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15:35 Hereford

Monday 30 January 2023

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:40

Ely Memorial Fund Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 6m 30.5s

1^st

Only The Bold

811-11

2/1f

T: D PipeJ: Fergus Gillard (3)

Prominent early, chased leaders, not much room 3rd, dropped to mid-division 7th, closed from 14th, slow 4 out, led 2 out, clear before last, easily tchd 9/4

2^nd

The Kings Writ

1211-3

16/1

T: K WoollacottJ: Ben Godfrey (3)

In rear, headway before 4th, led 15th, headed 2 out, soon held by winner op 12/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Key Commander

810-13

33/1

T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Alex Edwards (3)

Mid-division, headway 15th, 3rd 2 out, no impression on winner op 66/1 tchd 28/1

4^th

2 ¼

Almazhar Garde

811-11

16/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: B Roberts (7)

In rear, headway on outside when jumped left and not fluent 4th, hit 13th, challenged 15th, mistake 4 out, beaten from 2 out op 14/1

5^th

Eaton Collina

810-8

10/3

T: Kerry LeeJ: R Patrick

Chased leader, jumped left 3rd, beaten 2 out, no extra op 7/2

6^th

2 ½

Amateur

1011-9

125/1

T: J L FlintJ: R T Dunne

In rear, some headway after 4 out, never involved tchd 100/1

7^th

3 ¾

High Stakes

911-5

6/1

T: W GreatrexJ: James Bowen

Chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, jumped right and awkward 3rd, hit 13th, outpaced when mistake 15th, no impression after op 9/1

8^th

3 ¾

Checkitout

911-11

40/1

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leaders, lost place 3rd, some headway after 4 out, no impression, bad mistake and well beaten 3 out op 33/1

9^th

Hold That Taught

811-11

15/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Always in rear, well behind from 13th op 6/1

10^th

Orrisdale

911-10

28/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: K Brogan

Mid-division, mistake 3rd, not fluent 12th, towards rear when stumbled just after 14th, well beaten after op 25/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Robinstown

812-1

20/1

T: C CollinsJ: D F O'Regan

Rear of mid-division, mistake 2nd, lost place next, well behind 14th, pulled up before 3 out tchd 18/1

Lieutenant Rocco

811-9

7/1

T: S HosieJ: T Scudamore

Led until 15th, weakened and pulled up before 2 out op 13/2 tchd 15/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£1.30, £3.40, £7.00EX:£29.60Trifecta:£1,016.10Tricast:£846.97SF:£31.59Swingers:£7.60, £11.90, £82.50

Forecasts

Only The Bold (2/1), Eaton Collina (10/3), High Stakes (6/1), Lieutenant Rocco (7/1), Hold That Taught (15/2), The Kings Writ (16/1), Almazhar Garde (16/1), Robinstown (20/1), Orrisdale (28/1), Key Commander (33/1), Checkitout (40/1), Amateur (125/1)

ONLY THE BOLD created a good impression when making a winning start over fences for new connections in this headgear combination at Bangor, leaving the impression that there's more to come from him as a chaser. It's unlikely that a 10 lb rise will be enough to prevent him from following up here, for all that this is a deeper race. Lieutenant Rocco returns to this sphere on an attractive mark and is next on the list ahead of Eaton Collina and The King's Writ, while Checkitout is also considered.