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Sunday 24 October 2021

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Jewson Tool Hire Veterans' Handicap Chase

  • 10YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 210y  |   Good  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:27  |   Winning time: 6m 20.02s
1st
Horse silk
6
11/4
T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Alex Edwards (3)
Led before 2nd, drew clear before jumped left and not fluent last, stayed on well op 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
8 ½
8
10/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien
Chased leaders on inside, not fluent 7th or 4 out, went 2nd before last, no impression on winner op 17/2 tchd 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
4
18/1
T: J C McConnellJ: S Bowen
Held up towards rear, not fluent 13th, headway after 15th, 2nd when mistake 2 out, 3rd and beaten last op 14/1 tchd 20/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
3
2/1f
T: Katy PriceJ: Benjamin Poste
Chased leaders, went 2nd 13th until 2 out, 4th and beaten last tchd 9/4
5th
Horse silk
7 ½
2
1011-12
3/1
T: T R GeorgeJ: T Scudamore
Led until before 2nd, chased winner until 13th, mistake next, struggling after 15th, well held from after 4 out op 2/1 tchd 16/5
6th
Horse silk
6 ½
9
10/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Miss Lucy Turner (7)
In rear, not fluent a few times, struggling from 11th op 14/1 tchd 9/1
7th
Horse silk
16
1
22/1
T: Christian WilliamsJ: Jack Tudor (3)
Towards rear, blundered 1st, not fluent 5th, pushed along after 10th, not fluent 12th, well beaten after 4 out op 20/1 tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

5
Horse silk
Captain Chaos217
Weight: 11-5|  Age: 10
T: D Skelton  J: Harry Skelton
NR
7
Horse silk
Big River1
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 11
T: Miss Lucinda V Russell  J: Non Runner
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£2.00, £3.40EX:£24.70Trifecta:£167.50Tricast:£408.13SF:£27.39Swingers:£4.50, £8.70, £13.80

Forecasts

Minellacelebration (2/1), Wishing And Hoping (11/4), Black Op (3/1), Captain Chaos (10/3), Rolling Dylan (10/1), Un Prophete (10/1), Big River (14/1), Robin Des Foret (18/1), Potters Corner (22/1)

Verdict

Several in with a chance but it could pay to side with BLACK OP. Tom George's charge was unable to make a splash in graded events last season but, having showed up well for a long way in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on his penultimate start, he's taken to make his first go in a veterans' chase a winning one. Last year's winner Minellacelebration rates as the main danger, ahead of Captain Chaos.

  1. BLACK OP (IRE)
  2. MINELLACELEBRATION (IRE)
  3. CAPTAIN CHAOS (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Minellacelebration
Weight: 11-3  |Age: 10
15/2

Prize Money

1st: £15,609.002nd: £7,176.003rd: £3,588.004th: £1,794.005th: £897.006th: £447.00

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