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15:35 Newbury

Friday 30 November 2018

All12:1012:4513:2013:5014:2515:0015:35

Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 6m 3.0s

1^st

Vive Le Roi

710-13

14/1

T: A W CarrollJ: Harry Bannister

Made all, hit 2 out, 3 lengths clear last, stayed on gamely, unchallenged op 16/1

2^nd

Rockpoint

510-3

6/1

T: C L TizzardJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders, 2nd travelling well before 3 out, stayed on under pressure run-in, closed towards finish, not reach winner op 9/1 tchd 10/1

3^rd

De Name Evades Me

610-10

10/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 8th, disputing close 2nd 3 out, ridden before next, 3rd and well held when mistake last, plugged on into 3rd again final strides op 11/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 12/1

4^th

Virginia Chick

610-8

16/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Isabel Williams (7)

Held up in last pair, headway 3 out, ridden after next, plugged on into 3rd at the last until near finish

5^th

Aux Ptits Soins

811-12

12/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up last, headway under pressure 3 out, plugged on pressing for 3rd run-in tchd 14/1

6^th

1 ¼

Captain Peacock

511-0

33/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders 4 out, weakened approaching last

7^th

Dragon D'Estruval

511-3

11/4j

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders before 3 out, disputing close 2nd 3 out, weakened between last 2 op 2/1 tchd 3/1

8^th

2 ½

Karezak

711-10

33/1

T: A KingJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up towards rear, pushed along after 4 out, soon beaten

9^th

1 ¾

Hit The Highway

910-1

25/1

T: C GordonJ: Brendan Powell

Chased winner until after 5th, chased leaders, weakened 4 out op 33/1

10^th

1 ¼

Bobo Mac

711-7

17/2

T: T SymondsJ: James Davies

Always towards rear op 7/1

11^th

1 ¾

Juge Et Parti

510-4

11/4j

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 8th, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and weakened well before next op 10/3 tchd 7/2

12^th

Clondaw Cian

811-3

50/1

T: Miss S SmithJ: M G Nolan

Chased leaders, went 2nd after 5th, hit next, pushed along and lost 2nd before 3 out, weakened quickly, tailed off op 66/1 tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.10Pl:£3.70, £2.00, £3.30EX:£116.30Trifecta:£1,627.50Tricast:£895.08SF:£94.17Swingers:£13.50, £6.20, £8.60

Forecasts

Dragon D'Estruval (11/4), Juge Et Parti (11/4), Rockpoint (6/1), Bobo Mac (17/2), De Name Evades Me (10/1), Aux Ptits Soins (12/1), Vive Le Roi (14/1), Virginia Chick (16/1), Hit The Highway (25/1), Captain Peacock (33/1), Karezak (33/1), Clondaw Cian (50/1)

There is a suspicion that DRAGON D'ESTRUVAL could be some way better than this opening handicap mark based on the facile nature of his Ffos Las success on UK debut and the fact that champion trainer Nicky Henderson keeps him over hurdles rather than switching back to fences where he's already won three times perhaps hints that he agrees. Vive Le Roi chased home the smart First Assignment last time out in a hot Cheltenham handicap and with that form since franked he rates the biggest danger. Unexposed Warwick winner De Name Evades Me looks fairly treated on handicap debut and is another worth considering.