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15:35 Sandown

Saturday 1 February 2020

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:10

Betway Masters Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 6m 36.4s

1^st

Deise Aba

710-7

7/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd and mistake 2 out, led last, stayed on strongly tchd 15/2

2^nd

3 ½

Cloudy Glen

710-4

6/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Pulled hard, not fluent 9th, rapid headway chasing leader 12th, led before 2 out, headed last, no extra run-in op 13/2 tchd 11/2

3^rd

8 ½

Le Rocher

1010-12

8/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: David Noonan

Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, ridden and plugged on in modest 3rd towards finish tchd 7/1

4^th

Diable De Sivola

710-4

6/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Not fluent 1st, chased leaders until led 12th until 18th, lost 2nd before 2 out, weakened into 4th towards finish op 7/1 tchd 15/2

5^th

Classic Ben

710-3

11/4f

T: S EdmundsJ: C Gethings

Raced wide, chased leaders, weakening when blundered 3 out op 3/1

6^th

Cap Du Nord

710-0

7/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Jack Tudor (5)

Chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next op 10/1

7^th

As De Mee

1011-1

12/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Led 2nd until mistake and headed 12th, chased leaders, ridden before 16th, weakened before 3 out op 9/1

Also Ran

Dragon D'Estruval

711-5

9/1

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Mistakes, never closer than mid-division, towards rear when mistake 15th, weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out op 8/1

Royal Vacation

1011-3

25/1

T: C L TizzardJ: P J Brennan

Ran in snatches, slight lead until 2nd, chased leaders, lost place 8th, blundered 18th, tailed off, pulled up before 19th op 22/1

Ami Desbois

1011-0

14/1

T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Kielan Woods

Always rear-division, never a factor, tailed off and pulled up 3 out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Mister Malarky⁴²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: C L Tizzard J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Crievehill⁴²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: N A Twiston-Davies J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.70Pl:£2.70, £2.20, £2.60EX:£62.50Trifecta:£554.80Tricast:£349.69SF:£50.54Swingers:£9.80, £9.90, £8.90

Forecasts

Classic Ben (11/4), Cloudy Glen (6/1), Diable De Sivola (6/1), Deise Aba (7/1), Cap Du Nord (7/1), Le Rocher (8/1), Mister Malarky (8/1), Dragon D'Estruval (9/1), As De Mee (12/1), Crievehill (12/1), Ami Desbois (14/1), Royal Vacation (25/1)

Like the other handicaps on the card this won’t be easy to win but last year’s winner CLASSIC BEN looks a sound choice to hold onto his crown and defeat his old rival Ami Desbois once more both of those runners giving notice they were ready to win last time. Dragon D’Estruval came good at Ludlow last time and he’ll be in the mix despite a 7lb rise which looks rather harsh. If Cloudy Glen could be trusted not to repeat his Cheltenham antics he’s a useful sort at his best and he’ll handle the mud. As De Mee will enjoy this trip better and this dual course winner could be galvanised by the application of first-time cheekpieces.