14:55 Doncaster

Saturday 5 March 2022

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Virgin Bet Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 78y  |   Soft  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:55  |   Winning time: 4m 8.8s
1st
Horse silk
8
1110-9
11/2
T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings
Chased leader, hampered and dropped towards rear 8th, switched left and ridden 3 out, progress to chase leaders 2 out, stayed on under pressure to lead flat, all out op 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
nk
4
12/1
T: D SkeltonJ: David England
Held up in rear, steady headway 7th, smooth progress to chase leaders 4 out, led 2 out, awkward last, headed flat, kept on strongly close home op 10/1
3rd
Horse silk
7
1
15/8f
T: J CandlishJ: D J O'Keeffe
Led, headed narrowly 4th, left in lead 8th, narrow advantage 4 out, headed before 3 out, lost touch with leaders 2 out, kept on flat op 2/1 tchd 9/5
4th
Horse silk
1
3
9/4
T: Henry OliverJ: J J Burke
Midfield, pushed along and dropped towards rear 7th, headway under pressure to press leader 4 out, led narrowly before 3 out, headed 2 out, close up when blundered last, no extra op 5/2 and tchd 11/4
5th
Horse silk
21
9
15/2
T: A M ThomsonJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Held up towards rear, in rear 3rd, ridden before 4 out, no impression op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

Also Ran

UR
Horse silk
2
10/1
T: P D NivenJ: Callum Bewley
Held up towards rear, midfield 2nd, pressed leader 3rd, led narrowly 4th, blundered and unseated rider 8th

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Non-Runners

7
Horse silk
Fanzio27
Weight: 10-12|  Age: 7
T: R Hobson  J: Non Runner
NR
6
Horse silk
Gaelik Coast35
Weight: 11-1|  Age: 8
T: D McCain Jnr  J: Non Runner
NR
5
Horse silk
Return Ticket112
Weight: 11-1|  Age: 9
T: R Menzies  J: Non Runner
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£1.90, £3.80EX:£64.80Trifecta:£120.80Tricast:£153.87SF:£53.52Swingers:£8.30, £2.10, £4.40

Forecasts

Cheddleton (15/8), The Big Bite (9/4), Gaelik Coast (9/2), Bun Doran (11/2), Cedar Hill (15/2), Fanzio (10/1), Malystic (10/1), King D'Argent (12/1), Return Ticket (12/1)

Verdict

This is a really competitive affair and cases can be made for most of the field, but the vote goes to course-specialist THE BIG BITE, who got to within a length of Game Spirit winner Funambule Sivola last time and goes from the same mark here. Cheddleton is a reliable sort and is likely to go well again, whilst the veteran Bun Doran has been shaping better of late than his falling mark suggests.

  1. THE BIG BITE (IRE)
  2. CHEDDLETON
  3. BUN DORAN (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
Getaway Trump
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 8
11/2

Prize Money

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

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