15:05 Ascot

Saturday 31 October 2020

All12:1512:4713:2013:5514:3215:0515:4016:17

Sodexo Handicap Hurdle (Listed)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   1m 7f 152y  |   Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:05  |   Winning time: 3m 45.1s
1st
Horse silk
8
11/4f
T: A J HoneyballJ: Aidan Coleman
Made virtually all, drew clear flat, stayed on well op 5/2
2nd
Horse silk
4 ¾
7
611-6
5/1
T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost
Chased leaders, lost place after 2nd, closed from 5th, chased winner after 3 out, not fluent last, no impression flat op 15/2
3rd
Horse silk
10
5
10/3
T: P F NichollsJ: Bryan Carver (5)
Held up in rear, effort on outside 5th, 3 lengths 3rd when blundered 2 out, soon no extra op 9/2
4th
Horse silk
8
3
811-10
12/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard (7)
Held up in rear, headway 3 out, went 4th before 2 out, no chance with leaders op 11/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¾
10
18/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: W T Kennedy
Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 3rd until after 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 28/1 tchd 16/1
6th
Horse silk
2 ¾
6
13/2
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Nick Scholfield
Held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway before next, weakened after 3 out op 5/1
7th
Horse silk
4 ¾
4
15/2
T: N G RichardsJ: Danny McMenamin (3)
Led until 1st, tracked leaders, lost place 5th, well beaten after 3 out op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2
8th
Horse silk
9
9
15/2
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Held up in mid-division, outpaced 3 out, soon weakened op 5/1

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Non-Runners

2
Horse silk
Sebastopol273
Weight: 11-10|  Age: 6
T: T Lacey  J: R Johnson
NR
1
Horse silk
Teqany13
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 6
T: F O'Brien  J: C Brace
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.10, £2.00, £1.70EX:£17.40Trifecta:£79.20Tricast:£47.11SF:£17.55Swingers:£4.40, £2.90, £3.40

Forecasts

Kid Commando (11/4), Scaramanga (10/3), Malaya (5/1), Sebastopol (6/1), Hang In There (13/2), Caius Marcius (15/2), Countister (15/2), Teqany (10/1), Dear Sire (12/1), Byron Flyer (18/1)

Verdict

None of these can be safely discounted. It may be worth siding with COUNTISTER, who failed to fire in a couple of Grade 3 handicaps last season but is just 2 lb above the mark off which she was third in the 2019 County Hurdle. The unexposed Kid Commando is next best ahead of Malaya, who signed off last season with a decent effort here, while Sebastopol is also firmly in calculations.

  1. COUNTISTER (FR)
  2. KID COMMANDO
  3. MALAYA (FR)

Previous Winners

2019
Gumball
Weight: 11-6  |Age: 5
11/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,251.002nd: £3,847.003rd: £1,926.004th: £959.005th: £482.006th: £241.00

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