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15:20 Ffos Las

Sunday 9 April 2017

All14:1514:4515:2015:5516:3017:0017:30

Trustmark Design & Print Selling Chase

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 5m 5.6s

1^st

Earthmoves

710-12

4/7f

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd 6th, hit next, pushed along after 11th, hung left under pressure after 4 out, closed and hung left before 2 out, led between last 2, kept on reluctantly, driven out op 4/6

2^nd

3 ¼

The Mumper

1011-5

10/1

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Tracked leader, jumped left 1st, led after next, went right 4th, clear after 11th, reduced lead 3 out, headed between last 2, kept on same pace op 8/1

3^rd

Horseguardsparade

610-12

10/3

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Jamie Bargary (3)

Held up in touch, 3rd before 7th, reminders after 9th, never on terms with leading duo op 7/2 tchd 3/1

4^th

Hansupfordetroit

1211-2

6/1

T: B J LlewellynJ: Jordan Williams (7)

In touch, mistake 2nd, jumped slowly and lost ground 5th, behind and no chance after, tailed off 11th, remote 4th before 4 out tchd 11/2 and 13/2

Also Ran

Spanish Optimist

1111-2

50/1

T: Miss Sarah RobinsonJ: Ian Popham

Led until after 2nd, chased leader until 6th, chased leading pair until before next, weakened 10th, tailing off when went badly left 11th, pulled up next op 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.50Pl:£1.10, £3.20EX:£7.20Trifecta:£10.60SF:£7.03

Forecasts

Earthmoves (4/7), Horseguardsparade (10/3), Hansupfordetroit (6/1), The Mumper (10/1), Spanish Optimist (50/1)

A bit of minefield as they all have something to prove for one reason or another. So siding with HORSEGUARDSPARADE does have cautionary note attached. However, assuming he adapts to the rigours of chains, he can take advantage of the fact that he receives weight from bar one of his rivals and won't need to be anything out of the ordinary to score on these terms. Paul Nicholls rarely preservers with selling grade chasers, so is noteworthy that Earthmoves is tried in headgear for the first time. He was easily the best of these over hurdles and will be hard to master if he raises his game against this calibre of opponent. Similar comments would apply to The Mumper if the best of his form is taken into account. However, he has been very modest for his current yard and needs everything to go his way if he going to stop the rot.