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13:50 Cheltenham

Friday 17 November 2017

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

BetVictor Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:54 | Winning time: 4m 5.9s

1^st

Doitforthevillage

811-4

13/2

T: P HendersonJ: P J Brennan

Pecked 2nd, held up behind, headway 4 out, tracked leaders on outside next, led 2 out, ridden and kept on well flat op 7/1

2^nd

Kapstadt

710-10

10/3

T: Ian WilliamsJ: W T Kennedy

Held up in touch, headway on inside after 4 out, led after next, headed 2 out, ridden and kept on same pace from last op 7/2 tchd 3/1

3^rd

1 ½

Exitas

911-2

3/1f

T: P W MiddletonJ: James Bowen (7)

Tracked leaders, challenged after 3 out, ridden and one pace after next, kept on, no impression with front pair flat op 10/3

4^th

Rock On Rocky

910-6

14/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Led in start, tracked leaders, outpaced after 2 out, ridden and no impression before last op 16/1

5^th

4 ½

Un Beau Roman

910-9

12/1

T: P HendersonJ: Nick Scholfield

Raced keenly, held up in touch, outpaced 2 out, never able to challenge op 9/1 tchd 14/1

6^th

1 ½

Bright New Dawn

1011-12

12/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell

Raced keenly, held up towards rear, hit 8th, driven 3 out, chased leaders next, soon ridden and one pace, never on terms, weakened flat op 8/1

7^th

4 ½

Mick Thonic

711-1

15/2

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

With leader, led 5th, driven and headed after 3 out, weakened before last op 9/1

8^th

Shanahan's Turn

911-10

13/2

T: C L TizzardJ: B J Cooper

Tracked leaders, hit and lost place 4 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off op 8/1

9^th

2 ¾

Festive Affair

911-7

20/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman

Led to 5th, tracked leader, lost place 3 out, weakened next, tailed off

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.10Pl:£1.90, £1.70, £1.60EX:£30.90Trifecta:£108.90Tricast:£77.83SF:£28.84Swingers:£5.90, £4.60, £2.80

Forecasts

Exitas (3/1), Kapstadt (10/3), Doitforthevillage (13/2), Shanahan's Turn (13/2), Mick Thonic (15/2), Un Beau Roman (12/1), Bright New Dawn (12/1), Rock On Rocky (14/1), Festive Affair (20/1)

Exitas will be a popular choice after winning three of his last four starts over fences and has to go on the short list despite his rise up the weights. Better value may lie with MICK THONIC, however. He has shown enough to suggest he is nicely weighted and can put last time's bad experience behind him under his top-class jockey. It is hard to know what to expect from Festive Affair so the other one for the frame could be bottom-weight Rock On Rocky.