15:20 Newcastle

Saturday 2 December 2017

All11:5512:3013:0513:4014:1014:4515:20

At The Races Rehearsal Handicap Chase (Listed)

Off time: 15:23 | Winning time: 6m 17.56s

1^st

Beware The Bear

711-7

7/2f

T: N J HendersonJ: S Bowen

In touch, pushed along and outpaced 7 out, ridden before 3 out, headway before 2 out, led run-in, kept on tchd 3/1

2^nd

2 ¼

Bishops Road

911-6

9/2

T: Kerry LeeJ: J E Moore

Mid-division, headway before 3 out, led before 2 out, headed run-in, kept on op 5/1

3^rd

Yala Enki

711-12

3/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: L Treadwell

Tracked leaders, hampered 7th, led before 2 out, soon headed, one pace in 3rd

4^th

Boric

910-2

10/1

T: S WaughJ: Callum Bewley (3)

Tracked leader, led 5 out, ridden and headed before 3 out, weakened before last tchd 12/1

5^th

Wakanda

811-9

7/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Led, blundered and headed 5 out op 9/2

Also Ran

Our Kaempfer

811-8

8/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: B J Geraghty

Behind, blundered 4 out, soon pulled up, never dangerous op 11/1

Dedigout

1111-2

25/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Finian O'Toole (5)

Towards rear, jumped slow 5th, son detached, hampered 7th, pulled up before 2 out op 66/1 tchd 40/1

Sam Red

610-13

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Mid-division, fell heavily 7th op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.30, £2.20, £1.60EX:£19.00Trifecta:£63.00Tricast:£53.07SF:£16.10Swingers:£3.90, £2.70, £5.60

Forecasts

Yala Enki (3/1), Beware The Bear (7/2), Bishops Road (9/2), Sam Red (6/1), Wakanda (7/1), Our Kaempfer (8/1), Boric (10/1), Dedigout (25/1)

A small but very select field for the 2017 Rehearsal Chase, and with eight runners in the line up, the each-way 1-2-3 angle remains just about in place. Venetia Williams took this race last year with Otago Trail (Bishops Road fourth and WAKANDA fifth), and she is represented by the mud-lark Yala Enki. He should relish this test of stamina, and be stronger for his return in the Badger Ales Trophy (pulled up) at Wincanton last month, but his current mark of 150 looks a fraction too high. Beware The Bear is perhaps the least exposed runner in the race, and this lightly raced second season chaser could be the horse to fear most from a fair mark, whilst the upped in grade 'bullet-proof' Boric won't go down without a fight. However, it is the 2015 winner Wakanda who is the selection. He predictably struggled last term when in the grip of the handicapper, but he's much better treated now, has conditions firmly in his favour, and posted a pleasing return to action when beaten 7L by As De Mee at Kelso in late October.

Wakanda
Beware The Bear
Yala Enki

Previous Winners

2016

Otago Trail

Weight: 11-3 |Age: 8

J: L Treadwell | T: Miss V Williams

9/1

Prize Money

1st: £39,865.002nd: £14,959.003rd: £7,490.004th: £3,731.005th: £1,876.006th: £938.00