16:05 Sandown

Friday 16 February 2018

All13:2013:5014:2515:0015:3016:0516:35

Smarkets Handicap Chase (For The Alanbrooke Challenge Cup)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 3  |   3m 37y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:05  |   Winning time: 6m 40.5s
1st
Horse silk
9
25/1
T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns
Pressed leader, hit 3rd, led 7th until 9th, led again 15th, clear 2 out, stayed on strongly
2nd
Horse silk
3
1
911-12
5/1
T: Nick WilliamsJ: Lizzie Kelly (3)
Raced keenly soon held up in in rear, closer 13th, headway chasing leaders approaching next, slightly hampered 15th, 3rd 3 out, 2nd between last 2, soon ridden and one pace op 7/1
3rd
Horse silk
2
8
11/2f
T: M BradstockJ: N de Boinville
Chased leaders on inside, outpaced and lost 3rd 16th, hit 18th, rallied after 2 out, went 3rd at the last, kept on
4th
Horse silk
1
3
8/1
T: L WadhamJ: L P Aspell
Held up early, headway chasing leaders 8th, lost 3rd 3 out, soon outpaced, plugged on into 4th run-in tchd 4/1
5th
Horse silk
13
10
16/1
T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore
Led until 7th, pressed leader, led again 9th until 15th, chased winner and every chance 3 out, lost 2nd between last 2, weakened last op 12/1
6th
Horse silk
31
6
7/2
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Mid-division, last pair when hit 11th, tailed off op 16/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
2
8/1
T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien
Chased leaders, mistake 10th, went 3rd 16th, pushed along after 4 out, soon ridden, weakened next, remote 6th when mistake 2 out, pulled up before last
PU
Horse silk
4
1011-7
14/1
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Patrick Cowley (7)
Never going and ran in snatches in rear, reminders and struggling 10th, tailed off 12th, pulled up soon after op 12/1
PU
Horse silk
5
8/1
T: W GreatrexJ: G Sheehan
Held up towards rear, closer in mid-division on inside when blundered and pecked badly 12th, reminders and not recover, struggling when hit 17th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 10/1 tchd 9/1
F
Horse silk
7
711-3
5/1
T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman
Held up and behind, headway chasing leaders 10th, fell 15th tchd 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£18.30Pl:£4.30, £2.20, £1.40EX:£150.70Trifecta:£636.90Tricast:£403.61SF:£126.24Swingers:£12.50, £7.40, £4.50

Forecasts

Muckle Roe (7/2), Aubusson (5/1), Lithic (5/1), Step Back (11/2), Potters Legend (8/1), Bally Longford (8/1), Aloomomo (8/1), Mosspark (14/1), Vino Griego (16/1), Tanit River (25/1)

Verdict

A reasonably open look to this contest and POTTERS LEGEND is given the tentative vote to shrug off some modest recent efforts and come back to form from this mark. Bally Longford could pose a threat to the selection, while Mosspark, Lithic and potential improver Step Back are others for whom cases can be made.
  1. Potters Legend
  2. Bally Longford
  3. Step Back

Previous Winners

2017
Willoughby Hedge
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 10
8/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,384.002nd: £2,772.003rd: £1,386.004th: £693.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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