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16:55 Cheltenham

Friday 4 May 2018

All16:5517:3018:0518:4019:1519:5020:25

Brian Babbage Memorial Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 16:58 | Winning time: 3m 58.8s

1^st

Monsieur Gibraltar

712-2

7/4f

T: Mrs R LoxtonJ: Lorcan Williams (3)

Mid-division, steady headway after 5 out, went 2nd before 2 out, led between last 2, pushed clear from last, very easily op 9/4 tchd 13/8

2^nd

Loughaderra Prince

911-10

5/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Mr N George (3)

Led to after 2nd, with leader, led again 3 out, headed between last 2, soon ridden and one pace, no chance with winner from last tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Sam Cavallaro

1211-10

8/1

T: Miss H BrookshawJ: Mr Jack Andrews (5)

Tracked leaders, driven 4 out, ridden after 2 out, went 3rd at last, kept on flat, no imrpession

4^th

4 ½

Old Pride

1011-10

6/1

T: Mrs D RalphJ: Alex Edwards

Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, one pace before next, stayed on to take 4th towards finish, no impression op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

5^th

Dido

811-10

20/1

T: D PetersJ: Mr D Peters (7)

Mid-division, mistake and lost place 3rd, behind from 5th, headway before 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, never reached leaders tchd 18/1

6^th

Brave Jaq

711-10

80/1

T: R PotterJ: J Martin (5)

Raced keenly, with leader, led narrowly after 2nd, headed 3 out, driven and lost place before next, no impression after, weakened and lost place closing stages op 100/1

7^th

Swallowshide

911-10

66/1

T: J H YoungJ: Mr G Treacy (7)

Tracked leaders, driven after 4 out, weakened after next

8^th

Sadma

911-10

66/1

T: N LampardJ: Pte Alexandra Bell (7)

Tracked leaders, effort after 3 out, outpaced before next, 6th and beaten when mistake last, weakened flat op 50/1

9^th

3 ¾

Mantou

711-13

5/1

T: S AllwoodJ: Mr Ed Glassonbury (3)

Soon mid-division, outpaced after 4 out, weakened next op 11/2 tchd 13/2

10^th

Extreme Appeal

611-10

14/1

T: Miss Kelly MorganJ: Mr William Biddick

Behind, ridden after 3 out, never a threat, tailed off op 12/1

11^th

Guiting Power

711-10

100/1

T: Mrs Alice CampbellJ: Mr S A Morgan (7)

Always behind, reminders after 7th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off

Also Ran

Azure Glamour

911-10

66/1

T: A B LeyshonJ: Mr James King

Always towards rear, ridden after 3 out, weakened and pulled up before next op 50/1

Champione

811-10

20/1

T: J W TudorJ: Mr Nick Williams

Mid-division on inside, lost place 9th, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out op 14/1

Curragh Hall

1011-10

100/1

T: L HumphreyJ: Lily Pinchin (7)

Always behind, weakened after 4 out, tailed off when pulled up after next

Mr Sawyer

911-10

66/1

T: K JackaJ: Mr Bradley Gibbs (3)

Towards rear, headway on outside after 9th, blundered 5 out and again next, soon weakened, behind when pulled up before 3 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.40Pl:£1.30, £2.20, £2.20EX:£11.50Trifecta:£43.90SF:£9.92Swingers:£3.30, £3.40, £8.20

Forecasts

Monsieur Gibraltar (7/4), Loughaderra Prince (5/1), Mantou (5/1), Old Pride (6/1), Sam Cavallaro (8/1), Extreme Appeal (14/1), Dido (20/1), Champione (20/1), Swallowshide (66/1), Sadma (66/1), Azure Glamour (66/1), Mr Sawyer (66/1), Brave Jaq (80/1), Guiting Power (100/1), Curragh Hall (100/1)

A competitive enough affair, but many still have questions to answer. SAM CAVALLARO is twelve now, but that doesn't rule him out of making his mark at this level, and with form figures of 112 in this race over the previous three years everything looks set for him to run his usual big race, especially after he ran a nice race in a point-to-point last time. Monsieur Gibraltar must concede weight all round but arguably arrives here in the best form of any of these, so he's the main danger, ahead of Mantou.