed track) on soft ground with 7 runners.

Gods Own

• Overall Record: 15 runs – 5 wins – 4 places
• 4-1-1 at Kempton
• Best record is on good to soft – 6-3-2 with form of 212411 (includes yielding). 6-1-2 on soft, 3-1-0 on good.
• Jockeys: PJ Brennan 13-4-3, A Conlon 1-0-1, Barry Geraghty 1-1-0
• Won a grade 1 (2-1-0), 4-1-1 in grade 2’s.
• 8-3-3 is a strong record in fields of 8-15 runners. 6-2-1 is also decent in fields of 7 or less, 1-0-0 in fields of 16+.
• Strongest months are November (5-3-1), February (2-1-1) and May (1-1-0).
• Seems to have a preference for right-handed tracks – 10-4-3 with form of 231312173 compared to 5-1-1 with form of 1U024 going left-handed.
• 6-2-2 is good on flat tracks, 5-1-2 on tracks with slight undulations, 1-1-0 on undulating tracks. 3-1-0 is poor on very undulating tracks.

Irish Saint

• Overall Record: 13 runs – 5 wins – 4 places
• 2-2-0 at Kempton
• Decent record on both good and good to soft (6-3-1, form reads 13F611). Poor record on soft ground (3-0-1, 032) but strong record on heavy (4-2-2, 1213).
• Jockeys: Noel Fehily 2-1-1, Daryl Jacob 1-0-0, Nick Scholfield 2-1-0, Tom Scudamore 1-0-0, Sam Twiston-Davies 3-1-1, Ruby Walsh 4-2-2
• Impressive record of 3-2-1 in Grade 2 races.
• Best record is in fields of 7 runners or less (7-4-1, form of 1161312).
• Probably peaks in January and February (combined record of 5-2-3 in these two months).
• Better record going right-handed (8-5-1 with form of 11011312 compared to 5-0-3 with form of 23F36).
• Best record is on flat tracks (4-2-1), respectable 8-3-2 on those with slight undulations and 1-0-1 on very undulating tracks.

Hollow Penny

• Overall Record: 18 runs – 5 wins – 6 places
• 1-0-0 at Kempton
• Has a strong record on good ground (5-2-1) and better (3-1-2 on good to firm). Only 7-1-1 on good to soft but 2-0-2 on soft and heavy.
• Jockeys: T Bellamy 1-1-0, Aidan Coleman 1-0-0, Wayne Hutchinson 2-0-1, Richard Johnson 5-2-1, Robert Thornton 8-2-3, Gerard Tumelty 1-0-1
• 1-0-0 in grade 2’s – highest success was 6-2-1 in class 3 races.
• Very strong record of 5-2-2 in fields of 12-15 runners.
• Interestingly strong record of 4-1-2 after more than 60 days off the track with form of 1U32.
• Very strong place records from March to June (6-0-5 across these months). Other strong month is August (2-2-0).
• Possible preference for left-handed tracks (8-3-3 compared to 8-1-3).
• Win/place records improve as tracks become more undulating – 4-1-1 on flat tracks (50% win/place), 5-2-1 on tracks with slight undulations (60%), 5-1-2 on undulating tracks (60%), 3-0-2 on very undulating tracks (67%).

Gun Shy

• Overall Record: 7 runs – 2 wins – 2 places
• 1-0-0 at Kempton
• 5-2-2 on good ground, 2-0-0 on softer.
• Jockeys: Joshua Moore 6-1-2, B O Walsh 1-1-0
• Never ran at a level higher than class 3 (1-0-0), 5-1-2 in class 4 races.
• Strong record of 4-1-2 in fields of 8-11 runners.
• Decent record of 2-1-1 when out again within 30 days of his last start.
• Never ran between December and February. 1-0-0 in March, 3-2-1 in April/May.
• 1-0-0 on flat tracks, 5-2-1 on undulating tracks, 1-0-1 on very undulating.

Melodic Rendezvous

• Overall Record: 15 runs – 8 wins – 3 places
• Never ran at Kempton.
• 8-2-2 on ground better than heavy isn’t a bad record, but he loves heavy ground (7-6-1 with form of 2111111).
• Jockeys: J J Codd 1-0-1, Nick Scholfield 13-8-2, Tom Scudamore 1-0-0
• Very strong record of 3-3-0 in Grade 2 races.
• Very strong record of 9-6-1 in fields of 7 runners or less.
• Probably at his best after a break of 31-60 days (5-3-2 with form of 21112).
• Probably peaks from December to February (7-6-1 across these months).
• Possibility of a preference for right-handed tracks (7-4-3 with form of 2211112 compared to 8-4-0 with form of 11517731 going left-handed).
• Only 3-1-0 on flat tracks compared to 12-7-3 on all others.

Sea Current

• Overall Record: 4 runs – 0 wins – 0 places
• Never ran at Kempton.
• All four runs (and losses) have been on good to soft ground.
• Jockeys: R Mahon 1-0-0, Harry Skelton 3-0-0
• Highest level he has run at is class 2 (2-0-0).
• All four runs (and losses) have been in fields of 7 runners or less.
• Never ran between February and September, or in December (January 1-0-0, October 2-0-0, November 1-0-0).
• All four runs (and losses) were on left-handed tracks.