14:40 Wincanton

Saturday 5 January 2019

All12:3013:0513:3514:0514:4015:1515:50

Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 5m 16.08s

1^st

Tedham

511-11

4/1f

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Nick Scholfield

Mid-division, headway 3 out, challenged 2 out, pressed leader last, soon led, kept on tchd 9/2

2^nd

1 ¾

Tight Call

511-3

7/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Held up mid-division, headway 4 out, led before 2 out, headed run-in, no extra tchd 15/2

3^rd

2 ½

Wicked Willy

811-9

8/1

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Jordan Nailor (7)

Mid-division, headway 3 out, kept on same pace

4^th

Magoo

711-12

10/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Alexander Thorne (7)

Mid-division, headway before 2 out, ridden before last, kept on same pace op 12/1

5^th

Earlofthecotswolds

511-5

9/1

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Thomas Bellamy

Tracked leader, every chance before last, weakened run-in tchd 10/1

6^th

Gulshanigans

711-2

7/1

T: Jack BarberJ: N D Fehily

Close up, ridden and weakened before last op 9/1

7^th

Timoteo

611-8

25/1

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Held up towards rear, headway before 2 out, weakened before last op 33/1

8^th

Marten

711-3

16/1

T: B PaulingJ: N de Boinville

Led, headed after 5th, led again before 2 out, soon headed and weakened op 18/1

9^th

2 ¾

Bradford Bridge

711-7

33/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Mr Stefan Kirwan (7)

Towards rear, ridden before 2 out, never dangerous

10^th

2 ¼

Kk Lexion

811-10

8/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Mr N George (7)

Always behind op 17/2 tchd 6/1

11^th

3 ¼

Gallic Destiny

810-7

100/1

T: Miss J S DavisJ: Page Fuller (3)

Held up towards rear, ridden before 4 out, soon outpaced

Also Ran

Bhutan

612-3

33/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: W T Kennedy

Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out

Wallace Spirit

611-5

16/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Towards rear, mistake 1st, never a factor, pulled up op 12/1

Dark Episode

511-5

9/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders, led after 5th, headed before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up op 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£1.90, £2.90, £2.50EX:£42.90Trifecta:£337.70Tricast:£217.31SF:£30.74Swingers:£8.40, £7.20, £13.50

Forecasts

Tedham (4/1), Tight Call (7/1), Gulshanigans (7/1), Wicked Willy (8/1), Kk Lexion (8/1), Earlofthecotswolds (9/1), Dark Episode (9/1), Magoo (10/1), Marten (16/1), Wallace Spirit (16/1), Timoteo (25/1), Bradford Bridge (33/1), Bhutan (33/1), Gallic Destiny (100/1)

Plenty try their luck but this can probably be whittled down to just a handful. Gulshanigans looks an obvious enough starting point after a good effort over C&D last time out and he really should be taking some prize money home, but TEDHAM ran a stormer against one that went on to finish second in the classy Challow Hurdle, and that form looks very solid indeed. He can get off the mark .Dark Episode looked a thorough stayer at Leicester and will appreciate this test, and the likes of Bhutan, Magoo and Wallace Spirit all warrant a second look, coming as they do from big yards.