17:40 Haydock

Saturday 27 May 2017

All14:2014:5515:3016:0516:3517:1017:40

Armstrong Family Support The ABF Handicap

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 29.01s

1^st

(1)

Silent Echo

39-2

9/1

T: H & R CharltonJ: Harry Bentley

Held up in rear, took keen hold, closed going well on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out op 7/1 tchd 10/1

2^nd

(2)

Chessman

39-7

4/5f

T: J & T GosdenJ: Robert Tart

Held up, not clear run over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, took 2nd close home, not quite reach winner op 5/6 tchd 4/6

3^rd

(3)

Mojito

39-0

9/4

T: W J HaggasJ: P Cosgrave

Keen early, tracked leaders, closed over 2f out, soon edged right, led briefly well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, held and lost 2nd close home op 11/4

4^th

(8)

Arc Royal

39-0

11/1

T: Tom DascombeJ: R Kingscote

Led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 14/1

5^th

2 ½

(6)

Tai Sing Yeh

39-2

10/1

T: C HillsJ: Gavin Lerena

Raced freely, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final furlong op 9/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Six Strings¹⁷⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: R A Fahey J: T Hamilton

(7)

Used To Be³²

Weight: 8-3| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: K T O'Neill

(4)

Letmestopyouthere¹⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: P D Evans J: A Mullen

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.40Pl:£2.70, £1.10EX:£18.70Trifecta:£45.60SF:£17.67Swingers:£6.50

Forecasts

Chessman (4/5), Mojito (9/4), Six Strings (13/2), Silent Echo (9/1), Tai Sing Yeh (10/1), Arc Royal (11/1), Used To Be (20/1), Letmestopyouthere (25/1)

The form of CHESSMAN's Newbury race last time looks strong in the context of this contest, so the fact that he got beaten should not deter punters and he is taken to get his head back in front. Silent Echo has the inside berth and that might help him to find the improvement required on his handicap debut, while Mojito is very much a potential improver who is likely to get very competitive.