14:25 Sandown

Saturday 13 March 2021

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

Paddy Power Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   1m 7f 216y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:25  |   Winning time: 4m 14.85s
1st
Horse silk
12
5/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Held up in last pair, dropped to rear 3 out, urged along briefly soon after, steady headway between horses before 2 out, went 2nd on bit after 2 out, upsides last, led run-in, quickened right away op 9/2 tchd 11/2
2nd
Horse silk
4 ½
8
8/1
T: L WadhamJ: R Johnson
Tracked leader, led narrowly 3 out, kept on well, joined and not fluent last, headed and not pace of winner run-in op 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
5 ½
13
12/1
T: Evan WilliamsJ: James Bowen
Chased leaders in 4th, headway into 2nd going well before 2 out until after 2 out, plugged on in 3rd op 11/1
4th
Horse silk
9
15
12/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: S Bowen
Held up in last trio, headway on inside before 2 out, plugging on in 4th when bad mistake last op 9/1
5th
Horse silk
4
1
611-12
11/2
T: P F NichollsJ: Angus Cheleda (7)
Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along before 2 out, weakened soon after op 5/1 tchd 6/1
6th
Horse silk
5
9
2/1f
T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore
Raced keenly, led, narrowly headed but still held together 3 out, weakened rapidly before next op 9/4 tchd 5/2
7th
Horse silk
15
3
18/1
T: Mrs P SlyJ: Kielan Woods
Waited with in rear, never involved

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
6
12/1
T: N KentJ: C J Todd (3)
Mid-division when rein broke and taken out of race after 2nd, pulled up op 25/1
PU
Horse silk
7
711-0
7/1
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Chased leaders on inside, not much room on inside and weakened rapidly soon after 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next

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14
Horse silk
Eamon An Cnoic16
Weight: 10-6|  Age: 10
T: D Pipe  J: Fergus Gillard
NR
4
Horse silk
Leoncavallo154
Weight: 11-8|  Age: 9
T: D Pipe  J: T Scudamore
NR
11
Horse silk
Hang In There76
Weight: 10-11|  Age: 7
T: Miss E C Lavelle  J: Thomas Bellamy
NR
10
Horse silk
One True King21
Weight: 10-11|  Age: 6
T: N A Twiston-Davies  J: Sam Twiston-Davies
NR
2
Horse silk
Diego Du Charmil77
Weight: 11-11|  Age: 9
T: P F Nicholls  J: H Cobden
NR
5
Horse silk
Highway One O Two7
Weight: 11-3|  Age: 6
T: C Gordon  J: Tom Cannon
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£1.40, £2.80, £3.80EX:£45.80Trifecta:£490.80Tricast:£458.84SF:£44.98Swingers:£7.50, £9.20, £12.00

Forecasts

Natural History (2/1), Langer Dan (5/1), Miranda (11/2), Malaya (7/1), Miss Heritage (8/1), Leoncavallo (8/1), Highway One O Two (10/1), Mack The Man (12/1), Hasanabad (12/1), Mick Maestro (12/1), Eamon An Cnoic (14/1), One True King (14/1), Diego Du Charmil (16/1), Fransham (18/1), Hang In There (25/1)

Verdict

LANGER DAN was an eyecatcher on his first run back after wind surgery and might be worth siding with for in-form Dan Skelton as he's well treated on the pick of last season's efforts. This is much harder than the Plumpton handicap Natural History hacked up in recently but he has the scope for a good deal better given his Flat ability. Leoncavallo and One True King are also on the shortlist.

  1. LANGER DAN (IRE)
  2. NATURAL HISTORY
  3. LEONCAVALLO (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £28,230.002nd: £10,645.003rd: £5,320.004th: £2,655.005th: £1,335.006th: £665.007th: £335.00

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