15:35 Ascot

Saturday 17 February 2018

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:45

Betfair Ascot Chase (Grade 1)

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 5m 25.60s

1^st

Waiting Patiently

711-7

2/1f

T: Ruth JeffersonJ: B S Hughes

Patiently ridden in last pair, not fluent 6th, headway into 2nd 3 out, rider delayed challenge until produced to lead approaching and hit last, clear when hung right and idled run-in, stayed on op 9/4

2^nd

2 ¾

Cue Card

1211-7

9/1

T: C L TizzardJ: P J Brennan

Led and set good pace, headed after 7th, led again after 11th, ridden and headed approaching last, short of room on inside switched left and battled on gamely run-in tchd 8/1 and tchd 10/1

3^rd

Frodon

611-7

9/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Chased leader until after 6th, chased leading pair, 2nd again 13th until 3 out, mistake and weakened next op 17/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

2 ½

Top Notch

711-7

9/4

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up in 5th on inside, not fluent 1st, hit 10th and rider lost iron briefly, weakened after 3 out tchd 5/2

5^th

Traffic Fluide

811-7

66/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Off the pace in 4th, weakened 10th, behind and no chance after

Also Ran

Coney Island

711-7

10/3

T: E P HartyJ: B J Geraghty

Not fluent, held up in last pair, dropped to last at 5th, mistake 8th, blundered and pulled up 10th op 7/2 tchd 9/2

Speredek

711-7

22/1

T: N J HawkeJ: S Bowen

op 25/1 tchd 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.70, £3.40EX:£19.50Trifecta:£112.10SF:£19.35Swingers:£4.20, £2.70, £8.00

Forecasts

Waiting Patiently (2/1), Top Notch (9/4), Coney Island (10/3), Cue Card (9/1), Frodon (9/1), Speredek (22/1), Traffic Fluide (66/1)

A cracking renewal of this contest and the winner is likely to play a part in the Ryanair at the Cheltenham Festival next month. WAITING PATIENTLY is taken to come out on top after a monster performance at Kempton last time out and looks like a champion in waiting at this sort of trip. Top Notch isn't the biggest in stature but it doesn't stop him and he's capable of top class performances on his day. Speredek could be the fly in the ointment if he gets this trip - he ran gamely in defeat behind Un De Sceaux here last time, keeping on well, and he has a chance if able to get loose. Cue Card may not be the force of old but he'd bring the house down if he could roll back the years one more time.

Waiting Patiently
Top Notch
Speredek

Previous Winners

2017

Cue Card

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 11

J: P J Brennan | T: C L Tizzard

4/9

Prize Money

1st: £85,425.002nd: £32,055.003rd: £16,050.004th: £7,995.005th: £4,020.006th: £2,010.00