14:05 Newbury

Saturday 2 March 2019

All13:3014:0514:4015:1015:4516:1516:50

William Hill Supporting Greatwood Veterans' Handicap Chase

  • 9YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 1f 214y  |   Good to Soft  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:05  |   Winning time: 6m 37.15s
1st
Horse silk
9
6/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: T Scudamore
Mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders before 4 out, went 2nd between last 2, 6 lengths down last, closed run-in, stayed on to lead towards finish op 11/2
2nd
Horse silk
1 ½
7
12/1
T: C L TizzardJ: P J Brennan
Raced wide in mid-division, good headway chasing leaders 12th, led 17th, clear before next, still 6 lengths ahead when dived at last, idled run-in, headed towards finish op 17/2
3rd
Horse silk
2 ½
4
12/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch
Chased leader 2nd until 5th, dropped to mid-division, headway chasing leaders 12th, outpaced 15th, rallied from 2 out, went modest 3rd at the last op 14/1 tchd 16/1
4th
Horse silk
5
6
1211-0
14/1
T: N B KingJ: Harry Skelton
Behind, driven and kept on from 2 out, went modest 4th and mistake last op 22/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 25/1
5th
Horse silk
9
2
11/2
T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders 16th, went 2nd 4 out until ridden between last 2, weakened last op 7/2
6th
Horse silk
16
3
8/1
T: Miss R CurtisJ: T J O'Brien
Chased leaders on inside, blundered 13th, weakened before 4 out op 17/2 tchd 9/1
7th
Horse silk
6
11
5/1
T: L WadhamJ: Maxime Tissier (5)
Chased leaders, went 2nd 5th, chased new leader before 4 out, mistake and lost 2nd 4 out, went left next, weakened and blundered 2 out op 8/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
3/1f
T: H FryJ: N D Fehily
Chased leader until 2nd, soon lost place, behind 4th, never on terms after, tailed off and pulled up after 17th op 11/2 tchd 7/2
PU
Horse silk
8
1010-13
28/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Hugh Nugent (7)
Chased leaders, jumped slowly and behind 12th, jumped right after, tailed off and pulled up before 15th op 25/1 tchd 22/1
PU
Horse silk
10
1010-13
28/1
T: A KingJ: Thomas Bellamy
Led until 17th, pushed along in 3rd before next, weakened 3 out, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out op 20/1
PU
Horse silk
12
1010-1
10/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Jones (7)
Mid-division, reminders after 6th, headway chasing leaders 10th, weakened 17th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 11/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

5
Horse silk
Exitas14
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 11
T: P W Middleton  J: Luca Morgan
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.50Pl:£2.00, £3.30, £3.60EX:£42.00Trifecta:£487.30Tricast:£840.47SF:£76.01Swingers:£9.00, £14.20, £12.10

Forecasts

The Last Samuri (3/1), Shanroe Santos (5/1), Abolitionist (11/2), Carole's Destrier (6/1), Joe Farrell (8/1), Perform (10/1), Theatre Guide (12/1), Houblon Des Obeaux (12/1), Milansbar (14/1), Exitas (20/1), Ziga Boy (28/1), Marcilhac (28/1)

Verdict

High class in his earlier days, ABOLITIONIST is a strong fancy here on the back of a very impressive reappearance win over hurdles. Admittedly his chase mark is some 23lb higher than that win but he was third in an Irish National off the same and appeals plenty therefore. Popular sort The Last Samuri is certainly overdue and deserving of a win and that is entirely possible here. Unexposed sort Perform is an interesting contender also worthy of consideration.
  1. Abolitionist
  2. The Last Samuri
  3. Perform

Prize Money

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

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