15:35 Sandown

Saturday 4 January 2020

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  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 7f 216y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:35  |   Winning time: 4m 9.9s
1st
Horse silk
6
14/1
T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath
Held up off the pace in mid-division, good headway on outside chasing leader before 2 out, led before the last, narrowly headed last, rallied to lead again towards finish op 12/1
2nd
Horse silk
¾
1
7/1
T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power
Held up in mid-division, closer but still off the pace in 4th after 2nd, chased leaders approaching 2 out, led last, driven and kept on run-in, headed and no extra towards finish op 9/2
3rd
Horse silk
8 ½
4
7/2
T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan
Led and soon clear, reduced lead 2 out, wandered and headed before the last, weakened run-in op 6/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ½
7
9/2
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
Chased leaders, hit 3rd, chased clear leader 3 out, lost 2nd before next, soon weakened op 5/1
5th
Horse silk
2
8
710-11
12/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore
Held up well off the pace towards rear, good headway on wide outside 2 out, 5th and no impression when hit last op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
1
11
710-2
9/4f
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Chased clear leader until 3 out, weakened before next op 5/2
7th
Horse silk
3
2
12/1
T: A StrongeJ: Ben Jones (5)
Off the pace in 5th after 2nd, weakened 4 out tchd 14/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¾
9
25/1
T: Evan WilliamsJ: Isabel Williams (7)
Always behind, never on terms tchd 20/1
9th
Horse silk
1 ¾
5
711-5
16/1
T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden
Always towards rear, never on terms
10th
Horse silk
29
3
1111-11
40/1
T: C GordonJ: L P Aspell
Always behind, never on terms, tailed off op 33/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
10
1110-3
20/1
T: Miss Z C DavisonJ: Page Fuller (3)
Raced wide in mid-division, weakened before 3 out, , pulled up soon after

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.80Pl:£4.30, £2.90, £1.40EX:£170.50Trifecta:£829.40Tricast:£430.10SF:£110.95Swingers:£10.20, £10.70, £7.60

Forecasts

Gunnery (9/4), Totterdown (7/2), Smarty Wild (9/2), Eldorado Allen (7/1), Distingo (12/1), Blu Cavalier (12/1), Mill Green (14/1), Ainchea (16/1), Ruacana (20/1), John Constable (25/1), Remiluc (40/1)

Verdict

A good handicap to conclude the card and one that has several options with Gunnery sure to be in the thoughts of many after his 12L demolition job at Doncaster last Saturday. He may not be able to lead this time and a quick return may not be suitable. TOTTERDOWN has twice run his field ragged over C&D and despite a 12lb rise in the weights be may be able to make similar tactics work again this time around. The Tizzard pair Eldorado Allen and Ainchea are both C&D winners returning from long breaks and it will be interesting to see what the market says about that pair. Mill Green and Smarty Wild are two others to consider in what looks a competitive finale.
  1. Totterdown
  2. Gunnery
  3. Eldorado Allen

Previous Winners

2019
Monsieur Lecoq
Weight: 10-12  |Age: 5
11/4

Prize Money

1st: £15,640.002nd: £4,620.003rd: £2,310.004th: £1,155.005th: £578.006th: £290.00

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