12:55 Towcester

Thursday 21 December 2017

All12:2512:5513:2513:5514:2515:0015:35

totepool Merry Christmas Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 5m 17.70s

1^st

Ballyegan

1210-3

7/1

T: R H BucklerJ: Sean Houlihan (7)

Made all, 5 lengths clear halfway, hard driven 2 out, stayed on well op 17/2

2^nd

Very Live

811-10

12/1

T: P R WebberJ: R P McLernon

Behind, headway 5 out, chased winner after next, kept on well op 11/1

3^rd

Edward Elgar

611-12

20/1

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

4^th

More Madness

1011-1

10/1

T: Julia BrookeJ: Henry Brooke

Chased leaders, weakened 9th, rallied 2 out, never able to challenge op 11/1

5^th

Some Finish

811-1

7/2

T: R DickinJ: J M Quinlan

Held up in touch on inside, headway when mistake 8th, soon ridden, chased leaders 3 out, faded last op 11/4

6^th

Normandy King

611-11

9/4f

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

Presenting William

910-13

7/1

T: A PhillipsJ: James Banks

Tracked leader, weakened after 7th, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up 3 out op 10/1

Heurtevent

810-0

8/1

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

Onurbike

910-0

33/1

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

2016

Brown Bear

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 5

J: L P Aspell | T: N J Gifford

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00