15:30 Stratford

Tuesday 20 June 2017

All14:2014:5515:3016:0516:4517:20

John Smiths Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 5m 36.00s

1^st

Play The Ace

811-4

11/2

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders, led 11th until 13th, led again after 2 out, joined last, driven and kept on run-in, all out op 13/2 tchd 7/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Hepijeu

610-13

9/2

T: C E LongsdonJ: Aidan Coleman

Chased leader, jumped right 1st, led 3rd, jumped right and headed 11th, led again 13th, headed after 2 out, chased winner, every chance last, kept on same pace run-in op 7/2 tchd 5/1

3^rd

Honkytonktennessee

811-2

11/4f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, good headway chasing leaders 13th, driven and kept on run-in op 7/2

4^th

Queen Spud

811-3

7/1

T: H D DalyJ: R Johnson

Led until not fluent and headed 3rd, chased leader until outpaced 13th, kept on again into remote 4th before the last op 13/2

5^th

Mr Mafia

810-9

8/1

T: A W CarrollJ: Lee Edwards

Held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders 12th, ridden after 3 out, weakened next op 10/1

Also Ran

Cernunnos

711-10

7/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Chased leaders, badly hampered and unseated rider 11th op 10/3

Oyster Shell

1010-11

16/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Ian Popham

Led in start, chased leaders, pushed along after 10th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 10/1 tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

Alberobello¹⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: Nicky Martin J: Matt Griffiths

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.80Pl:£2.60, £1.90EX:£34.60Trifecta:£157.00Tricast:£80.84SF:£29.13Swingers:£5.80, £3.00, £1.70

Forecasts

Honkytonktennessee (11/4), Cernunnos (7/2), Hepijeu (9/2), Play The Ace (11/2), Alberobello (11/2), Queen Spud (7/1), Mr Mafia (8/1), Oyster Shell (16/1)

The Peter Bowen-trained Play The Ace could bowl along in front here, with Oyster Shell, Alberobello and Queen Spud, with the front-runner dangerous given he won over C&D in August last year, 6L clear of Hepijeu in second. The pace in the race could play in to the hands of the Richard Johnson-ridden, QUEEN SPUD who could be an each way wager, given the jockeys figures of 62/214/9/313 on the eight-year-old.