14:00 Cheltenham

Monday 1 January 2018

All12:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 5m 37.10s

1^st

Ballyhill

710-5

9/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Jamie Bargary (3)

Held up in rear, headway on outside from 9th, led 3 out, edged right after 2 out, edged left flat, stayed on, driven out op 6/1

2^nd

1 ¾

Shantou Flyer

811-10

8/1

T: R HobsonJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)

Prominent on outside, lost place 2nd, headway 6th, hit 13th, went 2nd 2 out, held by winner flat, stayed on op 10/1 tchd 12/1

3^rd

Sametegal

911-2

5/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Prominent, lost place 5th headway approaching 10th, chasing leaders 2 out, disputing one pace 3rd last op 9/2

4^th

Top Gamble

1011-12

7/2j

T: Kerry LeeJ: James Bowen (5)

Mid-division, mistake 2nd, headway 8th, challenged 4 out until before 2 out, disputing one pace 3rd last op 4/1

5^th

Quite By Chance

911-4

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in rear, headway before 3rd, not much room 8th, lost place 12th, well beaten 3 out op 12/1

6^th

4 ½

Theinval

811-2

11/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Held up in rear, headway 12th, chasing leaders before 2 out, 5th and beaten last op 14/1 tchd 16/1

7^th

2 ¼

Burtons Well

910-12

7/2j

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Aidan Coleman

Led, very long the 4th and dragged hind legs through the fence, not fluent and headed 8th, led again next, headed 3 out, soon weakened tchd 4/1

Also Ran

Viconte Du Noyer

911-6

18/1

T: C L TizzardJ: B J Cooper

Prominent, mistake 2nd, led 8th, headed next, lost place 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1

Splash of Ginge

1010-11

6/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Tom Humphries (7)

Prominent, lost place 10th, behind 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£2.70, £2.90, £1.80EX:£79.80Trifecta:£678.30Tricast:£403.84SF:£78.24Swingers:£16.00, £14.50, £7.10

Forecasts

Top Gamble (7/2), Burtons Well (7/2), Sametegal (5/1), Splash of Ginge (6/1), Shantou Flyer (8/1), Ballyhill (9/1), Theinval (11/1), Quite By Chance (14/1), Viconte Du Noyer (18/1)

BURTONS WELL made an encouraging start to the campaign with a good second at Stratford and he should be bang there if he comes on for that run. Sametegal has returned in good form and can't be ruled out if he takes a step forward but Top Gamble could be the main threat down in class.

Burtons Well
Top Gamble
Sametegal

Previous Winners

2017

Shantou Flyer

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 7

J: Aidan Coleman | T: Miss R Curtis

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £42,712.002nd: £16,028.003rd: £8,025.004th: £3,998.005th: £2,010.006th: £1,005.00