Unibet Desert Orchid Chase (Grade 2)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 4m 7.0s

1^st

Politologue

611-6

8/15f

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leader, left in lead 8th, clear before 3 out, pushed along and well in command when not fluent last, stayed on strongly op 4/9 tchd 4/7

2^nd

Vaniteux

811-4

25/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leading trio, left in 3rd place and slightly hampered 8th, pushed along and no impression before 3 out, went modest 2nd 2 out, no chance with winner tchd 33/1

3^rd

Forest Bihan

611-3

6/1

T: B EllisonJ: D A Jacob

Tracked leading pair, left 2nd and slightly hampered 8th, pushed along and no impression before 3 out, awkward and lost modest 2nd 2 out, weakened op 8/1

Also Ran

Special Tiara

1011-6

3/1

T: H De BromheadJ: N D Fehily

Sometimes jumped slightly left, led and set decent pace, clear 7th, travelling well when fell 8th op 10/3 tchd 11/4

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.40EX:£11.70Trifecta:£29.10SF:£9.23

Forecasts

Politologue (8/15), Special Tiara (3/1), Forest Bihan (6/1), Vaniteux (25/1)

The stars may well be aligning for POLITOLOGUE in this division and the apple of Paul Nicholls eye can take another step on the road to Cheltenham here by beating reigning champion Special Tiara. Based on the form of the pair's respective runs with Fox Norton this term the younger Politologue has plenty in hand. Forest Bihan needs to bounce back but there is no obvious reason he won't and connections will view this as a measuring stick for their young chaser.

Politologue
Special Tiara
Forest Bihan

Previous Winners

2016

Special Tiara

Weight: 11-0 |Age: 9

J: N D Fehily | T: H De Bromhead

8/11

Prize Money

1st: £51,255.002nd: £19,233.003rd: £9,630.004th: £4,797.005th: £2,412.006th: £1,206.00