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14:00 Cheltenham

Sunday 1 January 2017

All12:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:40

BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 5m 33.1s

1^st

Shantou Flyer

711-2

20/1

T: Miss R CurtisJ: Aidan Coleman

Mid-division, hampered 12th, hampered 4 out, led before 2 out, edged left flat, stayed on well, driven out op 18/1 tchd 22/1

2^nd

Village Vic

1011-11

11/4f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led, ridden and headed before 2 out, no impression on winner flat, stayed on op 10/3

3^rd

Top Gamble

911-12

8/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: D N Russell

Held up, towards rear, headway on outside 4 out, 3rd 2 out, stayed on, no impression on winner, closing on 2nd near finish

4^th

Tenor Nivernais

1011-5

7/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leader until 13th, outpaced and no impression from 3 out, went 4th flat tchd 6/1

5^th

3 ¾

Thomas Crapper

1010-0

14/1

T: R DickinJ: C Poste

Held up, in rear, headway 8th, not fluent when 2nd 13th, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, 4th and no extra last tchd 16/1

6^th

Quite By Chance

811-0

6/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Tracked leaders, on inside, lost place before 7th, well behind 13th, plugged on late, no chance op 11/2

7^th

Thomas Brown

810-9

8/1

T: H FryJ: N P Madden

Prominent, on outside, not fluent 7th, lost place before next, effort 11th, mistake 13th, soon weakened op 10/1

Also Ran

Henri Parry Morgan

911-1

11/1

T: P & M BowenJ: R T Dunne

Mid-division, jumped slowly 3rd, headway next, close 3rd when fell 4 out op 8/1

Shutthefrontdoor

1010-12

18/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: B J Geraghty

In touch when mistake 1st, mid-division, not fluent and reminder 4th, behind 9th, tailed off next, soon pulled up op 16/1 tchd 20/1

As De Mee

710-12

11/2

T: P F NichollsJ: S Bowen

Prominent, not fluent 7th, pushed along and lost place after 10th, behind when pulled up after 13th op 13/2

Solar Impulse

710-10

50/1

T: C N KellettJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up, in rear, mistake 6th, some headway when hampered 4 out, well beaten next, pulled up after op 40/1

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Non-Runners

Vaniteux²²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: N J Henderson J: Paul Moloney

Foxtail Hill¹⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: N A Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£20.10Pl:£4.70, £1.60, £2.70EX:£95.40Trifecta:£899.70Tricast:£498.13SF:£77.82Swingers:£10.50, £23.00, £5.60

Forecasts

Village Vic (11/4), Vaniteux (4/1), As De Mee (11/2), Quite By Chance (6/1), Tenor Nivernais (7/1), Top Gamble (8/1), Thomas Brown (8/1), Henri Parry Morgan (11/1), Thomas Crapper (14/1), Shutthefrontdoor (18/1), Shantou Flyer (20/1), Foxtail Hill (20/1), Solar Impulse (50/1)

A typically competitive Cheltenham handicap chase over this distance and with the Venetia Williams barn in good form it may well be worth giving TENOR NIVERNAIS a chance here in a race that he’s run well in before and he still looks well treated off a mark of 152. Village Vic can never be ruled out of races around here with his course record and although the handicapper still keeps nudging up his mark, he keeps responding with some doughty and tough performances. Quite By Chance was a little unlucky in the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup last time out when he was hampered early in the contest and he did well to get himself into contention and the placings. He’s an improving type from a stable that can do little wrong at the moment and has to be given a chance here. 1. Tenor Nivernais 2. Village Vic 3. Quite By Chance