18:30 Sedgefield

Thursday 31 August 2017

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Happy New House Holly And Lewis Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 4m 46.0s

1^st

Highbury High

1011-7

11/8f

T: N P MulhollandJ: N D Fehily

Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, held on well towards finish op 13/8

2^nd

Brother Scott

1010-9

10/1

T: B ButterworthJ: Sean Quinlan

Led, blundered 9th, mistake 3 out, ridden and headed before last, kept on and held towards finish tchd 9/1

3^rd

Muwalla

1011-4

4/1

T: Miss L HarrisonJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Held up towards rear, headway 3 out, went 3rd before last, kept on same pace tchd 7/2

4^th

Cooper's Friend

811-1

13/2

T: R M SmithJ: C O'Farrell

In touch, weakened from 2 out op 7/1 tchd 8/1

5^th

Mahler Bay

710-0

18/1

T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Ross Chapman (5)

Tracked leader, mistake 3 out, weakened from next op 16/1

6^th

Mr Robinson

1010-0

100/1

T: L EgertonJ: Lee Edwards

Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from 2 out op 80/1

7^th

Friendly Royal

811-12

14/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Mid-division, weakened from 11th, tailed off op 11/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Oliver's Hill

811-7

13/2

T: Mrs L HillJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up behind, weakened from 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out op 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.00Pl:£1.10, £2.60, £1.40EX:£16.40Trifecta:£51.00Tricast:£42.15SF:£14.63Swingers:£2.70, £1.60, £6.80

Forecasts

Highbury High (11/8), Muwalla (4/1), Cooper's Friend (13/2), Oliver's Hill (13/2), Brother Scott (10/1), Friendly Royal (14/1), Mahler Bay (18/1), Mr Robinson (100/1)

Very modest fayre and now that he has returned to some form perhaps HIGHBURY HIGH can prove good enough on the day. Friendly Royal is now with a yard that is putting together a good record with other trainers' cast-offs, so a market check is suggested, while Oliver's Hill and last year's winner Cooper's Friend have the ability to get involved, though it does take a leap of faith to see them winning today judged on recent efforts. Brother Scott is not totally ruled out, but he did look held by the assessor last time.