Pourquoi Pas Papa
Horse Form Profile
| Place / No / Draw | Date / Going / Distance / Class | Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer | Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th 20 | 10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 103y Class 2 | 11st 0lb | Likeable sort who finished out of the first two for the first time but ran as well as he's ever done when fourth of 22 in the Fred Winter (Handicap) at last month's Cheltenham Festival (2m, good to soft; The Mighty Celt sixth); that effort can be marked up slightly as he got messed about a bit turning in; Paul Nicholls won this in 2022 and sent out the second in 2023 and the third (Afadil) in 2024; a must for the shortlist. | 6/1 |
| 4th 12 | 10th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 1 | 11st 4lb | Advanced his form when doing it comfortably at Wincanton (1m7f, heavy) and again in chasing home Manlaga at Haydock (1m7f, soft); couldn't live with the winner (with whom he's 6lb better off) late on but being pestered up front didn't help the cause and he's open to further improvement in a race of this nature on handicap debut; Paul Nicholls has won three of these with recruits from France, where this horse was second last summer. | 16/1 |
| 2nd 3 | 14th Feb 2026 Good To Soft 1m 7f 144y Class 2 | 11st 5lb | Fairly useful efforts when runner-up on his first three runs over hurdles (with David Cottin for Clairefontaine debut last summer) before advancing his form with an emphatic success in 1m7f Wincanton maiden 16 days ago, forging clear from the last; he looks to have even more to offer so must enter calculations. | 13/8F |
| 1st 18 | 29th Jan 2026 Heavy 1m 7f 50y Class 4 | 10st 7lb | Bought for 200,000euros after his second in France; has filled the same berth in two races for Paul Nicholls (soft/good to soft) and probably bumped into smart opposition; as a 4yo he receives weight off all his rivals and could easily be the answer. | 5/4F |