16:10 Cheltenham

Thursday 16 March 2017

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 5m 8.70s

1^st

Road To Respect

610-13

14/1

T: N MeadeJ: B J Cooper

Blundered 1st, mid-division, headway and in touch on outer after 8th, challenged 3 out, led next, soon clear, driven out, stayed on well op 16/1

2^nd

Baron Alco

611-0

10/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Tracked leader, led 8th, hard pressed 3 out, headed next, soon ridden and outpaced, kept on under pressure flat, no impression with winner op 12/1

3^rd

1 ¾

Bouvreuil

610-13

10/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, in touch 10th, went 3rd before last, ridden and kept on flat, no impression op 14/1

4^th

2 ¾

Thomas Crapper

1010-1

7/1

T: R DickinJ: C Poste

Mid-division, headway and in touch after 8th, chased front pair after 3 out, ridden and one pace after next, no impression in 4th from last op 15/2

5^th

Starchitect

610-11

6/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Held up behind, headway after 4 out, chased clear leaders when hampered 2 out, ridden and kept on when edged left flat, no impression op 7/1 tchd 13/2

6^th

Ballykan

710-8

33/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: D A Jacob

Mid-division, driven to chase leaders after 3 out, ridden after next, kept on same pace, never on terms

7^th

Rock Gone

910-4

25/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Joshua Moore

Behind, headway under pressure after 3 out, ridden after next, kept on under pressure after last, never nearer

8^th

2 ¼

Art Mauresque

711-9

33/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Nick Scholfield

Mid-division, driven to chase leaders before 2 out, soon ridden and one pace, never able to challenge

9^th

1 ¼

Henryville

910-9

12/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Held up behind, hampered 10th, some headway 3 out, never near leaders op 14/1

10^th

Katachenko

810-1

40/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Prominent, ridden before 3 out, weakened from next

11^th

Village Vic

1011-12

16/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led, mistake and headed 3rd, in touch, outpaced after 3 out, weakened from next tchd 20/1 in a place

12^th

1 ¾

Voix D'Eau

711-0

25/1

T: H FryJ: Mr M Legg (5)

Mid-division, headway when hit 5 out, chased leaders 3 out, soon outpaced,weakened last

13^th

1 ½

Un Ace

910-5

25/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Hampered 1st, blundered and dropped to rear 2nd, hampered 10th, never dangerous

14^th

King's Odyssey

810-13

20/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

In touch, lost place when hampered 10th, weakened 3 out, tailed off

15^th

1 ½

Sizing Codelco

810-8

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Tracked leaders to 5 out, soon behind, weakened 3 out op 12/1

Also Ran

Tango De Juilley

911-4

20/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch (3)

Mid-division, lost place and behind from 12th, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out

Cold March

711-4

50/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell

In touch, led 3rd to 8th, close up, hampered and lost place 12th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out

Diamond King

911-4

5/1f

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Towards rear, blundered 6th, struggling 10th, pulled up before next tchd 6/1 tchd 13/2 in a place

Cocktails At Dawn

910-13

33/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out

Germany Calling

810-13

100/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: Kielan Woods

Tracked leaders until fell 10th

Pinkie Brown

510-5

66/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Adrian Heskin

Always behind, struggling 5 out, tailed off when pulled up before last

Champagne At Tara

810-4

25/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman

Mid-division on inside, lost place 10th, behind next, pulled up before 12th

Mad Jack Mytton

710-3

28/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon

Tracked leaders, pecked 4 out, ridden after next, 5th and one pace when fell 2 out op 25/1

All Together

610-1

50/1

T: J FarrellyJ: Brendan Powell

Tracked leaders, blundered badly and unseated rider 12th

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.20Pl:£3.90, £3.30, £3.00, £2.00EX:£187.00Trifecta:£1,036.40Tricast:£1,510.45SF:£131.80Swingers:£17.30, £26.70, £20.60

Forecasts

Diamond King (5/1), Starchitect (6/1), Thomas Crapper (7/1), Baron Alco (10/1), Bouvreuil (10/1), Henryville (12/1), Road To Respect (14/1), Sizing Codelco (14/1), Village Vic (16/1), King's Odyssey (20/1), Tango De Juilley (20/1), Rock Gone (25/1), Voix D'Eau (25/1), Un Ace (25/1), Champagne At Tara (25/1), Mad Jack Mytton (28/1), Ballykan (33/1), Art Mauresque (33/1), Cocktails At Dawn (33/1), Katachenko (40/1), All Together (50/1), Cold March (50/1), Pinkie Brown (66/1), Germany Calling (100/1)

On the face of it, another devilishly-competitive renewal of a race which is notoriously hard to predict at the best of times. Course-specialist Thomas Crapper has to enter the equation under a penalty after his emphatic recent win at Newbury, whilst last year's Coral Cup winner Diamond King is an obvious player from a potentially favourable mark on his handicap debut over fences. Preference however is for another handicap debutant in STARCHITECT who also boasts strong Festival form and who represents a yard with a tremendous record in this race. Last year's runner-up Tango De Juilley, Bouvreuil and Sizing Codelco are also interesting.

Starchitect
Thomas Crapper
Bouvreuil

Prize Money

1st: £60,039.002nd: £22,754.003rd: £11,298.004th: £5,166.005th: £2,594.006th: £1,554.00