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16:50 Cheltenham

Tuesday 12 March 2019

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase (Listed)

Off time: 16:51 | Winning time: 5m 13.47s

1^st

A Plus Tard

511-7

5/1f

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Led until 2nd, tracked leaders, led before 2 out, clear approaching last, stayed on strongly, impressive op 11/2 tchd 6/1 in places

2^nd

Tower Bridge

611-5

6/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Prominent, blundered 4th, lost place before 6th, closed under pressure after 3 out, went 2nd last, kept on, no impression on winner op 13/2 tchd 7/1

3^rd

4 ½

Ben Dundee

711-5

33/1

T: G ElliottJ: K M Donoghue

Prominent until 2nd, in touch, went 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner, jumped right and dropped to 3rd last, stayed on same pace op 40/1

4^th

3 ¾

The Russian Doyen

611-5

20/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders on outside, went close 2nd after 3rd, led 3 out, headed before 2 out, weakened final 100 yards op 25/1

5^th

2 ¼

Springtown Lake

711-5

11/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Chased leaders, mistake 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 10/1

6^th

2 ½

Roaring Bull

611-4

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy

In rear, reminder after 2nd, not much room after 7th, soon closed, blundered badly 4 out, headway out, weakened before next op 20/1

7^th

1 ¾

Shady Operator

611-3

12/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: M P Walsh

Prominent, losing place when mistake 7th, struggling when hampered 4 out, well held after next tchd 11/1 and tchd 14/1

8^th

Movewiththetimes

811-4

16/1

T: P F NichollsJ: B J Geraghty

Chased leaders, ridden after 4 out, 6th and no impression when mistake 2 out, weakened after op 14/1 tchd 12/1

9^th

Huntsman Son

911-4

33/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Held up towards rear, not fluent 5th, hampered next, headway 10th, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next op 25/1

10^th

Highway One O One

711-9

14/1

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Prominent, led 2nd, headed 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

11^th

Red Indian

711-9

16/1

T: Miss Kelly MorganJ: Ross Chapman

Chased leaders, mistake and lost place 3rd, closed before next, ridden 12th, weakened before 3 out op 20/1

Also Ran

Cubomania

611-9

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Held up in mid-division, headway before 9th, lost place after 3 out, pulled up before last tchd 14/1

Lough Derg Spirit

711-6

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Towards rear on outside, hampered 7th, mistake 9th, struggling 11th, behind when pulled up before 4 out op 16/1

Militarian

911-5

50/1

T: Andrew MartinJ: J Martin (7)

Held up in mid-division, hit 4th, mistake 6th, lost place before 9th, struggling 11th, mistake 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 66/1

Walt

811-5

25/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leader, lost place before 4th, hampered 6th, 7th and 9th, behind when pulled up before 11th op 20/1

Riders Onthe Storm

611-4

10/1

T: T J TaaffeJ: B S Hughes

Pulled hard, held up, hit and hampered 3rd, fell 6th op 8/1 tchd 11/1

Good Man Pat

611-3

12/1

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Held up towards rear, hit 9th, hit 11th and 4 out, well beaten before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 11/1 tchd 10/1

Solomn Grundy

911-3

14/1

T: H De BromheadJ: P Townend

In rear, bumped 6th, well beaten 12th, pulled up before 4 out op 16/1

Quamino

611-2

25/1

T: P NolanJ: B J Cooper

Held up towards rear, mistake 8th, well beaten from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

Dell Oro

611-2

50/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Jumped right, mid-division, hampered 4th, lost place 6th, struggling when pulled up before 11th tchd 66/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.30, £2.30, £7.70, £5.50EX:£32.30Trifecta:£1,892.50Tricast:£939.62SF:£34.82Swingers:£8.60, £28.80, £58.70

Forecasts

A Plus Tard (5/1), Tower Bridge (6/1), Riders Onthe Storm (10/1), Springtown Lake (11/1), Shady Operator (12/1), Lough Derg Spirit (12/1), Good Man Pat (12/1), Highway One O One (14/1), Solomn Grundy (14/1), Roaring Bull (16/1), Movewiththetimes (16/1), Red Indian (16/1), Cubomania (16/1), The Russian Doyen (20/1), Quamino (25/1), Walt (25/1), Ben Dundee (33/1), Huntsman Son (33/1), Militarian (50/1), Dell Oro (50/1)

Neil Mulholland's yard have been flying in recent weeks and WALT is a fascinating contender back down in trip here. The eight-year-old's ability to stay further could be brought in to play with testing conditions forecast and the race he won last time at Kempton is decent form. Irish raider A Plus Tard could be lurking on a very dangerous handicap mark for Henry de Bromhead and he's looked good on each of his three chase starts. Quamino won't mind the step up in trip after his impressive win at Leopardstown last time out.