14:50 Cheltenham

Tuesday 15 March 2022

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   3m 1f  |   Good to Soft  |   24 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:54  |   Winning time: 6m 18.26s
1st
Horse silk
18
10/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox
Well off the pace in last pair, hit 9th, still plenty to do after 3 out, soon switched out, switched inside and chased leaders approaching 2 out, 3rd at the last, sustained challenge between horses run-in, led inside final 150 yards, quickened clear
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¾
24
9/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 7th, led 14th, headed and outpaced by winner inside final 150 yards, held on for 2nd op 11/1
3rd
Horse silk
hd
23
22/1
T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden
Mid-division out wide, jumped slowly 15th, headway chasing leaders, went 2nd before 2 out, every chance until winner quickened on inside final 150 yards, kept on pressing for 2nd tchd 25/1
4th
Horse silk
8
9
12/1
T: T LaceyJ: Stan Sheppard
Chased leaders, mistake 6th, went 2nd 3 out, pushed along and dropped to 3rd before next until the last, weakened run-in op 11/1
5th
Horse silk
½
20
11/1
T: S ThomasJ: Charlie Deutsch
Off the pace towards rear, closer out wide tracking leaders before 12th, weakened before the last tchd 10/1
6th
Horse silk
1
10
17/2
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Held up off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders approaching 3 out, ridden and outpaced before next, kept on run-in, no threat op 11/1
7th
Horse silk
½
11
8/1
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Chased leaders on inside, switched out before 3 out, not fluent 2 out, weakened approaching the last op 11/1
8th
Horse silk
6 ½
2
25/1
T: C L TizzardJ: Brendan Powell
Mid-division, mistake and pecked 11th, towards rear, pushed along after 3 out, weakened next op 22/1 tchd 28/1
9th
Horse silk
nk
5
14/1
T: E MullinsJ: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen
Towards rear of mid-division, ridden after 4 out, headway out wide chasing leaders next, weakened home turn op 16/1
10th
Horse silk
4
6
710-8
15/2f
T: G ElliottJ: J C Gainford (3)
Held up towards rear, never involved tchd 7/1
11th
Horse silk
½
4
22/1
T: A LynchJ: D E Mullins
Held up towards rear op 16/1 tchd 14/1
12th
Horse silk
nk
1
1011-12
11/1
T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost
Held up in mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders when not much room between horses and stumbled 3 out, weakened home turn tchd 10/1 and tchd 12/1
13th
Horse silk
¾
17
20/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore
Never closer than mid-division, pushed along and struggling towards rear after 4 out op 18/1 tchd 22/1
14th
Horse silk
1 ¾
7
28/1
T: M F MorrisJ: Jonathan Moore
Raced wide towards rear, headway out wide chasing leaders 4 out, bad mistake next, lost place and no chance after tchd 33/1
15th
Horse silk
2 ¾
22
125/1
T: N J GiffordJ: N F Houlihan (3)
Held up in last trio, never involved op 80/1
16th
Horse silk
2 ¼
19
80/1
T: V R A DartnallJ: Alan Johns
Mid-division, weakened before 3 out op 100/1
17th
Horse silk
1 ¾
21
125/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd (3)
Chased leaders, jumped slowly 3rd and next, pushed along after 4 out, pushed along and weakened before next op 100/1
18th
Horse silk
2 ¼
13
810-5
50/1
T: H D DalyJ: T J O'Brien
Off the pace and always towards rear
19th
Horse silk
27
3
11/1
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Chased leaders, jumped slowly 13th, weakened 3 out, tailed off op 14/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
8
33/1
T: C ByrnesJ: L Quinlan (5)
Off the pace in last trio, hit 3rd and next, behind 9th, tailed off next, pulled up before the last tchd 40/1
PU
Horse silk
12
33/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Sean Quinlan
Chased leader until 7th, chased leaders, bad mistake 9th, lost place next, towards rear and never travelling after, tailed off 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 25/1 tchd 22/1
PU
Horse silk
14
28/1
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power
Always towards rear, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out tchd 33/1
PU
Horse silk
15
16/1
T: C HonourJ: Bryan Carver (3)
Always towards rear on inside, pushed along before 15th, soon struggling, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out tchd 14/1
PU
Horse silk
16
40/1
T: Jamie SnowdenJ: Adrian Heskin
Led until 14th, chased leader until 3 out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 2 out where bad blunder, pulled up before the last op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.40Pl:£3.80, £3.70, £5.10, £4.50EX:£117.00Trifecta:£1,811.50Tricast:£2,000.82SF:£92.00Swingers:£17.90, £41.50, £39.70

Forecasts

Floueur (15/2), Fantastikas (8/1), Death Duty (17/2), Gericault Roque (9/1), Corach Rambler (10/1), Our Power (11/1), Frodon (11/1), Does He Know (11/1), Tea Clipper (12/1), Noble Yeats (14/1), Grumpy Charley (16/1), Full Back (20/1), Oscar Elite (22/1), Ben Dundee (22/1), Lostintranslation (25/1), Foxy Jacks (28/1), Discordantly (28/1), Doctor Duffy (33/1), Vintage Clouds (33/1), Kiltealy Briggs (40/1), Rapper (50/1), Run To Milan (80/1), Belargus (125/1), One More Fleurie (125/1)

Verdict

One of the few races the home team has dominated and OUR POWER looks very interesting for the burgeoning Sam Thomas yard. He ran a very eye-catching race on his first go over 3m in a valuable Kempton handicap last month, finishing with a flourish having had plenty go wrong. He gets the vote over Corach Rambler, Tea Clipper and high-class Frodon. Floueur could be the pick of the Irish challengers.

  1. OUR POWER (IRE)
  2. CORACH RAMBLER (IRE)
  3. TEA CLIPPER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
Vintage Clouds
Weight: 10-11  |Age: 11
28/1

Prize Money

1st: £70,338.002nd: £26,500.003rd: £13,262.004th: £6,625.005th: £3,325.006th: £1,662.007th: £825.008th: £425.00

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