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16:10 Cheltenham

Friday 16 March 2018

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

St. James's Place Foxhunter Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:13 | Winning time: 7m 17.2s

1^st

Pacha Du Polder

1112-0

14/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Miss H C Tucker

Held up behind, headway after 3 out, chased leaders next, stayed on to lead narrowly after last, driven out, just held on op 20/1

2^nd

Top Wood

1112-0

20/1

T: Miss Kelly MorganJ: Mr S Davies-Thomas

Led before 2nd, headed 6th, tracked leader, led again 13th, ridden after 2 out, headed after last, kept on and every chance flat, just held

3^rd

3 ¼

Barel Of Laughs

1212-0

20/1

T: P RowleyJ: Alex Edwards

Mid-division, chased leaders before 3 out, ridden after next, stayed on to dispute 3rd flat, no impression with front pair op 25/1

3^rd

Cousin Pete

1012-0

25/1

T: Mrs BrownJ: Mr N Phillips

Soon mid-division, tracked leaders 11th, went 2nd 3 out, ridden after next, lost place last, kept on to dispute 3rd flat, no impression with front pair op 50/1

5^th

Caid Du Berlais

912-0

10/1

T: Mrs R LoxtonJ: Mr William Biddick

Held up behind, headway after 4 out, chased leaders on inside 2 out, soon ridden, kept on and every chance flat, no extra and lost place inside final 100 yards op 14/1

6^th

Grand Vision

1212-0

16/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Mr B O'Neill

Tracked leaders, went 2nd at 17th, lost place 3 out, soon outpaced, ridden after next, kept on same pace tchd 16/1

7^th

Balnaslow

1112-0

14/1

T: G J McKeeverJ: Mr Derek O'Connor

Held up in rear, headway under pressure after 3 out, chased leaders on inside after next, ridden and kept on flat, not pace to reach leaders op 20/1

8^th

Burning Ambition

712-0

3/1f

T: Pierce PowerJ: Mr J J Codd

Tracked leaders, effort and went 2nd when not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, lost place last, weakened flat op 7/2 tchd 9/2

9^th

1 ¾

On The Fringe

1312-0

14/1

T: E BolgerJ: Ms N Carberry

In touch on inside, lost place 5 out, 9th 3 out, headway under pressure between last 2, never reached leaders, weakened final 100 yards tchd 12/1

10^th

Unioniste

1012-0

20/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Mr D Maxwell

Never better than mid-division, behind 4 out tchd 10/1

11^th

3 ½

Volnay De Thaix

912-0

16/1

T: Stuart MorrisJ: Mr Jack Andrews

Mid-division on inside, blundered 17th, never dangerous, weakened 3 out

12^th

Sir Jack Yeats

712-0

14/1

T: R SpencerJ: Mr James King

Prominent, mistake 3rd, dropped to mid-division 6th, outpaced 3 out, well beaten when blundered next

13^th

Virak

912-0

12/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Lorcan Williams

Mid-division, hampered 15th, weakened 3 out

14^th

Shotavodka

1212-0

33/1

T: Miss H BrookshawJ: Hugh Nugent

Always towards rear, weakened 3 out, finish, tired, walked over line

15^th

Warden Hill

1012-0

33/1

T: Mrs H ConnorsJ: Mr T Chatfeild-Roberts

Tracked leaders, went 2nd 16th to next, lost place 4 out, weakened after 3 out, finish tired, walked over line

Also Ran

Foxrock

1012-0

7/1

T: A FlemingJ: Ms K Walsh

Chased leaders on inside, hit 12th, soon lost place, behind from 3 out, pulled up before next op 13/2

Minella For Value

1212-0

25/1

T: D QueallyJ: Mr D L Queally

Led to before 2nd, tracked leaders, lost place 5 out, weakened 3 out, pulled up before next op 33/1 tchd 22/1

Premier Portrait

1112-0

50/1

T: Dr Charles LevinsonJ: Mr G Levinson

In touch on outside, dropped to mid-division 6th, weakened 5 out, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out

Saddlers Encore

912-0

66/1

T: Miss C NewmanJ: Mr Joshua Newman

Mistake 3rd, behind when fell 3rd

Shantou Magic

1112-0

66/1

T: Capt W B RamsayJ: Mr W B Ramsay

Prominent, lost place when blundered 15th, not recover and pulled up before next

Vincitore

1212-0

100/1

T: Miss S RipponJ: Miss S Rippon

Slowly away, detached in rear, blundered and unseated rider 5th

Wells De Lune

712-0

25/1

T: M BowenJ: Mr Peter Bryan

In touch, led 6th, hit and headed 13th, lost place 16th, behind 5 out, tailed off when pulled up before next

Wonderful Charm

1012-0

11/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen

Always towards rear, struggling 15th, tailed off when pulled up before 18th op 7/1

Young Hurricane

1212-0

33/1

T: Guy BrewerJ: Mr John Dawson

Held up behind, struggling 15th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out op 33/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£27.00Pl:£6.40, £20.50, £2.70, £5.30EX:£2,799.10Trifecta:£9,356.70, £9,356.70Tricast:£27,406.58SF:£923.27Swingers:£633.90, £30.10, £79.80, £316.90, £207.10

Forecasts

Burning Ambition (3/1), Wonderful Charm (11/2), Foxrock (7/1), Caid Du Berlais (10/1), Virak (12/1), Pacha Du Polder (14/1), Balnaslow (14/1), On The Fringe (14/1), Sir Jack Yeats (14/1), Grand Vision (16/1), Volnay De Thaix (16/1), Top Wood (20/1), Barel Of Laughs (20/1), Unioniste (20/1), Cousin Pete (25/1), Wells De Lune (25/1), Minella For Value (25/1), Shotavodka (33/1), Warden Hill (33/1), Young Hurricane (33/1), Premier Portrait (50/1), Shantou Magic (66/1), Saddlers Encore (66/1), Vincitore (100/1)

CAID DU BERLAIS is already a winner here having taken a Grade 3 contest a few years ago and he has impressed in winning three point-to-points since joining his current trainer. The selection has won on both soft and heavy ground in the past and is taken to get the better of former stablemate Wonderful Charm . He ran well to finish runner-up in this race last year and was the impressive winner of his sole start this time around. Of the remainder Foxrock has won at the highest level in the past and should appreciate the soft ground that's forecast.