16:10 Chepstow

Saturday 14 October 2017

All13:5514:3015:0515:3516:1016:4517:20

totepool Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: 4m 48.85s

1^st

Court Minstrel

1011-4

14/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Mitchell Bastyan (7)

Held up towards rear, good headway chasing leaders approaching 4 out, challenged last, led towards finish tchd 12/1

2^nd

Sam Spinner

510-12

8/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: Joe Colliver

Led, dived at 1st, not fluent 5th, headed 3 out, rallied to lead again approaching last, hung right and narrowly headed run-in, rallied and kept on, just held

3^rd

Peak To Peak

510-1

10/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Chased leader until 5th, remained handy, led 3 out until approaching last, led again run-in, driven and edging left when headed and no extra towards finish op 11/1

4^th

Wholestone

611-7

4/1f

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: D A Jacob

Chased leaders, led 2 out until approaching the last, every chance last, ridden and kept on same pace run-in op 7/2

5^th

River Frost

511-4

16/1

T: A KingJ: B J Geraghty

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders after 7th, ridden approaching last, kept on same pace run-in op 14/1

6^th

nse

Louis' Vac Pouch

510-8

25/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Held up and behind, blundered 3rd, headway approaching 2 out, ridden and one pace run-in op 20/1

7^th

1 ½

Old Guard

611-12

22/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost (5)

Chased leaders, weakened approaching 2 out op 33/1

8^th

Bags Groove

610-9

7/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Towards rear, headway on inside approaching 2 out, weakened between last 2 op 9/1 tchd 10/1

9^th

Sumkindofking

610-5

8/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Chased leaders, went 2nd 5th until before 4 out, chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, chance 2 out, weakened between last 2 tchd 9/1

10^th

1 ¼

Drumcliff

610-1

10/1

T: H FryJ: N P Madden

Always towards rear, never on terms op 8/1

11^th

nse

Le Rocher

711-5

20/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders, ridden and weakened after 3 out op 25/1

12^th

Milrow

410-1

66/1

T: Mrs S LeechJ: Sean Houlihan (7)

Towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders and every chance 3 out, mistake and weakened next

13^th

1 ½

Souriyan

610-7

25/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders, every chance 3 out, ridden and weakened 2 out

14^th

Three Musketeers

711-7

33/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews (3)

Never better than mid-division, lost place and behind 7th op 40/1

15^th

1 ½

Whatduhavtoget

510-6

12/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Always towards rear, never a factor

16^th

Doesyourdogbite

510-9

25/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman

Chased leaders on outside, weakened before 4 out, soon behind

17^th

Alary

711-8

20/1

T: C L TizzardJ: B J Cooper

Mid-division, weakened 4 out op 16/1

Also Ran

Wishing And Hoping

710-4

16/1

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Mid-division, headway approaching 4 out, chasing leaders when fell 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.10Pl:£3.10, £2.00, £3.00, £1.90EX:£101.80Trifecta:£1,233.90Tricast:£1,206.45SF:£114.57Swingers:£27.00, £70.10, £23.80

Forecasts

Wholestone (4/1), Bags Groove (7/1), Sam Spinner (8/1), Sumkindofking (8/1), Peak To Peak (10/1), Drumcliff (10/1), Whatduhavtoget (12/1), Court Minstrel (14/1), River Frost (16/1), Wishing And Hoping (16/1), Le Rocher (20/1), Alary (20/1), Old Guard (22/1), Louis' Vac Pouch (25/1), Souriyan (25/1), Doesyourdogbite (25/1), Three Musketeers (33/1), Milrow (66/1)

An early season highlight which is contested by a number of useful former novice hurdlers, many of whom are making their handicap debuts, and these second season progressive types tend to have more scope in these events compared with the more battle hardened handicappers. WHOLESTONE fits that profile and heads the market having rounded off with an excellent third to Penhill in the 3m Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham in March. Whilst most of his racing has been done at that particular track, there's nothing to say he won't prove as effective elsewhere and he stands out as the most obvious pick. However, others also have strong claims, and these include the likes of Sumkindofking and River Frost. The latter named looks well capable of competing from an elevated mark, and should prove stronger than the fellow JP McManus owned runner Drumcliff. In terms of those horses at shorter odds who potentially have a little to prove, both Bags Groove (form) and Alary (ground) could be worth opposing.

Wholestone
River Frost
Sumkindofking

Previous Winners

2016

Ballyoptic

Weight: 11-3 |Age: 6

J: Ryan Hatch | T: N & W Twiston-Davies

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £28,475.002nd: £10,685.003rd: £5,350.004th: £2,665.005th: £1,340.006th: £670.00