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13:40 Stratford

Thursday 24 August 2017

All13:4014:1514:4515:2015:5516:2516:55

Duralock Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 5m 32.4s

1^st

Strumble Head

1212-0

8/1

T: P & M BowenJ: James Bowen (10)

Jumped well, prominent, led 2nd, clear flat, stayed on well op 9/1

2^nd

Wade Harper

711-12

5/2f

T: David DennisJ: N D Fehily

Held up in rear, headway before 9th, 2nd from 4 out, no impression on winner flat, stayed on same pace op 11/4

3^rd

Fort Gabriel

612-0

9/2

T: D G BridgwaterJ: T Scudamore

Led until 2nd, prominent, blundered badly and lost 2nd 4 out, weakened from 2 out op 5/1 tchd 4/1

4^th

Florida Calling

811-10

10/3

T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan

Prominent, not fluent 4 out, soon ridden and beaten, weakened next op 5/2 tchd 7/2

5^th

Jonagold

611-5

9/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Conor Ring (3)

In touch, mistakes, lost ground on leaders after 5th, closed before 9th, outpaced 4 out, soon weakened tchd 8/1

6^th

Kilcascan

1310-1

25/1

T: Mrs R GassonJ: Benjamin Poste (3)

Tracked leaders, lost place after 3rd, struggling 9th, tailed off 13th op 22/1 tchd 20/1

Also Ran

Scripturient

511-12

6/1

T: G P CromwellJ: Jonathan Moore (3)

In rear, stumbled 1st, mistake 4th, not fluent and struggling next, behind 7th, well tailed off 13th, soon pulled up op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.80Pl:£2.80, £1.70EX:£25.90Trifecta:£99.00SF:£26.64Swingers:£3.70, £3.70, £1.80

Forecasts

Wade Harper (5/2), Florida Calling (10/3), Fort Gabriel (9/2), Scripturient (6/1), Strumble Head (8/1), Jonagold (9/1), Kilcascan (25/1)

Only seven runners but no shortage of pace on, and this could fall to something ridden with a bit more restraint. On that score, SCRIPTURIENT fits the bill, having been an easy C&D winner here in July when he tracked the pace and came through late to win easily. Similar tactics are likely to be employed here and he can beat Fort Gabriel, who may be able to see the other front runners off with some good leaps early in the contest, with the frustrating Wade Harper for third.