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13:15 Newbury

Saturday 8 February 2020

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:45

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Off time: 13:16 | Winning time: 3m 56.45s

1^st

Chantry House

611-8

8/15f

T: N J HendersonJ: B J Geraghty

Tracked leaders going well, 2nd on bit between last 2, pushed into lead run-in, quickened clear, impressive tchd 4/9

2^nd

4 ½

Manvers House

711-2

7/1

T: R WalfordJ: H Cobden

Led, joined 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in op 10/1

3^rd

Addis Ababa

511-2

33/1

T: J FarrellyJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division, headway on inside approaching 3 out, kept on in 3rd run-in, never any chance with winner op 25/1

4^th

Java Point

511-2

33/1

T: K C BaileyJ: J J Burke

Chased leader, every chance 2 out, lost 2nd between last 2, chased leaders, kept on towards finish op 40/1

5^th

1 ¼

L'Air Du Vent

611-2

5/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Mid-division, good headway on outside chasing leaders before 3 out, every chance next, still pressing leaders when not fluent last, weakened run-in op 9/2

6^th

Namib Dancer

611-2

14/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Adam Wedge

Held up towards rear, headway approaching 2 out, awkward on wide outside last, ridden and kept on run-in op 16/1

7^th

Tremwedge

410-6

9/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 3 out, soon pushed along, weakened after 2 out tchd 10/1

8^th

Mahler's Promise

511-8

20/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Aidan Coleman

Raced keenly, chased leaders, pushed along before 2 out, chance when not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, switched right before last, weakened last tchd 25/1

9^th

1 ½

Finisher

511-2

150/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Fergus Gillard (7)

Always towards rear, no chance when blundered 2 out, never a factor

10^th

River Tyne

510-9

100/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Always towards rear, never a factor op 80/1

11^th

7 ½

Quiana

511-2

66/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Always rear-division, tailed off op 80/1

12^th

Pat Kelly

511-2

150/1

T: H WhittingtonJ: M D Grant

Always rear-division, never a factor, tailed off

13^th

French Kiss

511-2

150/1

T: A W CarrollJ: Harry Bannister

Mistake 2nd, always towards rear, no chance when went badly left 2 out, tailed off

14^th

4 ¼

Gates Pass

511-2

150/1

T: B BarrJ: Paul O'Brien (3)

Held up and always behind, tailed off

15^th

Just In A Muddle

511-2

150/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Chased leaders on outside, lost place 4th, towards rear and struggling 4 out, tailed off

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.40Pl:£1.10, £2.00, £7.90EX:£5.40Trifecta:£152.40SF:£5.45Swingers:£2.30, £4.00, £20.50

Forecasts

Chantry House (8/15), L'Air Du Vent (5/1), Manvers House (7/1), Tremwedge (9/1), Namib Dancer (14/1), Mahler's Promise (20/1), Addis Ababa (33/1), Java Point (33/1), Quiana (66/1), River Tyne (100/1), Finisher (150/1), Pat Kelly (150/1), French Kiss (150/1), Gates Pass (150/1), Just In A Muddle (150/1)

A fair sized field but as with many novice hurdles only a few have a chance of winning a race of this nature. With Nicky Henderson often running some of his best novice hurdlers here it’s hard to get away from the claims of the unbeaten CHANTRY HOUSE. He looked potentially smart when last seen at Cheltenham and is taken to defy his penalty. Namib Dancer has shown that he’s capable of winning a race such as this and looks the main danger. Tremwedge exceeded expectations last time at Fairyhouse and he’ll need to show that he can repeat that run for his new connections. L’Air Du Vent and Java Point are two others that should be considered.