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Chestnut Group Norfolk National Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Fakenham · Mon 4th May 2026 · 16:38

📏 3m5f24y 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £13,008 🐎 Chase

2nd

Esperti

4/1

Sean Bowen

1st

Tommie Beau

9/2

Benjamin Macey(5)

3rd

Stans The Man

7/2F

Ben Godfrey

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Class

Class 3

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Distance

3m5f24y

🌿

Going

Good

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Surface

Turf

💰

Prize

£13,008

🐎

Runners

🔖

Type

Chase

📊 Betting Forecast

7/2 Wicked Thoughts, 4/1 Stans The Man, 5/1 Esperti, 7/1 Planned Paradise, Always Busy, 8/1 Enjoy d'Allen, 12/1 Unanswered Prayers, Northern Poet, 14/1 Tommie Beau, 33/1 Stolen Silver

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
7	Stolen Silver Form: 0P30P-	11y 170 lbs	Miss Olive Nicholls(5) Georgina Nicholls	127	25/1
10	Stratagem Form: 6P314-	10y 155 lbs	Shane Fenelon(5) Mickey Bowen	112	–
F	Always Busy Form: 35P23-	8y 147 lbs	Jack Tudor Christian Williams	104	5/1
11	Karuma Grey Form: 2PF5P-	8y 153 lbs	Barry John Murphy	110	–
12	Fern Hill Form: 25423-	11y 153 lbs	Ben Case	110	–
13	Gold Clermont Form: 49P31-	10y 151 lbs	Chad Bament(5) Andy Irvine	108	–
14	Balkardy Form: /156P-	9y 148 lbs	Mrs C Williams	105	–
17	Friends Don't Ask Form: 71D/PP-	11y 132 lbs	Brendan Powell Clare Ellam	89	–
🥉 3rd	Stans The Man Form: 43612-	9y 166 lbs	Ben Godfrey Ella Pickard	123	7/2F
🥇 1st	Tommie Beau Form: 45686-	11y 165 lbs	Benjamin Macey(5) Seamus Mullins	122	9/2
4	Wicked Thoughts Form: /1431-	7y 165 lbs	Freddie Gingell Paul Nicholls	122	10/1
5	Planned Paradise Form: 3611P-	10y 160 lbs	Mr J J Murphy-Knight Christian Williams	117	16/1
PU	Unanswered Prayers Form: 55634-	10y 159 lbs	Caoilin Quinn Chris Gordon	116	10/1
6	Enjoy d'Allen Form: 61272-	12y 158 lbs	Miss Lily Jones(5) Neil King	115	10/1
PU	Northern Poet Form: PP/P4-	11y 158 lbs	James Davies Nick Gifford	115	18/1
9	My Gift To You Form: 16942-	8y 158 lbs	James Owen	115	–
🥈 2nd	Esperti Form: P5211-	9y 148 lbs	Sean Bowen David Rees	105	4/1

C&D winner ESPERTI looked in rude health when scoring twice under Sean Bowen last month and is taken to overcome this rise in grade.

Racing Post Pick

Esperti

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17:00 Pontefract

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Bullington Bry

J : Lewis Edmunds

T : Jessica Macey

17:00

Age: 4

Form: 574702

Weight: 134 lbs

OR:

Rain cap will be all the rage in the betting, but again when isn\'t it. was 2/1 beaten fav last time out and essentially is 4lb worse off here, Im going to take an eachway gamble on BULLINGTON BRY switch stables last time out and well supported in the market, the 1st time blinkers were slapped on and seemed to do an ok job, I would prefer this horse to potentially get a bit more cover, he will stay 7F/1m and has the speed to tuck in if needed. the race is not great and if Jessica Macey can squeeze a bit more out of this horse on his 2nd run he could go close, of a career low marl and 4 places on offer at 15/2 happy to have an eachway play on this.