13:45 Worcester

Saturday 3 June 2017

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0517:0017:35

John Burke Memorial Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 4m 9.50s

1^st

David John

611-11

9/4j

T: T LaceyJ: R T Dunne

Tracked leaders, pecked slightly 1st, jumped left and not fluent 7th, hampered 8th, led 4 out, not fluent 2 out, went left to rail flat, ridden out op 3/1

2^nd

1 ¾

Cry Fury

910-5

7/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Held up in rear, bumped 4th, hampered 8th, soon closed, mistake 3 out, went 2nd next, not much room briefly against rail flat, no impression on winner final 75 yards op 12/1 tchd 14/1

3^rd

Antiphony

611-11

7/1

T: T H WestonJ: S Bowen

Led, jumped left at times, headed 4th, soon led again, headed 4 out, weakened flat op 6/1 tchd 5/1

4^th

The Way You Dance

511-12

5/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: T Scudamore

In rear, not always fluent, struggling 8th, closed 4 out, left modest 4th 3 out, weakened next op 4/1

5^th

Sarpech

612-0

9/4j

T: C E LongsdonJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up, not fluent 3rd, jumped left and not fluent next, headway 8th, soon ridden, well held from 4 out op 2/1

Also Ran

Indian Rupee

810-12

16/1

T: D L WilliamsJ: Dave Crosse

Took keen hold, tracked leaders on inside, left 2nd 8th, not much room 4 out, 2 lengths off leader when fell 3 out op 14/1

Oh Dear Oh Dear

910-0

16/1

T: R J HodgesJ: H Cobden

Prominent, led 4th, soon headed, close up when fell 8th tchd 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£2.20, £4.30EX:£24.40Trifecta:£152.30SF:£18.35Swingers:£11.20, £15.70, £4.90

Forecasts

David John (9/4), Sarpech (9/4), The Way You Dance (5/1), Cry Fury (7/1), Antiphony (7/1), Oh Dear Oh Dear (16/1), Indian Rupee (16/1)

Despite the steadier of top weight, SARPECH may prove good enough now encountering better ground than when fading late on over C&D last time out. In a modest contest, David John might improve for the change of scenery on his first start for his new trainer and could make a race of it, while you couldn't completely rule out a return to form for The Way You Dance, for whom their appears a significant jockey booking. The rest have plenty of work to do to get into the shake-up.