16:05 Ascot

Saturday 20 January 2018

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

Rosling King British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 16:07 | Winning time: 5m 53.10s

1^st

Vinndication

511-8

2/1c

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: S Bowen

Raced wide, tracked leaders, led after 3 out, not fluent and narrowly headed 2 out, rallied and upsides last, driven and stayed on gamely to regain lead final 100 yards op 7/4 tchd 9/4

2^nd

Champ

611-2

2/1c

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Coleman

Keen, tracked leaders, led going well 2 out, joined last, kept on until headed and no extra final 100 yards op 9/4 tchd 7/4

3^rd

Just A Sting

611-2

2/1c

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Raced widest, held up in touch in last, pushed along after 3 out, plugged on into 3rd next, no chance with 1st 2 op 5/2 tchd 15/8

4^th

Quarry Leader

711-2

18/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Tracked leader, led after 3 out until pushed along and headed approaching 2 out, weakened 2 out op 16/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 20/1

5^th

Overworkdunderpaid

511-2

20/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: Paul O'Brien (5)

Led, mistake 1st, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened well before next, tailed off op 16/1

6^th

Lord Getaway

611-2

66/1

T: H J EvansJ: L P Aspell

Raced on inside, tracked leaders, lost place and dropped to rear 6th, weakened 3 out, tailed off tchd 80/1

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Non-Runners

Santini⁵⁰

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: N J Henderson J: N de Boinville

Mere Ironmonger⁶⁴⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: B G Powell J: Brendan Powell

Imperial Eloquence⁴⁹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.90Pl:£1.60, £1.50EX:£6.70Trifecta:£11.30SF:£6.33Swingers:£1.50, £1.10, £1.30

Forecasts

Vinndication (2/1), Champ (2/1), Just A Sting (2/1), Santini (7/2), Mere Ironmonger (16/1), Quarry Leader (18/1), Overworkdunderpaid (20/1), Imperial Eloquence (25/1), Lord Getaway (66/1)

The unbeaten Vinndication warrants plenty of respect and Just A Sting should be winning soon, but the champion trainer holds the key to this contest in SANTINI and Champ. The selection's form has been franked by the two subsequent wins of his closest victim at Newbury and he gets a narrow vote to beat his stable companion, who has always had a decent reputation and is sure to have been well schooled for this hurdling debut.