Paxtons Best Price Kverneland Horsch Metal Novices' Chase

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 4m 7.07s

1^st

Tonto's Spirit

711-12

11/8f

T: Mrs Dianne SayerJ: C O'Farrell

Led, headed approaching last, ridden to lead again soon after last, ran on gamely op 13/8 tchd 7/4

2^nd

Nietzsche

611-12

2/1

T: B EllisonJ: Henry Brooke

Tracked winner, ridden to lead approaching last, headed soon after last, ran on op 15/8 tchd 9/4

3^rd

Saint Freule

611-0

3/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Blair Campbell (3)

Tracked leading pair, ridden 3 out, plugged on same pace from next op 7/2 tchd 5/2

4^th

River Frost

711-0

8/1

T: B HaslamJ: R P McLernon

Close up, ridden and outpaced 4 out tchd 7/1 and tchd 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.00EX:£3.60Trifecta:£7.00SF:£4.78

Forecasts

Tonto's Spirit (11/8), Nietzsche (2/1), Saint Freule (3/1), River Frost (8/1)

Lucinda Russell has only saddled seven runners (one winner) at Sedgefield since April 2015, so the headstrong and enigmatic Saint Freule is a notable entrant for the Perth & Kinross based handler. Winner of a point-to-point (Feb 2017), the chasing game may ultimately be his making, although given his flaky temperament he is a risky proposition. Nietzsche has possibly lost his confidence over fences after a novicey display at Cartmel (penultimate), and he never at any stage looked to be in the mood for jumping fences at Kelso. Therefore, the fluent-fencing and evidently much more straightforward TONTO'S SPIRIT offers the risk-free solution to this small-field affair.