13:35 Haydock

Saturday 22 December 2018

All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:0514:4015:15

Smarkets Handicap Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 7f 157y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:35  |   Winning time: 4m 3.4s
1st
Horse silk
1
20/1
T: T R GrettonJ: B S Hughes
Mid-division, headway on inside 6th, challenged from 4 out, led 3 out, stayed on well, comfortably op 14/1
2nd
Horse silk
4 ½
5
510-13
4/1
T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: P J Brennan
Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, challenged before 2 out going well, ridden and not run on flat tchd 9/2
3rd
Horse silk
2
4
7/2
T: Kerry LeeJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Tracked leaders, challenged 6th, led 8th, mistake and went right 4 out, headed and mistake 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on same pace op 4/1
4th
Horse silk
¾
7
1010-12
28/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: T Scudamore
In rear, slow 1st, closed 3 out, 4th next, no impression last, stayed on final 100 yards op 20/1 tchd 18/1
5th
Horse silk
13
9
16/1
T: M WalfordJ: Lorcan Murtagh (3)
Chased leaders, challenging when jumped left into and brushed rival 9th, hampered 4 out, weakened after 2 out op 10/1
6th
Horse silk
2 ¾
2
12/1
T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan
Not always fluent, led 1st until 2nd, lost place 8th, weakened 2 out
7th
Horse silk
3 ½
6
9/1
T: P & M BowenJ: T J O'Brien
Led until 1st, led and not fluent next, headed 8th, mistake 3 out, weakened next op 10/1 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
3/1f
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Bryony Frost
Mid-division on outside, headway when mistake 7th, lost place next, well beaten from after 9th, tailed off before 4 out, pulled up after op 9/2 tchd 11/4
UR
Horse silk
8
1010-11
5/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
Blundered and unseated rider 1st op 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£22.90Pl:£5.00, £1.70, £1.30EX:£130.10Trifecta:£605.00Tricast:£355.63SF:£100.78Swingers:£13.30, £9.60, £3.50

Forecasts

Elixir Du Gouet (3/1), Shear Rock (7/2), Zalvados (4/1), Ubaltique (5/1), Ontopoftheworld (9/1), Granville Island (12/1), Uno Valoroso (16/1), Kauto Riko (20/1), Vendor (28/1)

Verdict

Ubaltique makes a fair degree of appeal as he bids to follow up last year's success, but there are a couple of interesting ones pitched against him in the shape of Shear Rock and ELIXIR DU GOUET. It is hard to know the strength of the selection's French form, but he has joined a stable whose runners have been performing well recently and which boasts a good record at this track. Granville Island, Kauto Riko and Ontopoftheworld also enter calculations in an open contest.
  1. Elixir Du Gouet
  2. Shear Rock
  3. Vendor

Previous Winners

2017
Ubaltique
Weight: 10-11  |Age: 9
4/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,747.002nd: £2,862.003rd: £1,431.004th: £716.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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