14:40 Newcastle

Saturday 8 April 2017

All14:0514:4015:2015:5516:3017:0017:45

Vertem Twitter Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 7f 91y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places, Watered)  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:40  |   Winning time: 6m 1.2s
1st
Horse silk
5
7/2
T: Micky HammondJ: Joe Colliver
Held up, headway to chase leaders 5th, mistake 7th, went 2nd at 13th, led 4 out, clear 2 out, easily op 10/3 tchd 3/1
2nd
Horse silk
19
3
6/4f
T: D McCain JnrJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Soon led, not fluent 9th, mistake 14th, driven next, headed 4 out, weakening when left clear 2nd at last, no chance with winner op 5/4

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
4/1
T: R MenziesJ: Tony Kelly
Tracked leaders, lost place 4th, soon in rear, outpaced 10th, rallied 5 out, weakened before 3 out, behind when pulled up before last op 6/1
F
Horse silk
2
11/2
T: A M ThomsonJ: Rachel McDonald (7)
In rear, mistake 5th, took closer order 9th, outpaced next, rallied 5 out, chased leaders next, staying on when fell last op 6/1
PU
Horse silk
4
8/1
T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day (3)
With leader, weakening when mistake 5 out, behind when pulled up 2 out op 9/1 tchd 15/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.40Pl:£2.60, £1.60EX:£12.30Trifecta:£12.50SF:£9.34

Forecasts

Golden Investment (6/4), Treat Yourself (7/2), Nortonthorpelegend (4/1), Mossies Well (11/2), Scarlet Fire (8/1)

Verdict

Like his stablemate Halcyon Days, Nortonthorpe Legend has been a fine example of the training skills of Rebecca Menzies and her staff winning on three occasions between November 2016 and January 2017. He will appreciate this slightly lower grade of race (than Catterick in February), but his mark of 120 might just be beyond him. However, the only real danger in this contest is surely GOLDEN INVESTMENT. With a safe round of fencing, his December third to Two Smoking Barrels looks strong enough form to take a race in which the other three runners all have significant question marks hanging over them.
  1. Golden Investment
  2. Nortonthorpelegend
  3. Mossies Well

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00

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