14:25 Cheltenham

Friday 16 November 2018

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Steel Plate And Sections Novices' Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 4f 44y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:25  |   Winning time: 5m 3.1s
1st
Horse silk
1
6/1
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: M D Grant
Tracked leader, upsides 3 out, led narrowly when blundered badly and headed next, soon ridden, regained narrow lead flat, edged left, just held on op 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
nk
4
11/2
T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob
Led, joined 3 out, headed narrowly when left in 1 length advantage next, soon ridden, edged right last, headed narrowly flat, kept on, just held op 10/1 tchd 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
6
5/2f
T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath
Tracked leaders, driven and outpaced by front pair after 3 out, not fluent last, ridden and hung left flat, kept on, not quite reach front pair op 9/4
4th
Horse silk
nk
3
611-7
7/2
T: N J HendersonJ: David Bass
In touch, outpaced 3 out, soon ridden, left 4th at last, stayed on to dispute 3rd flat, not quite reach leaders op 10/1 tchd 12/1
5th
Horse silk
49
5
6/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: B J Geraghty
Held up in last pair, lost touch when blundered 4 out, tailed off op 6/1 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

UR
Horse silk
2
14/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore
Held up in last pair when hit and unseated rider 9th op 25/1
F
Horse silk
7
13/2
T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power
Tracked leaders to 6th, held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, outpaced in 4th after next, rallied and in touch when not much room and fell last tchd 5/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.90Pl:£2.40, £3.60EX:£31.50Trifecta:£92.90SF:£32.11Swingers:£3.10, £2.30, £3.00

Forecasts

Mr Whipped (5/2), Jenkins (7/2), Le Breuil (11/2), Count Meribel (6/1), Jerrysback (6/1), White Moon (13/2), Graasten (14/1)

Verdict

Hard to rule out any of the seven declared at the 24 hour stage and it might be worth siding with COUNT MERIBEL who has had the stiffest test over fences to date. He was impressive when winning at Carlisle and there's a strong chance he will come on for that run. Jenkins was useful over hurdles and rates as an exciting prospect over the larger obstacles while Le Breuil jumped well on chase debut and is another to consider.
  1. Count Meribel
  2. Jenkins
  3. Le Breuil

Previous Winners

2017
Finian's Oscar
Weight: 11-10  |Age: 5
10/11

Prize Money

1st: £15,475.002nd: £4,595.003rd: £2,298.004th: £1,145.005th: £575.006th: £290.007th: £145.008th: £70.00

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