14:35 Catterick

Thursday 11 January 2018

All12:3013:0013:3014:0514:3515:1015:45

Watt Fences North Yorkshire Grand National Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 3  |   3m 5f 214y  |   Soft  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:35  |   Winning time: 8m 6.98s
1st
Horse silk
2
4/1c
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Sean Quinlan
Made all, clear before last, kept on strongly tchd 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
15
6
11/2
T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge
Towards rear, headway 4 out to chase leaders, chased winner from 2 out, kept on and no impression op 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
7
13/2
T: B EllisonJ: Henry Brooke
Tracked leaders, one pace in 3rd from after 2 out op 8/1
4th
Horse silk
4
3
16/1
T: I A DuncanJ: P J Brennan
In rear, effort before 2 out, never dangerous op 14/1
5th
Horse silk
3 ½
1
18/1
T: N KentJ: Andrew Tinkler
Towards rear, headway before 4 out, weakened next op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
6
4
1111-3
4/1c
T: J M JeffersonJ: B S Hughes
Tracked leaders in 3rd, chased winner before 3 out until next, weakened before last op 7/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
5
20/1
T: H HogarthJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)
Mid-division, lost place halfway, pulled up op 16/1
PU
Horse silk
8
12/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox
Tracked leaders, reminders 17th, soon lost place, pulled up tchd 11/1
UR
Horse silk
9
4/1c
T: D McCain JnrJ: Lorcan Murtagh (5)
Towards rear, blundered and unseated rider 11th

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.40Pl:£1.80, £2.30, £1.90EX:£28.00Trifecta:£187.40Tricast:£137.17SF:£25.80Swingers:£4.40, £4.80, £13.80

Forecasts

I Just Know (4/1), Sun Cloud (4/1), Golden Investment (4/1), Billy Bronco (11/2), Point The Way (13/2), Itstimeforapint (12/1), Milborough (16/1), Gonalston Cloud (18/1), Alto Des Mottes (20/1)

Verdict

Fascinating stuff here in the sense that several runners who have previously won or gone well in this race turn up for another crack. They include Gonalston Cloud, Alto Des Mottes and Itstimeforaprint, none of whom are taken on lightly. Golden Investment is very interesting under a feather weight while, like him, I Just Know has stamina over this trip to prove, but both look capable of seeing it out and have claims. Nonetheless, it is to those with previous form that we turn for the selection with Malcolm Jefferson's 2014 winner SUN CLOUD returning here in cracking from from a spell over hurdles and now back on an attractive mark over fences.
  1. Sun Cloud
  2. Golden Investment
  3. I Just Know

Previous Winners

2017
Straidnahanna
Weight: 11-10  |Age: 8
11/2

Prize Money

1st: £15,890.002nd: £4,694.003rd: £2,347.004th: £1,173.005th: £587.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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