15:45 Plumpton

Sunday 7 January 2018

All12:3013:0013:0513:3013:3514:0514:3515:1015:45

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  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m 7f 195y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:45  |   Winning time: 4m 10.1s
1st
Horse silk
3
611-12
7/2
T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore
Took keen hold, tracked leaders, switched right and went 2nd approaching 2 out, jumped left 2 out, upsides last, hung left and ridden to lead narrowly run-in, driven out op 5/2
2nd
Horse silk
½
1
10/1
T: C GordonJ: Paul O'Brien (5)
Chased leader, led well before 2 out, joined last, ridden and narrowly headed run-in, kept on until no extra close home tchd 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
11
4
6/4f
T: A J HoneyballJ: Aidan Coleman
Raced wide, chased leading pair, 2nd before 2 out until pushed along and dropped to 3rd soon after, held when mistake 2 out and last, kept on same pace op 15/8
4th
Horse silk
7
8
1010-10
9/2
T: D SteeleJ: R Johnson
Raced on inside, led until headed well before 2 out, weakened soon after op 4/1 tchd 7/2
5th
Horse silk
9
2
13/2
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Raced wide, held up in 6th, pushed along before 3 out, struggling in 5th well before next, weakened, hit 2 out op 8/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 17/2
6th
Horse silk
9
6
711-4
12/1
T: M PattinsonJ: Sean Houlihan (7)
Took keen hold, headway on inside chasing leaders before 2nd, weakened approaching 3 out op 16/1
7th
Horse silk
56
7
66/1
T: D SteeleJ: Matthew Batchelor
Well in rear, tailed off 6th, no chance when mistake 3 out

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
5
40/1
T: D SteeleJ: Thomas Greatrex (7)
Well off the pace in last pair, struggling before 5th, soon lost touch, tailed off next, pulled up before 3 out

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9
Horse silk
Sixties Idol27
Weight: 10-3|  Age: 5
T: Miss S West  J: M Goldstein
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.50, £2.40, £1.40EX:£30.20Trifecta:£82.40Tricast:£72.43SF:£36.99Swingers:£7.30, £2.20, £4.20

Forecasts

Soulsaver (6/4), Not Never (7/2), Landscape (9/2), Atlantic Storm (13/2), Tara Bridge (10/1), Sixties Idol (10/1), Briac (12/1), Hold The Bucks (40/1), Tee It Up Tommo (66/1)

Verdict

Another tough call for punters with doubts over the entire field, but the one with the least of those appears to be SOULSAVER, who gets the vote. Unlike the majority of these, he has been improving in recent times and may have what it takes to defy another 3lb rise. Landscape goes well here and the presence of Richard Johnson is a plus, but that losing run goes back to 2012 and he will need to find something extra to end the drought. Briac and Not Never both have claims, while Atlantic Storm can't be ruled out but has a bit to prove.
  1. Soulsaver
  2. Not Never
  3. Landscape

Previous Winners

2017
Shimba Hills
Weight: 11-9  |Age: 6
9/4

Prize Money

1st: £5,289.002nd: £1,553.003rd: £776.004th: £450.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00

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