16:50 Worcester

Wednesday 5 July 2017

All14:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:5017:20

Chess Plastics Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 5m 37.40s

1^st

Amber Flush

810-5

66/1

T: C EllamJ: L P Aspell

Held up towards rear, good headway chasing leaders 6th, 3rd before 3 out, led approaching 2 out, joined run-in, kept on gamely op 80/1

2^nd

Sheer Poetry

611-12

14/1

T: R WoollacottJ: C O'Farrell

Towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders after 4 out, went 2nd after 2 out, challenged and every chance run-in, just failed op 16/1

3^rd

Betterlatethanneva

610-5

22/1

T: R DickinJ: Tabitha Worsley (7)

Raced wide in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 6th, 3rd and one pace from last

4^th

Dropzone

810-6

9/2f

T: B ForseyJ: T J O'Brien

Behind, ridden along and outpaced after 4 out, plugged on into never nearer 4th run-in op 13/2 tchd 4/1

5^th

3 ¼

Hija

610-9

16/1

T: Miss G HaywoodJ: Alice Mills (5)

Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders 7th, 2nd 4 out, every chance next, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last op 20/1

6^th

Balkinstown

711-12

20/1

T: R StephensJ: Mr Zac Baker (5)

Pecked 1st, chased leader, led 8th, headed approaching 2 out, chased leaders, weakened before last op 25/1

7^th

1 ¾

Faction

411-4

8/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Liam McKenna (7)

Mid-division, pushed along after 6th, ridden and outpaced after 4 out, never dangerous after op 13/2

8^th

Peterbrown

911-13

8/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: L Heard

Chased clear leading pair, closed 4th, weakened after 4 out op 13/2

9^th

Bermeo

611-9

11/2

T: J FarrellyJ: Brendan Powell

Held up, steady headway on inside chasing leaders approaching 4 out, weakened 2 out op 7/1

10^th

1 ½

Chinatown Boy

911-13

8/1

T: C WhittakerJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Held up off the pace in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 6th, weakened soon after 4 out tchd 15/2

11^th

Phangio

811-13

5/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Led until 8th, weakened quickly, soon behind, tailed off 4 out op 13/2

12^th

Jupiter's Gift

510-13

11/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Chased leaders, pushed along after 4 out, ridden and weakened before next op 7/1

Also Ran

Telmadela

710-11

66/1

T: Mrs R FordJ: R P McLernon

Soon well in rear, tailed off and pulled up after 4 out op 33/1

Blake Dean

910-7

50/1

T: C GordonJ: David Noonan

Just off the pace in 5th, losing place when fell 8th

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Non-Runners

Holy Street²⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: A King J: Kevin Dowling

Padawan²¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: David Dennis J: T Dowling

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£39.10Pl:£12.20, £4.90, £7.20EX:£5,253.00Trifecta:£0.00Tricast:£19,109.20SF:£778.76Swingers:£245.60, £110.60, £33.10

Forecasts

Dropzone (9/2), Phangio (5/1), Bermeo (11/2), Faction (8/1), Peterbrown (8/1), Chinatown Boy (8/1), Padawan (10/1), Jupiter's Gift (11/1), Sheer Poetry (14/1), Holy Street (14/1), Hija (16/1), Balkinstown (20/1), Betterlatethanneva (22/1), Blake Dean (50/1), Amber Flush (66/1), Telmadela (66/1)

BERMEO should strip fitter for his latest run and could be the one to beat with course and distance form in the book. Faction and Holy Street are both unexposed in relation to the rest of this field and Kim Bailey's runner Jupiter's Gift could be leniently handicapped after a drop in the weights.