1.10 Leicester : Wenceslaus @ 7/2 BOG non-runner (Meeting abandoned : waterlogged track)

Friday's pick runs in the...

2.00 Sedgefield :

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Who?

Instant Replay @ 10/3 BOG

...in a 7-runner, Class 3, Handicap Chase for 5yo+ over 2m3½f on Soft (G to S in places) ground worth £7,018 to the winner...

Why?...

Well, we like horse, jockey & trainer under today's conditions, so let's look at each!

The horse : This 8 yr old gelding actually won this race last year and loves coming here to tackle the fences, having won three times and placed on a further two occasions from just six efforts in handicap chases here, including...

• 3/5 (60%) for 4.15pts (+83%) on Soft/Gd to Soft
• 3/5 (60%) for 4.15pts (+83%) in fields of 5-9 runners
• 3/3 (100%) for 6.15pts (+205%) in Jan/Feb
• 2/5 (40%) for 0.71pts (+14.1%) under jockey Henry Brooke (more on him very shortly)
• 2/4 (50%) for 2.88pts (+72%) over this course and distance
• and 2/4 (50%) for 1.71pts (+42.6%) on Soft ground

The Jockey : Henry Brooke also has a great record here, winning 22 of 88 (25% SR) handicap chases at this venue over the last seven years, generating 59.9pts profit at an impressive 68% ROI, largely thanks to the following achieved under today's conditions...

• 22/81 (27.2%) for 66.9pts (+82.6%) on male runners
• 16/58 (27.6%) for 66.1pts (+114%) with 6-9 yr olds
• 8/30 (26.7%) for 6.39pts (+21.3%) over 2m3.5f to 2m4f
• 4/10 (40%) for 1.69pts (+16.9%) for trainer Brian Ellison (see below)
• and 4/7 (57.1%) for 13.14pts (+187.7%) in January

and the trainer : Brian Ellison, who for one reason or another doesn't send too many handicap chasers to Sedgefield, despite it only being a 60-mile journey from his yard in North Yorkshire. We can discount the travelling aspect for his lack of visits here and it certainly isn't because he can't get winners here either.

In the last four years, his Sedgefield handicap chase record at odds of Evens to 15/4 stands at 7 from 16 (43.75% SR) for 6.68pts (+41.8% ROI) profit. All 16 were male and include...

• 5/10 (50%) for 5.69pts (+56.9%) on Gd to Soft/Soft
• 4/6 (66.6%) for 5.37pts (+89.5%) in Jan/Feb
• 4/7 (57.1%) for 4.69pts (+66.9%) using Henry Brooke's services
• 3/5 (60%) for 6.21pts (+124.2%) over course and distance
• 3/7 (42.9%) for 3pts (+42.9%) at Class 3...

...and this 3-pronged approach suggests...a 1pt win bet on Instant Replay @ 10/3 BOG as was available from Bet365, SkyBet & Hills (but please check your BOG status first) at 8.10am on Friday and was still offered by Bet365 at 9.05am. To see what your preferred bookie is quoting...

...click here for the betting on the 2.00 Sedgefield

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P.S. all P/L returns quoted in the stats above are to Betfair SP, as I NEVER bet to ISP and neither should you. I always use BOG bookies for SotD, wherever possible, but I use BFSP for the stats as it is the nearest approximation I can give, so I actually expect to beat the returns I use to support my picks. If that's unclear, please ask!