16:20 Ascot

Sunday 25 March 2018

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

grandnational.fans Veterans' Handicap Chase

  • 10YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 7f 180y  |   Soft  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:20  |   Winning time: 6m 13.8s
1st
Horse silk
9
7/2
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Slightly hampered 1st, held up in rear, gained a place 10th, closer 15th, 3rd going well 4 out, led 2 out, 4 lengths ahead when not fluent last, pushed out op 4/1
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
5
1111-1
20/1
T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin
Pressed leader, led before 2 out until 2 out, chased winner, kept on same pace, no impression last op 16/1
3rd
Horse silk
3 ¼
3
8/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch
Chased leading pair, jumped slowly 5th, outpaced 4 out, rallied from 2 out, driven into 3rd between last 2, one pace and well held when not fluent last op 9/1
4th
Horse silk
4 ½
4
10/1
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: G Sheehan
Hampered 1st, in touch until blundered and dropped to last pair 6th, last at 10th, headway 4 out, driven along and one pace in 4th before 2 out op 12/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ½
6
8/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: Paul O'Brien (5)
Led, headed before 2 out, weakened between last 2 op 6/1
6th
Horse silk
1
8
3/1f
T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened on long run before 2 out op 7/2
7th
Horse silk
8
7
11/2
T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Held up in 5th, lost place slightly after 14th, rallied 4 out, weakened soon after 3 out op 5/1 tchd 6/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
1
5/1
T: C L TizzardJ: P J Brennan
Tracking leaders when fell 1st tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

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Non-Runners

2
Horse silk
Seeyouatmidnight1
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 10
T: A M Thomson  J: Rachel McDonald
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.60, £5.10, £2.70EX:£72.30Trifecta:£759.20Tricast:£524.95SF:£60.44Swingers:£15.10, £5.60, £19.20

Forecasts

Band Of Blood (3/1), Rathlin Rose (7/2), Seeyouatmidnight (9/2), Theatre Guide (5/1), Sego Success (11/2), Houblon Des Obeaux (8/1), Loose Chips (8/1), Fox Appeal (10/1), No Duffer (20/1)

Verdict

Band Of Blood has been in useful form and holds some of these on Doncaster form, but he might feel the pinch having run at the Cheltenham Festival. SEGO SUCCESS was behind him on Town Moor, though he travelled like the best horse for a long way. Alan King's charge can atone for that now. Last year's winner Loose Chips is perfectly entitled to be in the mix again along with Theatre Guide and Rathlin Rose, who would prefer if this was at Sandown.
  1. Sego Success
  2. Loose Chips
  3. Band Of Blood

Previous Winners

2017
Loose Chips
Weight: 11-1  |Age: 11
12/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,768.002nd: £5,544.003rd: £2,772.004th: £1,386.005th: £693.006th: £348.00

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