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Hugh Michelmore Memorial Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Newton Abbot · Wed 27th May 2026 · 15:53

📏 3m1f170y 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.9) (Watering) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £7,922 🐎 Chase

2nd

Snipe

5/1

Harry Skelton

1st

Rickety Bridge

11/10F

Freddie Gingell

3rd

Time To Bite

100/30

Bryan Carver

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Class

Class 3

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Distance

3m1f170y

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Going

GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.9) (Watering)

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Surface

Turf

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Prize

£7,922

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Runners

🌤️

Weather

Mostly sunny

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Type

Chase

📊 Betting Forecast

6/4 Rickety Bridge, 9/4 Time To Bite, 7/2 Snipe, 13/2 Moroder, 12/1 Blackjack Magic

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Certainly Red Form: 21P/3-	12y 170 lbs	Marc Goldstein Lydia Richards	137	–
🥈 2nd	Snipe Form: 71416-	9y 168 lbs	Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	128	5/1
10	Fever Dream Form: 54215-	8y 145 lbs	Christian Williams	112	–
11	Belgarum Form: 35PP-1	8y 140 lbs	Freddie Gingell Joe Tizzard	107	–
🥉 3rd	Time To Bite Form: 4132-1	11y 167 lbs	Bryan Carver Chris Honour	127	100/30
3	Blackjack Magic Form: P/544-	11y 165 lbs	Sam Twiston-Davies Anthony Honeyball	125	–
4	Authorised Speed Form: 3F4/5/	9y 160 lbs	Gary & Josh Moore	127	–
PU	Moroder Form: P3P42-	12y 161 lbs	James Best Seamus Mullins	121	9/1
🥇 1st	Rickety Bridge Form: P/04-1	7y 153 lbs	Freddie Gingell Paul Nicholls	113	11/10F
7	Clotilda Form: 22F32-	5y 148 lbs	Freddie Gingell Paul Nicholls	115	–
8	Sea Invasion Form: 63851-	8y 147 lbs	Anthony Honeyball	114	–

Preference is for RICKETY BRIDGE, who won on his chase debut over C&D this month and hit a personal best with that smooth success.

Racing Post Pick

Rickety Bridge

Our Expert Tip

I was very impressed with RICKETY BRIDGE on his latest start and, off a mark of 113, he still appears to be extremely well handicapped.
He is likely to start a warm favourite, but understandably so. This looks a race he can win comfortably before progressing to a higher level in the future.

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

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Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

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Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.