14:55 Cheltenham

Friday 17 November 2023

All13:1013:4514:2014:5515:3016:05

Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 5f 56y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:56  |   Winning time: 8m 8.99s
1st
Horse silk
3
9/1
T: M F MorrisJ: G Brouder (5)
Soon chasing leaders, led before 7th until headed before 24th, in front again next, hit 3 out, clear before next, driven between last two, 2 lengths ahead when went right last, edged left under pressure stayed on gamely run-in op 12/1 tchd 14/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
9/2
T: D SkeltonJ: Miss Gina Andrews
Mistakes in last pair, hit 23rd, headway 26th, went 2nd after 3 out, 2 lengths to find at the last, stayed on same pace and no extra final 110 yards op 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
10
11
22/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch
Chased leader until before 7th, chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, switched right and rallied last, stayed on run-in, went modest 3rd inside final 150 yards op 25/1 tchd 28/1
4th
Horse silk
3 ¾
5
10/1
T: P & M BowenJ: James Bowen
Mid-division, headway stayed on run-in, went modest 4th inside final 150 yards, no chance with leading duo
5th
Horse silk
1 ¾
10
910-2
33/1
T: Sheila LewisJ: Ben Jones
Led until before 7th, chased leader, led again before 24th until next, chased winner until after 2 out, chased leaders, weakened and lost places inside final 150 yards op 28/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
2
1011-13
4/1
T: G ElliottJ: K M Donoghue
Never far away in 5th, pushed along in 3rd before 21st, driven and went 3rd again turning in, stayed on same pace, no chance with leading duo, weakened and lost places final 110 yards op 7/2
7th
Horse silk
2 ½
12
66/1
T: G O'LoughlinJ: R A Doyle
Wore hood to post,off the pace in last pair, mistakes 3rd and 20th, moderate headway out wide run-in, never involved tchd 50/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¼
1
912-0
10/3f
T: G ElliottJ: Mr R James (7)
Wore hood to post, held up towards rear, steady headway 20th, driven along and no impression in 7th before the last, weakened run-in op 7/2
9th
Horse silk
1
7
14/1
T: R BandeyJ: Harry Bannister
Chased leaders, weakened before 25th, soon towards rear op 10/1
10th
Horse silk
20
6
15/2
T: M KeighleyJ: S Bowen
Chased leaders, weakened before 26th, tailed off op 11/2 tchd 5/1
11th
Horse silk
15
8
12/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan
Never closer than mid-division, mistake and struggling towards rear after 17th, behind 21st, tailed off op 14/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
9
40/1
T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Toby Wynne (3)
Off the pace in last pair, brief effort 21st, soon lost place, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out op 33/1
PU
Horse silk
13
200/1
T: M KeighleyJ: James Best
In mid-division when bad mistake 11th, behind and struggling 15th, tailed off and pulled up before 18th

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£2.60, £2.00, £5.80EX:£54.70Trifecta:£843.00Tricast:£878.54SF:£48.49Swingers:£9.70, £29.70, £21.10

Forecasts

Galvin (10/3), Delta Work (4/1), Latenightpass (9/2), Back On The Lash (15/2), Foxy Jacks (9/1), Francky Du Berlais (10/1), Musical Slave (12/1), Diesel D'Allier (14/1), Didero Vallis (22/1), Volcano (33/1), Dieu Vivant (40/1), Whatsyourstatus (66/1), Debden Bank (200/1)

Verdict

BACK ON THE LASH comes alive over these fences and is 2 lb lower than for his last win in this sphere in January. He'll be better for last month's return at Exeter so a revival is surely on the cards and he gets the vote over Gordon Elliott's Delta Work and Galvin, who are undoubtedly the class acts but must concede stacks of weight to Martin Keighley's charge.

  1. BACK ON THE LASH
  2. DELTA WORK (FR)
  3. GALVIN (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Back On The Lash
Weight: 10-5  |Age: 9
J: S Bowen  |  T: M Keighley
6/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,210.002nd: £8,372.003rd: £4,186.004th: £2,093.005th: £1,046.006th: £522.00

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