16:10 Kempton

Saturday 27 February 2021

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

Close Brothers Motor Finance Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 4f 110y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:13  |   Winning time: 5m 4.35s
1st
Horse silk
6
711-1
4/1j
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Made all and soon clear, stayed on strongly, unchallenged op 9/2 tchd 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
3
18/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
Mistake 1st, towards rear, steady headway out wide 9th, chasing leading trio before 12th, 2nd 4 out, no chance with winner when went badly left 3 out op 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
7
2
11/2
T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke
Held up towards rear, steady headway 4 out, chasing leaders disputing 3rd when blundered badly 2 out, not recover but kept on into 3rd towards finish tchd 6/1
4th
Horse silk
1
7
611-1
9/2
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Soon towards rear, hit 2nd, steady headway on inside after 8th, chased leaders after next, pushed along and one pace in 3rd before 3 out, weakened into 4th towards finish tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1
5th
Horse silk
¾
4
8/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Chased (clear) leader, not fluent 9th, lost 2nd 4 out, weakened soon after op 6/1
6th
Horse silk
3 ½
9
7/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: Millie Wonnacott (7)
Soon off the pace towards rear, blundered 11th, hit next, never on terms op 8/1 tchd 6/1
7th
Horse silk
38
1
16/1
T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon
Prominent in chasing group, pushed along and lost place before 10th, towards rear and never on terms after, blundered 12th op 12/1 tchd 18/1
8th
Horse silk
30
10
4/1j
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Always behind, tailed off op 7/1 tchd 15/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
5
150/1
T: P R WebberJ: Rex Dingle
Well in rear, blundered 8th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 80/1
F
Horse silk
8
10/1
T: N J HawkeJ: K E Buckley (7)
Prominent in chasing group, lost place in 5th when fell 12th op 9/1 tchd 17/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.90Pl:£1.60, £3.10, £2.30EX:£69.00Trifecta:£257.20Tricast:£402.54SF:£69.15Swingers:£9.60, £3.70, £15.40

Forecasts

My Way (4/1), Monsieur D'Arque (4/1), Guy (9/2), Captain Blackpearl (11/2), No Hidden Charges (7/1), Eden Du Houx (8/1), Ouro Branco (10/1), The Devils Drop (16/1), Awake At Midnight (18/1), Braqueur D'Or (150/1)

Verdict

A case can be made for a few of these but the most persuasive one is for the upwardly-mobile OURO BRANCO who has already racked up three wins over fences and is fancied to go in again after his excellent Newbury second last time. Dan Skelton's Monsieur d'Arque goes well fresh so is feared most after a break and wind op, while the lightly-raced The Devils Drop is another worth a second look.

  1. OURO BRANCO (FR)
  2. MONSIEUR D'ARQUE (IRE)
  3. THE DEVILS DROP (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Mystical Clouds
Weight: 11-5  |Age: 7
J: Tom Cannon  |  T: A King
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £7,018.002nd: £2,061.003rd: £1,030.004th: £515.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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