15:20 Newcastle

Saturday 2 December 2017

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At The Races Rehearsal Handicap Chase (Listed)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 7f 91y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:23  |   Winning time: 6m 17.56s
1st
Horse silk
4
7/2f
T: N J HendersonJ: S Bowen
In touch, pushed along and outpaced 7 out, ridden before 3 out, headway before 2 out, led run-in, kept on tchd 3/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
5
9/2
T: Kerry LeeJ: J E Moore
Mid-division, headway before 3 out, led before 2 out, headed run-in, kept on op 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
5
1
711-12
3/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell
Tracked leaders, hampered 7th, led before 2 out, soon headed, one pace in 3rd
4th
Horse silk
6
8
910-2
10/1
T: S WaughJ: Callum Bewley (3)
Tracked leader, led 5 out, ridden and headed before 3 out, weakened before last tchd 12/1
5th
Horse silk
20
2
811-9
7/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook
Led, blundered and headed 5 out op 9/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
8/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: B J Geraghty
Behind, blundered 4 out, soon pulled up, never dangerous op 11/1
PU
Horse silk
6
1111-2
25/1
T: Micky HammondJ: Finian O'Toole (5)
Towards rear, jumped slow 5th, son detached, hampered 7th, pulled up before 2 out op 66/1 tchd 40/1
F
Horse silk
7
610-13
6/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Mid-division, fell heavily 7th op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.30, £2.20, £1.60EX:£19.00Trifecta:£63.00Tricast:£53.07SF:£16.10Swingers:£3.90, £2.70, £5.60

Forecasts

Yala Enki (3/1), Beware The Bear (7/2), Bishops Road (9/2), Sam Red (6/1), Wakanda (7/1), Our Kaempfer (8/1), Boric (10/1), Dedigout (25/1)

Verdict

A small but very select field for the 2017 Rehearsal Chase, and with eight runners in the line up, the each-way 1-2-3 angle remains just about in place. Venetia Williams took this race last year with Otago Trail (Bishops Road fourth and WAKANDA fifth), and she is represented by the mud-lark Yala Enki. He should relish this test of stamina, and be stronger for his return in the Badger Ales Trophy (pulled up) at Wincanton last month, but his current mark of 150 looks a fraction too high. Beware The Bear is perhaps the least exposed runner in the race, and this lightly raced second season chaser could be the horse to fear most from a fair mark, whilst the upped in grade 'bullet-proof' Boric won't go down without a fight. However, it is the 2015 winner Wakanda who is the selection. He predictably struggled last term when in the grip of the handicapper, but he's much better treated now, has conditions firmly in his favour, and posted a pleasing return to action when beaten 7L by As De Mee at Kelso in late October.
  1. Wakanda
  2. Beware The Bear
  3. Yala Enki

Previous Winners

2016
Otago Trail
Weight: 11-3  |Age: 8
9/1

Prize Money

1st: £39,865.002nd: £14,959.003rd: £7,490.004th: £3,731.005th: £1,876.006th: £938.00

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