15:40 Kelso

Monday 3 April 2017

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Edinburgh Gin Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 1f 14y  |   Soft  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:40  |   Winning time: 4m 34.4s
1st
Horse silk
1
7/1
T: James MoffattJ: B S Hughes
Held up towards rear, headway after 8th, driven to chase leaders after 3 out, switched outside before next, soon ridden, led before last, in command when wandered flat op 13/2 tchd 8/1
2nd
Horse silk
3
5
9/2
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Alexander Thorne (7)
Held up behind, headway after 8th, challenged going well on outside after 3 out, led next, headed before last, ridden and held flat op 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
8
3
811-10
5/2f
T: N G RichardsJ: Craig Nichol
With leaders on outside, tracked leader from 4th, challenged 4 out, led after next, soon ridden, headed 2 out, no impression with front pair between last 2, mistake last op 3/1 tchd 9/4

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
2
10/1
T: M ScudamoreJ: T Scudamore
Led, driven and headed after 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up between last 2 tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1
PU
Horse silk
4
10/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
Held up in rear, reminders and struggling after 8th, soon lost touch, pulled up before 2 out op 11/1
PU
Horse silk
6
11/4
T: Miss J S DavisJ: H Cobden
With leader, lost place 4th, blundered and reminder next, soon behind, mistake 6th, tailed off when pulled up 5 out tchd 3/1
PU
Horse silk
7
16/1
T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)
Mistake 1st, chased clear trio, close up in 3rd at 5th, hit 4 out, soon lost place, weakened 2 out, pulled up between last 2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.70Pl:£3.40, £2.90EX:£38.70Trifecta:£128.90SF:£35.48Swingers:£6.20, £3.40, £3.30

Forecasts

Chidswell (5/2), Mr Fitzroy (11/4), Vengeur De Guye (9/2), Morning Royalty (7/1), Next Sensation (10/1), Ubaltique (10/1), Uno Valoroso (16/1)

Verdict

A good gallop is likely in this feature Edinburgh Gin Handicap Chase. Long distance traveller Mr Fitzroy likes to force the pace, whilst Chidswell has adopted a change of tactics and also raced to the fore the past twice. In theory, this should set the race up for the likes of Morning Royalty, but one must worry that they will get away from him around this sharp circuit, with the dropped in trip Chidswell likely to prove strong in terms of stamina at the finish. With the fencing of Uno Valoroso likely exposed (uncharacteristically not so fluent lately), and Next Sensation back from a long break, UBALTIQUE gets a tentative nod, as he should find this far easier than when well out of his depth last time at Sandown Park.
  1. Ubaltique
  2. Chidswell
  3. Morning Royalty

Prize Money

1st: £9,097.002nd: £2,671.003rd: £1,336.004th: £668.00

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