14:40 Taunton

Thursday 14 December 2023

All11:4512:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Classic Collection Holidays Handicap Hurdle

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 3f 1y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:40  |   Winning time: 4m 44.03s
1st
Horse silk
5
11/1
T: B PaulingJ: Kielan Woods
Rear mid-division, headway after 3 out, pushed along and led before 2 out, ridden run-in and stayed on well op 10/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
9
4/1
T: Nicky MartinJ: James Bowen
Towards rear, steady headway on outer home turn, ridden 2 out and stayed on to chase winner run-in, no telling impression op 7/2
3rd
Horse silk
7
8
4/1
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Handy, not fluent 4 out and lost position, pushed along next, kept on but not pace to challenge
4th
Horse silk
2 ¾
2
10/3f
T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor
Tracked leaders, pushed along before 2 out and went 2nd, ridden and gradually weakened approaching last op 7/2
5th
Horse silk
½
6
9/2
T: R WalfordJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)
Mid-division, headway before 3 out, led home turn, pushed along and headed before 2 out, stayed on one pace tchd 4/1
6th
Horse silk
11
3
25/1
T: D PipeJ: David Noonan
Towards rear, pushed along after 3 out, well held 2 out tchd 28/1
7th
Horse silk
2 ¾
10
910-7
20/1
T: M KeighleyJ: Harry Atkins (10)
Prominent, pushed along after 3 out, weakened before next op 18/1 tchd 22/1
8th
Horse silk
4
1
16/1
T: S EdmundsJ: C Gethings
Chased leaders, pushed along 3 out, weakened before next op 18/1
9th
Horse silk
10
11
510-4
18/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Chased leaders on outer, dropped away tamely before 2 out op 16/1
10th
Horse silk
3
4
11/1
T: N J HawkeJ: Tom Buckley (3)
Led, pushed along and headed home turn, soon weakened tamely op 12/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
7
125/1
T: Christian WilliamsJ: Nick Scholfield
In rear, tailed off 3 out, soon pulled up op 50/1 tchd 150/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.50Pl:£3.50, £1.70, £1.80EX:£65.40Trifecta:£442.60Tricast:£212.04SF:£55.23Swingers:£7.90, £9.20, £3.60

Forecasts

American Sniper (10/3), Just Loose Change (4/1), Individualiste (4/1), Amelia's Dance (9/2), Samuel Spade (11/1), Inferno Sacree (11/1), Swaffham Bulbeck (16/1), Iorens (18/1), Samtara (20/1), Bashful Boy (25/1), Santana Plessis (125/1)

Verdict

A case can be made for a few of these but it is worth siding with Paul Nicholls' low-mileage 5-y-o INDIVIDUALISTE to capitalise on a handy-looking mark. Recent Cheltenham scorer American Sniper rates a massive threat though, while Swaffham Bulbeck can also have a say now his sights are lowered.

  1. INDIVIDUALISTE (FR)
  2. AMERICAN SNIPER (IRE)
  3. SWAFFHAM BULBECK (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Ilanz
Weight: 10-8  |Age: 4
13/8

Prize Money

1st: £7,209.002nd: £3,317.003rd: £1,658.004th: £830.005th: £414.00

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