Aspers Casino Northampton Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase 3m 110y

  • (4yo+, 3m 110y, Class 5, 5 runners)
  • Winner £1,949 2nd £572 3rd £286 4th £143
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
Sky Bet

Fantastic Five (Short Priced 5 Timer) Big Bucks- Cinders And Ashes- Benny Be Good- Bobs Worth- Maggio 50-1
Weighed In:
  • Winning time: 6m 39.60s
  • Off time: 14:45:29
Full result
Result 14:45 Towcester
Pos Horse Distance/th> Odds
1st 4 Royaume Bleu 7/4f
2nd 5 Kinkeel 46 9/2

Racecard

# Form Horse A Wgt Trainer Jockey OR Naps SP
1 083P8/2
White, Red chevron, White sleeves, Red stars, Black cap Borderhopper 22
  • T:Ferdy Murphy
  • J:Tony Kelly
  • Form: 083P8/2
  • Age: 8
  • Weight: 11-12
  • OR: 83
  • Naps:
8 166 11-12 Ferdy Murphy Tony Kelly (3) 83 7/2
2 225665
Red, white braces, diabolo on sleeves and diamond on cap Kirkhammerton (IRE) 23
  • T:B Leavy
  • J:Harry Challoner
  • Form: 225665
  • Age: 10
  • Weight: 11-12
  • OR: 83
  • Naps:
10 166 11-12 B Leavy Harry Challoner 83 9/2
4 F2F-395
Purple, pink cross belts, hooped sleeves, quartered cap Royaume Bleu (FR) 35
  • T:A M Hales
  • J:Killian Moore
  • Form: F2F-395
  • Age: 7
  • Weight: 11-6
  • OR: 77
  • Naps:
7 160 11-6 A M Hales Killian Moore (3) 77 7/4f
5 36826-6
Red, Yellow seams, halved sleeves, quartered cap Kinkeel (IRE) 13
  • T:A W Carroll
  • J:Josh Hamer
  • Form: 36826-6
  • Age: 13
  • Weight: 10-13
  • OR: 70
  • Naps:
13 153 10-13 A W Carroll Josh Hamer (6) 70 9/2
6 P4433-P
White and red diamonds, red sleeves, white stars, check cap Monsieur Georges (FR) 52
  • T:Violet Jordan
  • J:Christopher Ward
  • Form: P4433-P
  • Age: 12
  • Weight: 10-6
  • OR: 63
  • Naps:
12 146 10-6 Violet Jordan Christopher Ward (3) 63 5/1

Non Runners

# Form Horse A Wgt Trainer Jockey OR Naps Odds
3 263-2PP
Overton Lad 24
  • Nag Me
  • Course and Distance Winner
  • T:P A Pritchard
  • J:Joshua Moore
  • Form: 263-2PP
  • Age: 11
  • Weight: 11-11bt
  • OR: 82
  • Naps:
11 1111 bt P A Pritchard Joshua Moore 82 NR

In depth

Verdict

Royaume Bleu would have a big chance here on his best form but it's a long time since he's shown that. Kirkhammerton has similar credentials but struggles to get his head in front while Overton Lad has pulled up in both starts this autumn and is starting look a light of former days. Borderhopper was still beaten more than 30 lengths despite finishing second at Hexham so we'll give a tentative vote to KINKEEL. Aged 13, he's not going to improve much on his reappearance at Cheltenham but faced an impossible task against good horses that day and did show enough last season to suggest he could still win a race like this off his current mark.

Formwatch

Overton Lad 16-1 (10-9) Towards rear, pushed along before 4th, lost place 6th, soon in rear, tailed off and pulled up before 13th, in a race won by Dunkelly Castle (11-4) at Warwick 3m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) sft in Nov, 8 ran.

Royaume Bleu (FR) 8-1 (10-11) Held up in touch, hit 13th, outpaced in 5th before next, 5th of 10, 27l behind Royal Mile (9-13) at Chepstow 3m cnd hcp chs (0-95) (5) gs in Oct.

Kinkeel (IRE) 200-1 (11-0) Chased leading pair to 4th, struggling 6th, soon lost touch, continued tailed off, last of 6, well behind Wishfull Thinking (11-0) at Cheltenham 2m chs (2) sft in Nov.

Kirkhammerton (IRE) 11-2 (11-0) Took keen hold in touch, blundered 9th, struggling 4 out, 5th of 7, 26l behind Samenerve (11-12) at Towcester 2m 3f hcp 0-100 (5) gs in Nov.

Monsieur Georges (FR) 40-1 (9-11) Mid-division, lost place when mistake 10th, pulled up before next, in a race won by Royale Knight (11-4) at Towcester 3m hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf in Oct, 16 ran.

Borderhopper 28-1 (10-10) Always behind, 2nd of 5, 31l behind Papamoa (11-3) at Hexham 3m 1f Beginners Chase (0-110) (4yo+) (4) sft in Nov.