14:45 Wetherby

Friday 27 December 2024

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William Hill Castleford Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m 7f 36y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   4 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:46  |   Winning time: 3m 59.40s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Malystic19
Age: 10|  Weight: 12-0| J: B S Hughes| T: P D Niven| OR:  142| CD
9/2
Ended last term with a couple of solid efforts in defeat and good start to this season when going close in a Kelso handicap in which the first 2 pulled clear of the rest. Has failed to fire both subsequent starts but now back down to the mark off which he landed this in 2022 and he's 2-2 over C&D.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
Pay The Piper41
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Mrs A Hamilton| OR:  138| CD
4/1
Went close in the novices' handicap on this card in 2021 and done little wrong in 4 starts this season, winning twice at Kelso and runner-up on 2 occasions here, including over C&D in October. Rising 10, he holds no secrets from the handicapper but the fact that he's in good form counts for plenty.
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3
Horse silk
Harper's Brookp9
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-8| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Skelton| OR:  136| D
9/4
Has his quirks but plenty of ability, too, as he displayed when a good second at Ascot last December before going one better at Sandown (left clear at the last) for Ben Pauling. First 2 runs for present yard were low-key but much more like it when second at Newbury last time. Big player.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Parisencore61
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-2| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR:  130| C
11/8
Did the job well when opening chase account at Perth (2½m, good to firm) in June and arrives here on the back of a string of creditable efforts in defeat, including when dropping back to 2m at Aintree last time. Possibilities here off an unchanged mark.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Parisencore (11/8), Harper's Brook (9/4), Pay The Piper (4/1), Malystic (9/2)

Verdict

Supporting HARPER'S BROOK may not be for the faint-hearted but he is nevertheless appealing having returned to form when second to an unexposed 5-y-o at Newbury last time. That was just third third run for Dan Skelton (and his first since cheekpieces were refitted, headgear in which he had performed well on two of the three previous occasions worn) and he's on a winning mark. 2022 winner Malystic will be a threat if able to bounce back, while both Pay The Piper and Parisencore have claims, too.

  1. Harper's Brook9/4
  2. Malystic9/2
  3. Pay The Piper4/1

Prize Money

1st: £13,202.002nd: £6,075.003rd: £3,038.004th: £1,520.005th: £758.00

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