14:15 Cheltenham

Saturday 28 January 2017

All12:0012:3513:1013:4514:1514:5015:2516:0016:35

BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase (Grade 2)

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 6m 41.10s

1^st

Many Clouds

1011-10

8/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Prominent, led 7th, headed before 9th, led 4 out, driven before last, headed narrowly flat, battled back bravely to lead again close home op 15/2

2^nd

Thistlecrack

911-10

4/9f

T: C L TizzardJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leaders, pecked 9th, not fluent 4 out, awkward landing 3 out, challenged next, led narrowly flat, headed close home op 2/5

3^rd

Smad Place

1011-10

7/1

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Led until 7th, led before 9th, headed 4 out, every chance next, one pace in 3rd 2 out, no extra last tchd 8/1

4^th

Silviniaco Conti

1111-10

20/1

T: P F NichollsJ: N D Fehily

Prominent, lost place 14th, well behind 4 out tchd 18/1

5^th

3 ½

Kylemore Lough

811-6

8/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: J E Moore

Took keen hold, held up, headway 5th, tracking leaders 16th, pushed along before 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out op 16/1

Also Ran

Vezelay

811-10

66/1

T: E ClayeuxJ: Felix de Giles

Held up in rear, not fluent 13th, headway when hit 16th, lost place 3 out, weakened before next, pulled up before last

Perfect Candidate

1011-4

50/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up on outside, slow and last 4th, behind 11th, tailed off 16th, pulled up after op 66/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.70Pl:£2.20, £1.10EX:£16.90Trifecta:£63.40SF:£12.44Swingers:£1.70, £1.70, £1.50

Forecasts

Thistlecrack (4/9), Smad Place (7/1), Many Clouds (8/1), Kylemore Lough (8/1), Silviniaco Conti (20/1), Perfect Candidate (50/1), Vezelay (66/1)

THISTLECRACK has taken over the jumping scene in the past year with several memorable and scintillating performances. While he is still relatively inexperienced over fences, his display in winning the King George is still fresh in the memory. This looks to be another race that will add to his experience and he ought to be able to handle the opposition that he’s presented with, further justifying his position at the head of the Gold Cup market. He may well get a stern test, though, from two former Hennessey winners in Many Clouds and Smad Place. The former, a 2015 Grand National winner, looked to be in excellent shape when returning to Aintree, jumping with great fluency from the front and much the same display is expected here. Smad Place took this race last year to project himself into the Gold Cup picture and although he came up short there, he did look as though he was on his way back in this year’s Hennessey. 1. Thistlecrack 2. Many Clouds 3. Smad Place

Prize Money

1st: £56,950.002nd: £21,370.003rd: £10,700.004th: £5,330.005th: £2,680.006th: £1,340.00