13:20 Cheltenham

Saturday 15 December 2018

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Cheltenham Club Handicap Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 62y  |   Good  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:21  |   Winning time: 4m 5.3s
1st
Horse silk
1
11/4
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
Led, not fluent 8th, mistake 4 out, not fluent next, headed 2 out, led again flat, stayed on stongly op 5/2 tchd 3/1
2nd
Horse silk
3 ½
3
5/4f
T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan
Tracked leaders, jumped left 1st, left 2nd at the 3rd, not fluent 3 out, led 2 out, driven and headed flat, no impression towards finish op 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
25
2
8/1
T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath
Held up, left 3rd and slightly hampered at the 3rd, not fluent 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened next tchd 10/1
4th
Horse silk
10
6
1010-11
6/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Held up, left 4th and hampered at the 3rd, disputing 3rd from the 7th, not fluent 3 out, soon beaten, weakened before next tchd 7/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
4
5/1
T: Kerry LeeJ: S Bowen
With winner, fell 3rd op 4/1 tchd 5/1

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5
Horse silk
Hell's Kitchen35
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 7
T: H Fry  J: B J Geraghty
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.70, £1.40EX:£7.80Trifecta:£15.80SF:£7.18Swingers:£2.60

Forecasts

Bun Doran (5/4), Ozzie The Oscar (11/4), Top Gamble (5/1), Yorkist (6/1), Theinval (8/1), Hell's Kitchen (8/1)

Verdict

A tricky handicap chase in which each of the runners has questions to answer. Yorkist will take some beating if in the same mood as when winning last time at Aintree, but he is up in the weights and has to prove he is as effective on his second run following a long absence. Theinval may be better in the spring and Top Gamble needs rain, so this could be fought out by top-weight Ozzie The Oscar and BUN DORAN, with narrow preference for the latter who can defy his rise in the weights. Hell's Kitchen may need a longer trip to be seen to best effect.
  1. Bun Doran
  2. Ozzie The Oscar
  3. Yorkist

Previous Winners

2017
Gino Trail
Weight: 10-12  |Age: 10
7/2

Prize Money

1st: £18,570.002nd: £5,514.003rd: £2,757.004th: £1,374.005th: £690.006th: £348.007th: £174.008th: £84.00

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