13:25 Uttoxeter

Sunday 31 December 2017

All12:2012:5013:2513:5514:2515:0015:30

Happy Birthday Gill.I.Am Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 6m 53.10s

1^st

Cailleach Annie

811-12

5/2f

T: Miss J Du PlessisJ: David Noonan

Led until 2nd, not fluent 4th, led 6th, clear 3 out, eased flat tchd 3/1

2^nd

Clondaw Rigger

510-0

9/1

T: Katy PriceJ: James Best

Tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, 3rd 2 out, stayed on, went 2nd last, no impression on winner op 8/1 tchd 13/2

3^rd

4 ½

Leith Hill Legasi

810-8

8/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Prominent, ridden 4 out, no impression on winner from 3 out, lost 2nd when not fluent last op 10/1

4^th

Ben Arthur

711-4

3/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Held up towards rear, headway 7th, not fluent next, mistake and reminders 11th, not fluent 14th, pressing for 2nd from after 14th until mistake 3 out, weakened next op 5/2

Also Ran

The Horsechesnut

911-8

6/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Held up in mid-division, not fluent 1st, lost place 4th, not fluent 8th, some headway 14th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 7/1 tchd 8/1

Black Narcissus

811-7

12/1

T: Alexandra DunnJ: Adam Wedge

Held up in mid-division, not fluent 8th, reminder after next, headway 11th, weakened after 14th, pulled up before 3 out op 9/1

Cheat The Cheater

1010-7

10/1

T: Miss C DysonJ: Brendan Powell

Towards rear, soon pushed along, slow and last from 3rd, behind 7th, mistake 11th, pulled up before 3 out op 12/1 tchd 8/1

Kilcascan

1310-4

16/1

T: Mrs R GassonJ: Benjamin Poste

Led 2nd, headed 6th, lost place after 12th, behind 4 out, pulled up before last tchd 18/1

Goodnightirene

710-0

33/1

T: Mrs L J YoungJ: T Dowling (5)

Not that fluent, in rear, mistake 4th, ridden 6th, behind 14th, pulled up before 4 out

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Non-Runners

Mr Love²²

Weight: 12-1| Age: 5

T: L Wadham J: L P Aspell

Sharney Sike²⁵

Weight: 11-10| Age: 11

T: W Coltherd J: Sam Coltherd

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.80Pl:£1.30, £2.70, £2.50EX:£24.90Trifecta:£121.20Tricast:£156.77SF:£25.07Swingers:£5.10, £2.80, £12.50

Forecasts

Cailleach Annie (5/2), Ben Arthur (3/1), Mr Love (3/1), The Horsechesnut (6/1), Leith Hill Legasi (8/1), Clondaw Rigger (9/1), Cheat The Cheater (10/1), Sharney Sike (10/1), Black Narcissus (12/1), Kilcascan (16/1), Goodnightirene (33/1)

Most of these find victories hard to come by. Top-weight Mr Love may prove to be a cut above his rivals in time, but has a huge burden in testing ground and a speculative vote goes to CLONDAW RIGGER, who gets in this bang on the 10st mark and, as a wining point-to-pointer, should be able to find a small race over fences. He may have found 2m4f on good ground an inadequate test on his chasing debut and is totally unexposed. Few of the others set the pulse racing, but Ben Arthur ran his best race over fences last time and may improve again in first-time cheekpieces.