15:50 Wincanton

Saturday 7 January 2023

All12:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 5  |   3m 1f 30y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:53  |   Winning time: 6m 59.22s
1st
Horse silk
4
7/1
T: Harry DerhamJ: Paul O'Brien
Jumped well, prominent, led travelling well before 4 out, went clear approaching next, nudged along after last, comfortably op 8/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 17/2
2nd
Horse silk
7
2
711-13
4/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Shane Quinlan (3)
Midfield, slow 2nd and 6th, dropped to mid-division next, pushed along 12th, stayed on from 3 out, went second before next, kept on but no match for winner op 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
23
10
22/1
T: Mrs F M ShawJ: James Best
Midfield, headway to chase leaders before 8th, lost place and pushed along 12th, blundered next, plugged on to go third before 2 out op 40/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 50/1
4th
Horse silk
9 ½
9
25/1
T: H DickinJ: Benjamin Poste
Chased leaders, led 15th, headed before next, gradually weakened from 3 out op 22/1 tchd 20/1
5th
Horse silk
6 ½
7
22/1
T: Mrs R FordJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Chased leaders, pushed along 13th, ridden approaching 3 out, made no impression op 12/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
5
9/2
T: N J GiffordJ: James Davies
Led, headed 15th, pushed along 4 out, faded approaching 2 out, edged badly left after last op 4/1 tchd 5/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
1
15/8f
T: J TizzardJ: Freddie Gingell (7)
Held up in rear, niggled along after 11th, struggling from 13th, out of contention when fell 2 out tchd 7/4 and tchd 2/1
PU
Horse silk
3
10/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd
Midfield, struggling 13th, soon pushed along, lost touch 15th, pulled up before 3 out op 17/2
PU
Horse silk
6
66/1
T: Mark GillardJ: David Noonan
Chased leaders, hit 12th, soon pushed along, held when not fluent 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 50/1 tchd 80/1
PU
Horse silk
8
18/1
T: N B KingJ: Max Kendrick
Midfield, pushed along after 11th, pulled up next tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1
PU
Horse silk
13
14/1
T: B I CaseJ: Harriet Tucker (7)
Towards rear, nudged along 2nd, tailed off 12th, pulled up next op 12/1

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Non-Runners

12
Horse silk
Dogem By Design45
Weight: 10-2|  Age: 6
T: R Potter  J: Brendan Powell
NR
11
Horse silk
Treacys Jim58
Weight: 10-3|  Age: 9
T: J D Frost  J: Bryony Frost
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.50Pl:£2.40, £1.70, £4.80EX:£40.30Trifecta:£628.90Tricast:£600.71SF:£35.58Swingers:£6.60, £21.10, £14.50

Forecasts

No Hubs No Hoobs (15/8), Paseo (4/1), My Bad Lucy (9/2), Beyond Redemption (7/1), Famous Last Word (10/1), Dorado Dollar (14/1), Kenyan Cowboy (18/1), Dogem By Design (20/1), Treacys Jim (20/1), Etincelle Artiste (22/1), Call Me Freddie (22/1), El Diablo (25/1), Captain Cuckoo (66/1)

Verdict

While his overall profile is hardly compelling, NO HUBS NO HOOBS produced by far his best effort yet when getting off the mark over this C&D recently and a 5 lb rise may not be enough to prevent him from going in again. The obvious caveat is that if Paseo is able to put his latest run behind him and returns to the form of his wide-margin Ludlow success in November, he will be a huge threat. My Bad Lucy is third choice on the back of a fair effort at Doncaster.

  1. NO HUBS NO HOOBS (IRE)
  2. PASEO
  3. MY BAD LUCY

Previous Winners

2022
Heavey
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 8
15/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,753.002nd: £2,187.003rd: £1,094.004th: £547.005th: £273.00

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