15:40 Cheltenham

Friday 19 March 2021

All13:2013:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:50

St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 2f 70y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   18 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:40  |   Winning time: 6m 55.68s
1st
Horse silk
11
16/1
T: W BiddickJ: Lorcan Williams
Held up towards rear, good headway chasing leaders 14th, travelling well in 3rd before 2 out, led last, strongly pressed and stayed on gamely run-in, all out op 14/1
2nd
Horse silk
sh
1
2/1f
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Chased leaders, went 2nd after 12th, hit 14th, led 2 out, narrowly headed last, rallied gamely run-in, just failed
3rd
Horse silk
13
16
9/1
T: E BolgerJ: M P Walsh
Held up and off the pace towards rear, good headway chasing leaders 14th, outpaced before 2 out, went modest 3rd on line, no chance with leading duo op 11/1 tchd 17/2
4th
Horse silk
sh
6
12/1
T: T EllisJ: Bridget Andrews
Raced keenly, chased leaders, went 2nd 7th, led 12th, hit 3 out, headed next, chased leading pair until weakened into 4th post op 18/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ½
4
25/1
T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Alex Edwards
Mid-division, mistakes 6th and 10th, pushed along and outpaced before 18th, plugged on op 22/1 tchd 28/1
6th
Horse silk
21
8
33/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: J W Kennedy
Held up in rear-division, plugged on in remote 6th run-in, but never on terms tchd 40/1
7th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
10/1
T: E M O'SullivanJ: R P McLernon
Behind, blundered badly 9th, headway chasing leaders before 13th, weakened 3 out op 8/1
8th
Horse silk
8 ½
10
40/1
T: D J JeffreysJ: Kielan Woods
Tracked leader 2nd, led 5th until 12th, chased leaders, mistake 18th, soon lost place, no chance when blundered last op 33/1 tchd 50/1
9th
Horse silk
19
13
12/1
T: Miss Kelly MorganJ: David Noonan
Chased leaders, weakened 4 out, tailed off when blundered next op 11/1
10th
Horse silk
58
17
11/1
T: E BolgerJ: D J O'Keeffe
Never closer than mid-division, tailed off op 9/1

Also Ran

UR
Horse silk
2
9/2
T: P F NichollsJ: S Bowen
Mid-division, slightly hampered and lost place 10th, rallied chasing leaders 14th, travelling ok when mistake and unseated rider 3 out tchd 4/1
PU
Horse silk
3
14/1
T: S LoxtonJ: H Cobden
Mistakes towards rear, blundered 3rd, tailed off and pulled up after 6th op 25/1 tchd 28/1
PU
Horse silk
7
125/1
T: D KempJ: J M Quinlan
Chased leaders, mistake 4th (water), towards rear and struggling 13th, tailed off 18th, pulled up after 3 out op 66/1
PU
Horse silk
9
80/1
T: Mrs J O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Mid-division, ridden and weakened 15th, behind when mistake and pulled up after 3 out tchd 66/1
PU
Horse silk
12
1312-0
150/1
T: J J O'SheaJ: Thomas Garner
Mid-division on inside, jumped slowly 7th, soon towards rear, tailed off pulled up before 4 out op 125/1
PU
Horse silk
14
40/1
T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Lee Edwards
Mid-division, mistake and lost place 14th (water), tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 28/1
PU
Horse silk
15
250/1
T: Miss S RipponJ: W T Kennedy
Led 1st until 5th, lost 2nd at 7th, weakened quickly before 11th, tailed off 13th, pulled up before next op 200/1
PU
Horse silk
18
50/1
T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Bryony Frost
Raced widest, chased leaders, weakened quickly 14th, tailed off when mistake 16th, pulled up before next op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£15.00Pl:£3.70, £1.70, £3.10EX:£72.60Trifecta:£641.40Tricast:£331.19SF:£48.54Swingers:£9.10, £22.20, £4.80

Forecasts

Billaway (2/1), Bob And Co (9/2), Staker Wallace (9/1), It Came To Pass (10/1), Stand Up And Fight (11/1), Latenightpass (12/1), Red Indian (12/1), Chameron (14/1), Porlock Bay (16/1), Hazel Hill (25/1), Mighty Stowaway (33/1), Mr Mantilla (40/1), Salvatore (40/1), Wishing And Hoping (50/1), Monbeg Gold (80/1), Law Of Gold (125/1), Ravished (150/1), Sonneofpresenting (250/1)

Verdict

A chance is taken on RED INDIAN, who arrives on the back of a couple of impressive wins in points and has some useful form under Rules. Last year's runner-up, Billaway, should be thereabouts again and a big run is expected from Bob And Co if he can iron out some of the mistakes he made when scoring easily at Haydock from Wishing And Hoping.

  1. RED INDIAN
  2. BILLAWAY (IRE)
  3. BOB AND CO (FR)

Previous Winners

2020
It Came To Pass
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 10
66/1

Prize Money

1st: £21,114.002nd: £6,237.003rd: £3,118.004th: £1,559.005th: £790.006th: £398.00

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