17:05 Hexham

Saturday 17 June 2017

All14:1514:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:4018:15

St Martins Care Handicap Chase (Div 1)

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 5m 11.50s

1^st

Da Baba Elephant

810-12

15/8f

T: R McNallyJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders, went 2nd 4 out, led before last, ridden clear flat, stayed on well, comfortably op 2/1 tchd 7/4

2^nd

Dica

1112-0

11/2

T: Paul CollinsJ: Ross Chapman (7)

Led, ridden and headed before last, no chance with winner flat op 6/1 tchd 13/2

3^rd

2 ¼

Leading Score

711-12

7/1

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

Chased leaders, reminders after 11th, went 3rd 2 out, kept on under pressure flat, no impression with front pair tchd 13/2

4^th

Pekanheim

911-4

5/1

T: M TodhunterJ: A Nicol

Held up behind, headway on outer 4 out, went 4th after 2 out, soon outpaced, no chance with leaders between last 2 op 9/2

5^th

Have You Had Yours

1110-7

16/1

T: Mrs J WaltonJ: Harry Reed (7)

Chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, weakened 2 out, tailed off

6^th

Blue Cannon

911-12

80/1

T: Mrs V JacksonJ: Miss S M Doolan (7)

Towards rear, lost touch 10th, tailed off op 66/1

7^th

Ballygrooby Bertie

911-8

7/1

T: R A CurranJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, lost place 4 out, weakened before last, tailed off op 15/2 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

Crinkle Crags

710-0

7/1

T: N G RichardsJ: Craig Nichol

Tracked leaders, short lived effort after 4 out, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up before last op 15/2 tchd 13/2

Top Cat Dj

910-0

33/1

T: C GrantJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Chased leaders until blundered 2nd, soon behind, lost touch 9th, pulled up before next op 50/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.80Pl:£1.30, £2.00, £1.90EX:£15.20Trifecta:£55.40Tricast:£58.41SF:£13.04Swingers:£3.70, £5.00, £4.60

Forecasts

Da Baba Elephant (15/8), Pekanheim (5/1), Dica (11/2), Leading Score (7/1), Ballygrooby Bertie (7/1), Crinkle Crags (7/1), Have You Had Yours (16/1), Top Cat Dj (33/1), Blue Cannon (80/1)

Ballygrooby Bertie should be suited by this drop in trip, and was bang in contention until the last when fourth to Captain Sharpe over 3m last month. However the form of DICA looks stronger, and he stepped forward from a reasonable reappearance when dispatching Miss Conway with aplomb a fortnight ago. Front running tactics often reap dividends at this track during the summer months, and this veteran might just have more resolution than the head-scratchingly difficult to assess Pekanheim.