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15:10 Cheltenham

Saturday 28 October 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Randox Health Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:12 | Winning time: 3m 56.0s

1^st

Foxtail Hill

810-8

15/2

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Made all, pressed before 2 out, ridden after last, stayed on gamely when strongly challenged flat, held on well, all out op 8/1

2^nd

Le Prezien

610-12

5/2f

T: P F NichollsJ: B J Geraghty

Mid-division on outside, headway 8th, tracked leaders 3 out, close up in 2nd before next, ridden to challenge and every chance flat, kept on, just held op 3/1

3^rd

Sizing Platinum

911-2

12/1

T: C L TizzardJ: B J Cooper

In touch, tracked winner 3 out to before next, soon outpaced in 3rd, no chance with front pair before last op 16/1

4^th

Poker School

710-0

5/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: J E Moore

Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, headway under pressure before next, 4th and ridden between last 2, kept on, no chance with leaders op 15/2

5^th

Cobra De Mai

510-2

7/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up behind, outpaced 3 out, kept on under pressure before last, never nearer

6^th

Doitforthevillage

810-3

20/1

T: P HendersonJ: P J Brennan

Behind, mistake 2nd, outpaced 3 out, stayed on into mid-division before last, never near leaders op 16/1

7^th

Vaniteux

811-12

20/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, kept on under pressure from next, never near leaders tchd 18/1

8^th

1 ½

Some Plan

911-0

12/1

T: H De BromheadJ: A E Lynch

Mistake 1st, in touch, driven to chase leaders after 3 out, soon outpaced, no impression from next

9^th

Theflyingportrait

810-8

25/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Tracked winner, lost place 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened last

10^th

Mr Fiftyone

810-5

25/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

In touch, lost place 4 out, outpaced next, weakened 2 out op 20/1

11^th

Eastlake

1111-4

40/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman

Mid-division, chased leaders 3 out to before next, soon weakened op 33/1

12^th

Lord Ballim

710-0

33/1

T: N J HawkeJ: C Gethings (3)

Always behind

13^th

1 ½

Un Beau Roman

910-0

33/1

T: P HendersonJ: James Best

Chased leaders to before 2 out, soon weakened

14^th

Double W's

710-10

8/1

T: J M JeffersonJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division, not fluent 5th, lost place 4 out, soon behind, tailed off op 7/1

15^th

Lord Ben

1210-0

100/1

T: D L WilliamsJ: Sean Houlihan (7)

In touch, mistake and rider lost iron briefly 3rd, lost place 3 out, soon weakened and behind, tailed off

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Exitas⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 9

T: P W Middleton J: James Bowen

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.60Pl:£2.50, £1.80, £3.90EX:£31.70Trifecta:£433.60Tricast:£234.32SF:£25.29Swingers:£8.20, £23.50, £15.50

Forecasts

Le Prezien (5/2), Poker School (5/1), Cobra De Mai (7/1), Foxtail Hill (15/2), Double W's (8/1), Sizing Platinum (12/1), Some Plan (12/1), Doitforthevillage (20/1), Vaniteux (20/1), Exitas (20/1), Theflyingportrait (25/1), Mr Fiftyone (25/1), Lord Ballim (33/1), Un Beau Roman (33/1), Eastlake (40/1), Lord Ben (100/1)

Competitive numerically, and almost certainly competitive for the early pace with the likes of Theflyingportrait, Foxtail Hill and Doitforthevillage amongst those who appreciate racing to the fore. A number of the runners arrive race fit and in winning form, and these include the spring/summer winning machine Cobra De Mai, but he needs to improve further in order to continue his sequence this afternoon. Le Prezien is a second season chaser who makes obvious appeal given his largely productive first campaign over fences, but whether or not he'll offer any real value in the market is open to interpretation. Therefore, a chance is taken on the 2016 runner up SIZING PLATINUM. He has a reasonably solid overall profile in these type of events, and he demonstrated his good health when hacking up by 14L in a much less taxing affair at Newton Abbot earlier this month.