12:55 Towcester
Thursday 21 December 2017
All12:2512:5513:2513:5514:2515:0015:35
totepool Merry Christmas Handicap Chase
- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 2m 3f 179y | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 9 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 5m 17.7s
T: R H BucklerJ: Sean Houlihan (7)
Made all, 5 lengths clear halfway, hard driven 2 out, stayed on well op 17/2
T: P R WebberJ: R P McLernon
Behind, headway 5 out, chased winner after next, kept on well op 11/1
T: Mrs Caroline BaileyJ: Harry Skelton
Held up in rear, slow 6th, outpaced after 4 out, stayed on under pressure after 2 out, nearest finish
T: Julia BrookeJ: Henry Brooke
Chased leaders, weakened 9th, rallied 2 out, never able to challenge op 11/1
T: R DickinJ: Jack Quinlan
Held up in touch on inside, headway when mistake 8th, soon ridden, chased leaders 3 out, faded last op 11/4
T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns
Behind, never jumped well, headway under pressure 4 out, hampered next, weakened 2 out op 2/1 tchd 15/8
Also Ran
T: A PhillipsJ: James Banks
Tracked leader, weakened after 7th, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up 3 out op 10/1
T: A W CarrollJ: Lee Edwards
Chased leaders, mistake 7th, under pressure when blundered and unseated rider 3 out op 12/1 tchd 15/2
T: J G O'NeillJ: Jordan Nailor (7)
In touch, mistake 3rd, lost place 7th, blundered next, soon behind, pulled up before 2 out
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£8.20Pl:£2.10, £2.80, £2.90EX:£81.70Trifecta:£698.70Tricast:£1,586.90SF:£81.45Swingers:£35.00, £44.80, £15.00
Forecasts
Normandy King (9/4), Some Finish (7/2), Ballyegan (7/1), Presenting William (7/1), Heurtevent (8/1), More Madness (10/1), Very Live (12/1), Edward Elgar (20/1), Onurbike (33/1)
Some Finish has a good record here and has little more to do than when scoring last time. However, NORMANDY KING has shown enough on his last two starts over fences to suggest he can win something like this and is taken to prove so. Ballyegan took this two years ago and a spring point-to-point victory indicated he retains his enthusiasm. He went well for a long way at Taunton after a layoff and he could fill one of the places at least.
- Normandy King
- Some Finish
- Ballyegan
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00
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