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14:45 Newcastle

Saturday 24 February 2018

All13:3514:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Betfred Eider Handicap Chase

5YO plus | Class 2 | 4m 122y | Soft (Heavy in places) | 17 Runners | Turf | Weighed In

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 8m 57.0s

1^st

Horse silk

4

90-0

8/1

T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day (3)

Towards rear, headway before 8 out, led last, kept on well run-in op 9/1

2^nd

Horse silk

4

11

West Of The Edge

100-0

11/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: W T Kennedy

Mid-division, headway before 11 out, led before 2 out, headed last, no extra op 8/1

3^rd

Horse silk

16

13

130-0

33/1

T: P GriffinJ: A W Short (5)

Held up in touch, ridden in 4th before 2 out, one pace and no impression

4^th

Horse silk

nse

5

70-0

11/2

T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook

Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 17th, led before 4 out, headed before 2 out, one pace in 3rd op 7/1 tchd 5/1

5^th

Horse silk

13

3

110-0

11/1

T: N B KingJ: J E Moore

Led, headed before 4 out, soon outpaced op 12/1

6^th

Horse silk

22

6

90-0

20/1

T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Sean Quinlan

Mid-division, headway before 19th, left 6th and hampered 4 out, never dangerous op 16/1

Also Ran

PU

Horse silk

1

100-0

16/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Mid-division, struggling from 9 out, pulled up

F

Horse silk

9

Back To The Thatch

60-0

6/1

T: H D DalyJ: R Johnson

Towards rear, tracked leaders halfway, fell 16th op 13/2

N/A

Horse silk

Bako De La Saulaie

130-0

T: R DobbinJ:

N/A

Horse silk

170-0

T: J CandlishJ:

N/A

Horse silk

190-0

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ:

PU

Horse silk

15

100-0

14/1

T: S WaughJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Towards rear, effort after 17th, never dangerous, pulled up op 20/1

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ:

N/A

Horse silk

4

120-0

T: D PipeJ:

N/A

Horse silk

Dare To Endeavour

170-0

T: E McNamaraJ:

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: P GundryJ:

N/A

Horse silk

11

Emperor's Choice

170-0

T: Miss V WilliamsJ:

N/A

Horse silk

21

160-0

T: I A DuncanJ:

N/A

Horse silk

Harry The Viking

190-0

T: A M ThomsonJ:

N/A

Horse silk

170-0

T: K C BaileyJ:

PU

Horse silk

2

Houblon Des Obeaux

110-0

16/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Mid-division, lost place halfway, blundered 16th, tailed off, soon pulled up

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: Miss R CurtisJ:

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: P F NichollsJ:

PU

Horse silk

7

70-0

5/1f

T: H WhittingtonJ: Harry Bannister

Tracked leaders and mistakes, lost place halfway, soon driven along, pulled up after 16th

N/A

Horse silk

9

160-0

T: K C BaileyJ:

N/A

Horse silk

160-0

T: Mrs S J HumphreyJ:

F

Horse silk

8

80-0

14/1

T: A KeatleyJ: R Loughran

Tracked leader, ridden in 5th before 4 out, in 6th when fell 4 out op 16/1

PU

Horse silk

10

Themanfrom Minella

90-0

20/1

T: B I CaseJ: Max Kendrick (5)

In touch, pushed along and outpaced before 6 out, no impression, pulled up op 16/1

PU

Horse silk

12

100-0

33/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Alain Cawley

In rear, pushed along after 16th, tailed off, pulled up

PU

Horse silk

14

120-0

14/1

T: I A DuncanJ: D R Fox

Towards rear, reminders after 16th, soon tailed off, pulled up op 22/1

PU

Horse silk

16

90-0

50/1

T: I A DuncanJ: Henry Brooke

Always behind, pulled up

N/A

Horse silk

190-0

T: P GriffinJ:

UR

Horse silk

17

Millicent Silver

90-0

50/1

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Jordan Nailor (7)

Towards rear, mistake and unseated rider 11th op 66/1

N/A

Horse silk

140-0

T: J & A O'NeillJ:

N/A

Horse silk

160-0

T: M ScudamoreJ:

N/A

Horse silk

Nortonthorpelegend

140-0

T: R MenziesJ:

N/A

Horse silk

140-0

T: C L TizzardJ:

N/A

Horse silk

130-0

T: Jamie SnowdenJ:

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: P F NichollsJ:

N/A

Horse silk

150-0

T: T R GeorgeJ:

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.30Pl:£2.50, £2.40, £5.20, £2.10EX:£128.90Trifecta:£5,425.00Tricast:£2,774.49SF:£88.04Swingers:£26.00, £85.90, £96.40

Forecasts

Vinnie Lewis (5/1), Hainan (11/2), Back To The Thatch (6/1), Baywing (8/1), West Of The Edge (11/1), Milansbar (11/1), Milborough (14/1), Boric (14/1), Thebarrowman (14/1), Chase The Spud (16/1), Houblon Des Obeaux (16/1), Smooth Stepper (20/1), Themanfrom Minella (20/1), Portrait King (33/1), Silver Tassie (33/1), Millicent Silver (50/1), Lochnell (50/1)

Behind the Fighting Fifth Hurdle in November, the Eider Chase is Newcastle's second most prestigious race of the National Hunt season, and the 2018 renewal has attracted a strong line up, featuring a couple of previous winners, Portrait King (2012) and Milborough (2015), as well as the 2017 Midlands National winner Chase The Spud, the 2018 Classic Chase winner Milansbar, and the 2018 Sussex National winner Vinnie Lewis. As always, the 4m1f trip on heavy ground at Newcastle will take some getting, therefore the doubtful or unproven stayers such as Smooth Stepper and Thebarrowman can be ignored. Baywing warmed up for this with a decent effort latest, and should have more to offer, but the attention is drawn to those horses more handily weighted. West Of The Edge was balloted out in 2017, but gets a run this time around, with any staying chaser of Dr Richard Newland's always feared. However, we'll plump for the relatively inexperienced Henry Daly trained BACK TO THE THATCH. He's 9lb higher than when winning impressively at Chepstow last month, but is improving quickly, handles heavy ground, and has the Champion Jockey Richard Johnson in the plate.

Back To The Thatch
Vinnie Lewis
West Of The Edge

Prize Money

1st: £50,048.002nd: £14,784.003rd: £7,392.004th: £3,696.005th: £1,848.006th: £928.00

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