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15:15 Ascot

Saturday 25 November 2017

All12:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Shawbrook Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 4m 11.35s

1^st

Sir Valentino

811-6

16/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke

Chased leaders, pushed along and slightly outpaced 5th, rallied on outside 4 out 3rd after 3 out, led before 2 out, driven out op 14/1 tchd 12/1

2^nd

Cepage

510-0

11/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell

Not fluent 1st, held up last, pushed along and outpaced after 7th, headway approaching 2 out, 3rd 2 out, went 2nd run-in and closed near finish, not reach winner op 13/2

3^rd

1 ½

Quite By Chance

810-7

7/2

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Led until headed briefly 6th, headed 8th, chased leader until 4 out, chased leaders, outpaced 2 out, ridden and switched left approaching last, kept on again in closing stages, not pace to challenge op 4/1

4^th

nse

San Benedeto

611-4

2/1f

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost (5)

Took keen hold, chased leading pair, 2nd 4 out, every chance 2 out, ridden and held before last, lost 2nd run-in, kept on same pace in 3rd op 5/2

5^th

1 ¼

Upsilon Bleu

910-3

11/1

T: Miss P RobsonJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leader, challenged 6th, led 8th, ridden and headed before 2 out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened before the last op 8/1

6^th

Dandridge

810-1

10/1

T: A L T MooreJ: Aidan Coleman

Chased leaders on inside, weakened 4 out op 8/1

7^th

1 ¾

Vaniteux

811-5

20/1

T: D PipeJ: David Noonan

Always behind op 16/1

8^th

1 ¾

Sire De Grugy

1111-12

6/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken before 2 out, weakened 2 out tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£15.90Pl:£3.20, £1.90, £1.60EX:£126.70Trifecta:£461.20Tricast:£382.43SF:£98.88Swingers:£17.90, £10.00, £3.30

Forecasts

San Benedeto (2/1), Quite By Chance (7/2), Cepage (11/2), Sire De Grugy (6/1), Dandridge (10/1), Upsilon Bleu (11/1), Sir Valentino (16/1), Vaniteux (20/1)

The best advice is to roll back the clock to November 2016 and you'll see that Sire De Grugy (winner), QUITE BY CHANCE (second), Vaniteux (third) and Upsilon Bleu (sixth) are all back in action for another crack at the Shawbrook Handicap Chase. The classy veteran Sire De Grugy will have to be at the top of his game in order to hold off the Ascot specialist Quite By Chance this time around. The selection should be spot on for this race now after his 7L C&D second to Exitas recently. San Benedeto is improving, and looks the most likely danger on the back of a pleasing effort in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter where he was beaten by his talented stablemate Politologue.