13:20 Cheltenham

Saturday 16 December 2017

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Junior Jumpers Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:21 | Winning time: 4m 10.80s

1^st

Gino Trail

1010-12

7/2

T: Kerry LeeJ: Harry Skelton

Made all, not fluent 4 out, hard pressed before 2 out, stayed on well, in command flat, game effort tchd 4/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Bun Doran

610-6

3/1f

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings (3)

Held up, headway 9th, strong challenge when hit 2 out, soon ridden, edged right and held flat, kept on op 11/4

3^rd

1 ½

Bentelimar

810-4

11/2

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Tracked leaders, mistake 8th, not fluent 3 out, soon short off room, not quicken 2 out, untidy last, went 3rd and kept on flat op 8/1

4^th

3 ¼

Theo

710-1

6/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: H Cobden

Took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd 7th, blundered badly 3 out, still every chance when not fluent last, 4th and weakening towards finish op 11/2 tchd 5/1

5^th

Knockgraffon

710-11

5/1

T: O MurphyJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders on outside, lost place after 4th, effort 8th, lost place when mistake 3 out, soon weakened tchd 11/2

6^th

Sire De Grugy

1111-12

10/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Held up, shaken up after 8th, headway 3 out, driven 2 out, weakened last op 9/1 tchd 17/2

Also Ran

Pearls Legend

1010-0

10/1

T: J L SpearingJ: P J Brennan

Tracked winner until 7th, hit next, mistake 9th, lost place before next, soon behind, pulled up before 3 out op 11/1

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Non-Runners

Grey Gold⁵⁶

Weight: 10-9| Age: 12

T: Kerry Lee J: R Patrick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£2.30, £2.10EX:£14.50Trifecta:£80.40Tricast:£53.74SF:£14.20Swingers:£3.30, £4.00, £3.40

Forecasts

Bun Doran (3/1), Gino Trail (7/2), Knockgraffon (5/1), Bentelimar (11/2), Theo (6/1), Sire De Grugy (10/1), Grey Gold (10/1), Pearls Legend (10/1)

THEO's winning sequence came to an abrupt halt when he unseated his rider early doors at Ayr in September but he'd been improving in rapid fashion previously and, having had a short break, may not be done climbing yet. He was an easy winner at Newcastle over this sort of trip previous to his Ayr mishap and should be a danger here from a low weight. Gino Trail won impressively at Wetherby last time and while facing a tougher task here, he's expected to give Harry Skelton a nice spin around. Bun Doran is worth tracking in the betting on his reappearance ahead of what should be a promising season while Knockgraffon could get back on track for his new handler.

Theo
Gino Trail
Bun Doran

Previous Winners

2016

Eastlake

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 10

J: B J Geraghty | T: J & A O'Neill

33/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,768.002nd: £5,544.003rd: £2,772.004th: £1,386.005th: £693.006th: £348.00