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13:15 Newbury

Saturday 31 December 2022

All12:1012:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Coral First For Horse Racing Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 4m 14.55s

1^st

Gamaret

611-4

5/2f

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Chased leaders, went 2nd 4th, awkward on landing next, badly bumped and stumbled 7th, led turning in, made rest, stayed on strongly

2^nd

2 ¼

Gallic Geordie

910-11

7/2

T: S DrinkwaterJ: R T Dunne

Waited with in rear, headway on inside and hit 9th, not fluent 3 out, went 2nd after next, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 3/1

3^rd

4 ¾

Not Available

711-9

18/1

T: M SheppardJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leader until 4th, lost place slightly soon after, rallied 7th, pushed along after 5 out, ridden and outpaced when left 4th 2 out, went 3rd run-in op 12/1 tchd 11/1

4^th

Mongol Emperor

711-9

15/2

T: N P MulhollandJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 8th, went 2nd 4 out until after 2 out, hung left before the last, weakened into 4th run-in op 14/1

5^th

Courtland

711-8

16/1

T: P & M BowenJ: James Bowen

Chased leaders on inside, not much room on inside and lost place after 3rd, towards rear until rallied on inside 5th, weakened before 4 out op 25/1

Also Ran

Earth Company

612-1

14/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Towards rear, fell 4th op 12/1 tchd 16/1

File Illico

711-12

18/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Soon towards rear, reminders in rear and struggling after 7th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 14/1 tchd 20/1

Only Money

811-11

5/1

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Raced keenly in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders 4th, badly bumped 7th, pushed along before 4 out, lost place soon after, pulled up before next tchd 11/2

Capitaine

1011-6

66/1

T: F BrennanJ: G Sheehan

Jumped right, led until headed turning in, soon weakened and mistake 4 out, pulled up before next op 50/1

Casa Tall

811-0

17/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up towards rear, headway tracking leaders before 8th, plugging in in 4th when unseated rider 2 out op 8/1 tchd 10/1

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Non-Runners

Kauto The King²³

Weight: 12-1| Age: 8

T: J Tizzard J: Brendan Powell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.50, £1.80, £3.10EX:£13.50Trifecta:£153.40Tricast:£124.68SF:£11.95Swingers:£3.00, £7.90, £9.60

Forecasts

Gamaret (5/2), Gallic Geordie (7/2), Only Money (5/1), Mongol Emperor (15/2), Casa Tall (17/2), Earth Company (14/1), Courtland (16/1), Not Available (18/1), File Illico (18/1), Kauto The King (20/1), Capitaine (66/1)

ONLY MONEY turned in another solid effort when beaten only by a progressive rival over C&D in November and, operating from a 1 lb lower mark, he looks sure to be a big player again. Last year's winner Gallic Geordie and unexposed chase debutant Gamaret are others fancied to play lead roles.