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15:35 Ascot

Saturday 20 January 2018

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

Royal Salute Whisky Clarence House Chase (Grade 1)

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 4m 26.7s

1^st

Un De Sceaux

1011-7

4/9f

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Wore ear plugs, tracked clear leader, closer 3 out, led on bit before 2 out, 3 lengths ahead and going strongly when left clear 2 out, kept up to work run-in op 2/5 tchd 1/2

2^nd

Speredek

711-7

16/1

T: N J HawkeJ: S Bowen

Led and went clear 2nd, mistake 6th, reached for 4 out, reduced lead next, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon dropped to 3rd, left 2nd 2 out, no chance with winner

3^rd

Kylemore Lough

911-7

8/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leading pair until 4th, pushed along and outpaced 3 out, left modest 3rd next tchd 9/1

4^th

San Benedeto

711-7

25/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Nick Scholfield

Held up well off the pace in last, weakened 8th, left remote 4th 2 out, tailed off op 20/1

Also Ran

Brain Power

711-7

7/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Never that fluent, raced keenly, tracked leaders in 4th, tracked leading pair 4th, awkward 7th, not fluent next, slight peck 3 out, pushed along in 3 lengths 2nd when fell 2 out op 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.20Pl:£1.10, £3.30EX:£8.40Trifecta:£28.40SF:£8.17

Forecasts

Un De Sceaux (4/9), Brain Power (7/2), Kylemore Lough (8/1), Speredek (16/1), San Benedeto (25/1)

Kylemore Lough is much better than he showed at Cheltenham last time and a bolder show is anticipated following his break. Brain Power was good enough to run in last season's Champion Hurdle and can be forgiven his blip last time when he was ridden too aggressively. He is likely to be held up this time given UN DE SCEAUX is almost certain to blaze off in front as usual. That may well suit the novice better, but it takes a great leap of faith to believe he can beat such a talented and experienced rival at this stage of his career and the Irish star is readily preferred. Speredek is improving at a rate of knots, but faces a huge task against these rivals at level weights, while San Benedeto, admirable performer though he may be, is not quite up to this level and is probably running for place money.