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12:45 Cheltenham

Friday 15 December 2017

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Horse Comes First Novices' Chase

Off time: 12:47 | Winning time: 6m 36.2s

1^st

Sizing Tennessee

911-1

2/1f

T: C L TizzardJ: B J Cooper

Led until after 12th, not fluent 13th (water), led again 14th, hit 15th, headed 4 out, led going best after 3 out, driven flat, stayed on tchd 15/8

2^nd

Duel At Dawn

711-6

9/4

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Tracked winner, not fluent 4th, led after 12th, slow and headed 14th, ridden and slow 16th, not fluent 5 out, led 4 out, headed after mistake 3 out, kept on flat but always held op 5/2

Also Ran

Coastal Tiep

511-6

11/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Tracked leaders, shaken up 13th, not fluent and outpaced from next, struggling 16th, left 3rd 5 out, lost touch after 3 out, tired when pulled up before 2 out op 9/2 tchd 7/1

Tintern Theatre

611-1

5/2

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Thomas Bellamy

Tracked leaders, challenged 14th, close 3rd when mistake and unseated rider 5 out op 11/4

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.30EX:£5.40Trifecta:£5.90SF:£6.83

Forecasts

Sizing Tennessee (2/1), Duel At Dawn (9/4), Tintern Theatre (5/2), Coastal Tiep (11/2)

SIZING TENNESSEE clearly comes with risks attached having fell on his last two starts but two of his rivals have to concede weight to him here and if he can stay upright, he's likely to take some beating. Duel At Dawn looks the main danger and he seemingly doesn't know how to run a bad race while Coastal Tiep has plenty of potential but may want better ground than what he's likely to get here.