14:25 Newbury

Friday 17 August 2018

All13:2013:5014:2514:5515:3016:0016:3517:10

Christopher Smith Associates Handicap (Str)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 4  |   1m  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:28  |   Winning time: 1m 40.76s
1st
Horse silk
5
(3)
14/1
T: J R BoyleJ: P Cosgrave
Well in touch, headway tracking leaders going well over 2f out, 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well op 12/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
1
(2)
7/1
T: A BaileyJ: Joshua Bryan (3)
Chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden and pressed when edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish op 10/1 tchd 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¾
2
(6)
4/1
T: E WalkerJ: G Mosse
Held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders 2f out, ridden over 1f out, 3rd and one pace final furlong op 5/1
4th
Horse silk
3
6
(1)
5/2f
T: D J CoakleyJ: Oisin Murphy
Chased leaders, pushed along and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 11/4
5th
Horse silk
4 ½
9
(7)
25/1
T: H MorrisonJ: Fran Berry
Steadied start, held up and behind, some late minor headway, never on terms op 33/1
6th
Horse silk
2
4
(4)
8/1
T: R A TealJ: Daniel Muscutt
Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
7th
Horse silk
1 ¼
7
(8)
13/2
T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni
Held up, headway near side of group over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out op 5/1
8th
Horse silk
nk
3
(5)
9/1
T: R HannonJ: R L Moore
Led until over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out tchd 10/1
9th
Horse silk
28
8
(9)
12/1
T: B R MillmanJ: A Kirby
Chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, behind and eased final furlong, tailed off op 10/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
10
(10)
20/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: James Doyle
Raced keenly, prominent near side of group until weakened rapidly over 2f out, pulled up final furlong op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.60Pl:£3.70, £2.40, £1.60EX:£117.60Trifecta:£443.60Tricast:£473.75SF:£110.22Swingers:£9.10, £10.70, £5.60

Forecasts

Keeper's Choice (5/2), Hombre Casado (4/1), Game Player (13/2), Enigmatic (7/1), Blistering Bob (8/1), Regimented (9/1), Sir Roderic (12/1), Exec Chef (14/1), Pure Shores (20/1), Deadly Accurate (25/1)

Verdict

GAME PLAYER is a well-bred and highly inexperienced gelding who went very close to winning at Lingfield last time out despite 12 months on the side-lines. Roger Varian's three-year-old should strip fitter for that and looks the sort capable of big improvement. Dangers include Blistering Bob who absolutely hacked up on his handicap debut at Windsor and Hombre Casado who should be better suited by today's 1m trip.
  1. Game Player
  2. Blistering Bob
  3. Hombre Casado

Previous Winners

2017
Set In Stone
Weight: 9-4  |Age: 3
9/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,531.002nd: £1,646.003rd: £823.004th: £411.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00

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