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20:25 Cheltenham

Friday 4 May 2018

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

GX Landrover Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 20:28 | Winning time: 5m 12.5s

1^st

Mr Mercurial

1012-2

11/2

T: Mrs S CrowJ: Mr H Crow (7)

Held up behind, headway on outside 5 out, chased leaders after 3 out, soon ridden, switched inside before next, rallied to lead last, edged right flat, stayed on well final 100 yards op 6/1 tchd 15/2

2^nd

Full Trottle

912-2

4/1

T: Miss L ThomasJ: Mr S Lee (7)

Always prominent, led 6 out, headed after 3 out, one pace next, rallied last, stayed on to chase winner flat, no extra and held inside final 100 yards op 7/2

3^rd

Silver Roque

1211-10

25/1

T: Mary VesteyJ: Bryan Carver (7)

Always prominent, led narrowly after 3 out, ridden after next, headed last, kept on same pace in 3rd flat op 33/1 tchd 40/1

4^th

Crazy Jack

1011-10

50/1

T: Mrs A R HewittJ: Mr G Crow (3)

Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, ridden last, edged left and stayed on under pressure flat, went 4th near finish, never nearer op 40/1

5^th

Shotavodka

1211-13

9/2

T: Miss H BrookshawJ: Hugh Nugent (3)

Held up behind, headway on outer 10th, challenged 3 out, every chance next, soon ridden, no extra flat, lost 4th near finish op 11/2

6^th

1 ½

Bear's Affair

1211-13

5/1

T: P RowleyJ: Alex Edwards

In touch, lost place 8th, no danger after op 4/1

7^th

Numbercruncher

1211-13

40/1

T: David O'BrienJ: Mr David O'Brien (7)

Mid-division, chased leaders 11th, ridden and kept on same pace from 2 out, never on terms tchd 50/1

8^th

Salubrious

1111-13

7/2f

T: Miss C RoddickJ: Lorcan Williams (3)

Mid-division, chased leaders on inside 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, never on terms op 4/1

9^th

Kilfinichen Bay

1012-2

33/1

T: F HutsbyJ: Jordan Nailor (5)

Mid-division, driven to chase leaders 4 out, kept on same pace from next, never threatened

10^th

2 ¾

Lined With Silver

911-13

100/1

T: Miss Hannah TaylorJ: Mr James Jeavons (7)

Chased leaders to after 4 out, weakened 2 out

11^th

Distime

1211-10

18/1

T: Mrs D RalphJ: Mr William Biddick

Mid-division on inside, lost place and behind from 6th, no danger after op 16/1 tchd 20/1

12^th

Mitebeall Forluck

1011-10

50/1

T: D BraceJ: C Brace (7)

Always towards rear op 40/1

13^th

Forever My Friend

1112-2

50/1

T: M BowenJ: Mr Peter Bryan (5)

Prominent, led 8th, headed 6 out, weakened 2 out op 40/1

14^th

Cyrien Star

1111-10

66/1

T: R PotterJ: Miss Emma Yardley (7)

Mid-division, ridden and weakened after 4 out

15^th

1 ¾

Ni Sin E Mo Ainm

1011-10

50/1

T: Miss A BellJ: Pte Alexandra Bell (7)

Always in rear tchd 66/1

16^th

Tinelyra

1211-10

100/1

T: A CampbellJ: Mr M A S Comley (7)

Tracked leaders, lost place 6 out, soon behind

17^th

Red Inca

1011-10

100/1

T: Con RutledgeJ: Mr S Burton (7)

Tracked leaders, outpaced before 3 out, soon weakened

18^th

Maryam Jaan

911-3

100/1

T: K JackaJ: Mr Bradley Gibbs (3)

Always behind

Also Ran

Creepy

1011-10

20/1

T: Mrs Claire HardwickJ: Mrs C Hardwick (3)

Led to 8th, with leader, hit and lost place 6 out, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.70Pl:£2.10, £2.00, £6.30EX:£29.90Trifecta:£1,824.30SF:£26.71Swingers:£5.10, £46.90, £28.40

Forecasts

Salubrious (7/2), Full Trottle (4/1), Shotavodka (9/2), Bear's Affair (5/1), Mr Mercurial (11/2), Distime (18/1), Creepy (20/1), Silver Roque (25/1), Kilfinichen Bay (33/1), Numbercruncher (40/1), Crazy Jack (50/1), Mitebeall Forluck (50/1), Forever My Friend (50/1), Ni Sin E Mo Ainm (50/1), Cyrien Star (66/1), Lined With Silver (100/1), Tinelyra (100/1), Red Inca (100/1), Maryam Jaan (100/1)

A big field but not all that many have a genuinely realistic chance. The obvious one is SALUBRIOUS, runner-up at Grade 1 level for Paul Nicholls over hurdles and who ran away with his hunter chase debut at Exeter last time out, overcoming a lay-off in the process. He could easily improve on that effort and if doing so would surely go very close here despite it being a much tougher race. The main danger could be Full Trottle, who had a number of these in behind at Ludlow last time, while Shotavodka is another likely to go well.