14:05 Taunton

Wednesday 30 December 2020

All12:3513:0513:3514:0514:4015:1515:50

Setsquare Recruitment Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 7f 3y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:07  |   Winning time: 6m 11.38s
1st
Horse silk
4
10/3f
T: D PipeJ: Fergus Gillard (5)
Mid-division, headway turning for home and pressed leader 3 out, led 2 out, headed last, kept on gamely and left in the lead close home op 7/2 tchd 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
¾
1
10/1
T: C J DownJ: James Davies
Tracked leaders, ridden along after 4 out, stayed on well home straight and 3rd jumping the last, stayed on strongly run-in, not enough op 15/2
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
2
811-11
9/2
T: F O'BrienJ: Max Kendrick (3)
Led early stages, headed and tracked leader after 3rd, ridden along home turn, rallied and 3rd when not fluent 3 out, kept on strongly and led last, hung left run-in and headed tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
711-4
6/1
T: J ScottJ: Rex Dingle
Held up in rear, not fluent 9th, mistake 12th, soon ridden and not fluent again 5 out, stayed on past beaten horses after 3 out but never involved op 15/2
5th
Horse silk
5 ½
3
8/1
T: N J HawkeJ: David Noonan
Tracked leader, led after 3rd, disputed lead after 5th, chased leader after 10th, ridden after 11th, well held after 3 out op 9/1 tchd 10/1
6th
Horse silk
5 ½
8
711-2
25/1
T: D A ReesJ: Ben Jones (3)
Tracked leader, very keen early stages and disputed lead 5th, led outright 10th, ridden approaching 3 out when pressed, soon headed, weakened after 2 out op 20/1
7th
Horse silk
25
7
12/1
T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon
Mid-division, towards rear and pushed along 12th, ridden and detached before 3 out tchd 11/1 and tchd 14/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
6
11/1
T: W GreatrexJ: Jack Tudor (3)
Mid-division, ridden along and struggling 4 out, well held when fell last op 10/1
PU
Horse silk
9
9/2
T: D A ReesJ: S Bowen
Always in rear, jumped with little fluency throughout, pulled up before 10th op 4/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.40, £3.00, £2.00EX:£34.60Trifecta:£152.50Tricast:£149.85SF:£35.27Swingers:£7.20, £4.00, £8.40

Forecasts

Little Red Lion (10/3), Oski (9/2), Robin Of Sherwood (9/2), Hey Bud (6/1), Some Detail (8/1), Broadclyst (10/1), Sunny Express (11/1), Forgetthesmalltalk (12/1), Dunbar (25/1)

Verdict

ROBIN OF SHERWOOD has been in top form this season and, after a respectable fourth at Ffos Las, should benefit from the return to this sort of trip, so he's preferred to recent Lingfield winner Little Red Lion. Oski was in the process of running well when falling on debut for Fergal O'Brien so there could be more to come from him.

  1. ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (IRE)
  2. LITTLE RED LION (IRE)
  3. OSKI (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019
Manofthemountain
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 6
5/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,289.002nd: £1,259.003rd: £630.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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