14:25 Newbury

Saturday 30 December 2017

All12:0512:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Betfred Mandarin Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 7m 8.45s

1^st

Daklondike

50-0

6/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leaders on outside, reminders after 16th, went close 2nd 3 out, soon challenging edging left, led and edged left run-in, stayed on well, driven out op 11/2 tchd 5/1

2^nd

Grand Vision

110-0

16/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Tracked leader, led 6th, joined last, headed and no extra run-in op 10/1

3^rd

2 ¼

Knockanrawley

90-0

4/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

In touch, headway chasing leaders 10th, pushed along before 4 out, went 3rd soon after 3 out, stayed on same pace op 5/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

4^th

Vieux Lille

70-0

6/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up and behind, steady headway chasing leaders under pressure before 17th, kept on into modest 4th after 3 out op 13/2 tchd 7/1

5^th

Tanit River

70-0

28/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders before 12th, 3rd travelling well after 17th, ridden before 3 out, lost 3rd and weakened soon after 3 out op 33/1

6^th

Henllan Harri

90-0

10/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Led, jumped slowly early, headed 6th, chased leader until jumped left 3 out, weakened soon after op 12/1

Also Ran

N/A

Coologue

170-0

T: C E LongsdonJ:

Potters Legend

70-0

7/2f

T: L WadhamJ: L P Aspell

Took keen hold, chased leaders, mistake 14th, blundered and lost place next, tailed off 16th, soon pulled up op 4/1

N/A

O Maonlai

180-0

T: T R GeorgeJ:

N/A

Ballymalin

160-0

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ:

N/A

Scotchtown

140-0

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ:

Shotgun Paddy

100-0

7/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased leaders, jumped slowly 4th, behind 8th, lost touch before 12th, tailed off 16th, pulled up soon after tchd 13/2

N/A

Mustmeetalady

160-0

T: J & A O'NeillJ:

Wuff

90-0

13/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up, mistake 6th, lost place after 10th, soon behind, tailed off 4 out, pulled up before next op 6/1

N/A

Federici

80-0

8/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

NonRunner

N/A

Alfie Spinner

210-0

T: Kerry LeeJ:

N/A

Back To The Thatch

50-0

10/1

T: H D DalyJ: P J Brennan

NonRunner

N/A

Dawson City

170-0

T: P GundryJ:

N/A

Belmount

170-0

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ:

N/A

Potters Cross

190-0

T: Miss R CurtisJ:

N/A

Russe Blanc

190-0

T: Kerry LeeJ:

N/A

Barton Gift

190-0

T: J L SpearingJ:

N/A

No Buts

180-0

T: D G BridgwaterJ:

N/A

Themanfrom Minella

170-0

T: B I CaseJ:

Unlimited Replays

of all UK and Irish races with our Race Replays

Discover Sporting Life Plus Benefits Sporting Life Plus - Join For Free

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.90Pl:£1.80, £3.00, £1.80EX:£47.30Trifecta:£169.50Tricast:£429.08SF:£88.05Swingers:£4.40, £2.50, £3.30

Forecasts

Potters Legend (7/2), Knockanrawley (4/1), Daklondike (6/1), Vieux Lille (6/1), Wuff (13/2), Shotgun Paddy (7/1), Federici (8/1), Henllan Harri (10/1), Back To The Thatch (10/1), Grand Vision (16/1), Tanit River (28/1)

A smashing handicap chase for the stayers which for many is probably the best race on the card, despite effectively playing second fiddle to the Grade 1 Challow Hurdle. Daklondike is very much the up and coming young pretender in this division following his latest Wincanton success (and his earlier Wetherby romp), but he meets some hardy old-stagers in this contest. Wuff doesn't win all that often, but he's not one that deserves a bad press, and he tends to produce his best efforts at this track so should be thereabouts. However, with conditions very testing preference is for those real long distance staying chasers. Shotgun Paddy fits that profile, and is regularly competitive in the Eider Chase up at Newcastle (4m1f), but his old foe KNOCKANRAWLEY won this very contest in 2014, and looked somewhat of an unlucky loser on his seasonal reappearance at Ayr in mid-November, so it is he who rates as the selection.