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14:25 Sandown

Saturday 9 March 2019

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Matchbook Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:27 | Winning time: 4m 1.95s

1^st

Malaya

510-2

7/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held up off the pace in mid-division, smooth headway on outside before 2 out, challenged and blundered 2 out, recovered to chase leader between last 2, ran on to lead final 100 yards op 9/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Monsieur Lecoq

510-0

7/2

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Chester Williams (7)

Held up in 6th, smooth headway on long run before 2 out, led 2 out, soon clear until approaching last, headed and no extra final 100 yards op 4/1

3^rd

Call Me Lord

611-12

3/1f

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up towards rear, headway on inside before 2 out, stayed on in 3rd before the last op 5/1

4^th

3 ¼

Storm Rising

610-1

20/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Charlie Hammond (5)

Off the pace towards rear, headway on outside before 2 out, chased leaders 2 out, 4th and hit last, weakened run-in tchd 16/1

5^th

First Flow

710-10

9/1

T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass

Chased leaders, chased clear leader on long run after 3 out, closer when lost 2nd before 2 out, chased leaders, weakened last op 10/1 and tchd 14/1

6^th

Speredek

810-12

16/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Tom Buckley (10)

Chased leader, led after 2nd, went clear after 3 out, came back to the field and ridden on long run to 2 out, headed 2 out, lost 2nd between last 2, weakened last

7^th

3 ¼

Benny's Bridge

610-0

8/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up in rear, some headway on inside before 2 out, no progress after tchd 15/2

8^th

Dream Du Grand Val

610-5

6/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Held up towards rear, never on terms op 13/2

9^th

3 ¼

Our Merlin

710-0

20/1

T: R WalfordJ: Bryony Frost

Led until after 2nd, chased leader until next, remained handy until weakened approaching 2 out op 25/1

10^th

Chti Balko

710-7

25/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Chased leaders, weakened after 3 out

Also Ran

All Yours

810-3

66/1

T: S CurranJ: G Sheehan

Always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out op 100/1

Totterdown

810-1

14/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Daniel Hiskett (5)

Awkwardly away, chased leaders, went 2nd 3rd until pushed along on long run after 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before next

Pyromaniac

910-0

50/1

T: A RalphJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Off the pace towards rear, behind and struggling after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

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Extra Mag⁴⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: D Pipe J: T Scudamore

Solomon Grey⁵⁶

Weight: 10-3| Age: 7

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Blu Cavalier²¹

Weight: 10-8| Age: 9

T: A Stronge J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.20Pl:£2.60, £2.50, £1.80EX:£39.50Trifecta:£239.00Tricast:£93.38SF:£31.96Swingers:£10.90, £11.70, £8.70

Forecasts

Call Me Lord (3/1), Monsieur Lecoq (7/2), Dream Du Grand Val (6/1), Malaya (7/1), Extra Mag (15/2), Benny's Bridge (8/1), First Flow (9/1), Solomon Grey (12/1), Totterdown (14/1), Speredek (16/1), Storm Rising (20/1), Our Merlin (20/1), Blu Cavalier (20/1), Chti Balko (25/1), Pyromaniac (50/1), All Yours (66/1)

Call Me Lord is the class act but on testing ground and dropped back in trip, he faces a stiff task lumping weight around. Easy C&D winner Monsieur Lecoq is much-respected but has been hit hard by the assessor for his score here and so the vote goes to EXTRA MAG. David Pipe has continued the Pond House tradition of targeting this race and looks for his fourth win. His Exeter winner failed to concede 7lb to Precious Cargo at Kempton in January, the pair clear, and that rival was a very easy winner here yesterday, boosting the form. Dream Du Grand Val is respected for the champion trainer while any money for First Flow and Pyromaniac would be notable