16:40 Kempton

Monday 7 May 2018

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Matchbook VIP Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 2f  |   Good (Good to Firm in Places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:40  |   Winning time: 4m 16.25s
1st
Horse silk
7
7/2
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
Made all, clear 3rd, not fluent 5th, reduced lead before blundered 8th, went clear again 4 out, stayed on strongly op 4/1 tchd 10/3
2nd
Horse silk
7
8
610-9
5/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews (3)
Held up, steady headway tracking leaders, left 3rd 4 out, pushed along before 3 out, went 2nd before 2 out, kept on same pace, no chance with winner op 6/1
3rd
Horse silk
17
1
911-12
5/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Raced wide, tracked winner until 4th, chased leaders, 2nd again 6th until 9th, chased leading pair until left 2nd again 4 out, no impression when lost 2nd before 2 out, weakened op 9/2 tchd 4/1
4th
Horse silk
11
6
1211-6
25/1
T: J & A O'NeillJ: N P Madden
Held up in rear, quick move to track leaders 5th, weakened before 3 out, where pecked op 20/1
5th
Horse silk
8
2
911-12
10/1
T: T R GeorgeJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
In touch, lost place 5th, towards rear and never on terms after op 9/1 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
5/2f
T: P F NichollsJ: Nick Scholfield
Tracked leaders, mistake and lost place 6th, weakened 4 out, tailed off pulled up before the last op 3/1
PU
Horse silk
4
16/1
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Tracked leading pair, went 2nd and not fluent 4th, 2nd again 10th until stumbled badly 4 out, weakened, not recover, tailed off when mistake 3 out, soon pulled up op 14/1
PU
Horse silk
5
7/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Conor Shoemark
Always in rear, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 13/2 tchd 6/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.90Pl:£1.20, £2.00, £2.60EX:£22.20Trifecta:£145.30Tricast:£86.73SF:£21.95Swingers:£8.40, £4.70, £3.30

Forecasts

Peter The Mayo Man (5/2), Imperial Presence (7/2), Ashoka (5/1), Vaniteux (5/1), Work In Progress (7/1), Max Ward (10/1), Red Spinner (16/1), Eastlake (25/1)

Verdict

Vaniteux may run well in what looks an easier race than his recent assignments, while Imperial Presence ran fairly well at Newbury last time and hasn't been able to show his best over the past couple of years. However, preference is for PETER THE MAYO MAN. Having easily justified short-priced favouritism at Southwell last time out he makes his handicap chase debut here off what looks a workable mark, and could develop into a candidate for better handicaps over fences in time.
  1. Peter The Mayo Man
  2. Vaniteux
  3. Imperial Presence

Previous Winners

2017
A Little Magic
Weight: 11-1  |Age: 6
5/2

Prize Money

1st: £14,389.002nd: £4,250.003rd: £2,125.004th: £1,063.005th: £531.006th: £267.00

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