15:15 Haydock

Saturday 17 February 2018

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Betfred Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 8m 18.00s

1^st

Yala Enki

810-11

8/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Close up, left in lead 13th, headed 6 out, led before 2 out, soon clear op 10/1 tchd 7/1

2^nd

Blaklion

911-12

9/4f

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Towards rear, headway before 5 out, chased winner before 2 out, no impression op 11/4

3^rd

Mysteree

1010-3

9/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: R T Dunne

Always behind, weakened before 5 out, left remote 3rd before 2 out op 11/1 tchd 12/1

Also Ran

The Dutchman

810-13

9/2

T: C L TizzardJ: Danny Cook

Led to 10th, soon lost place, in rear and pulled up before 11th op 4/1

Three Faces West

1010-9

16/1

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

Tracked leaders, led 10th, fell 13th op 14/1

Silsol

910-9

5/1

T: P F NichollsJ: N D Fehily

Chased leaders, blundered and unseated rider 1st op 13/2

Wild West Wind

910-9

9/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, towards rear and hampered 13th, led 6 out, headed before 2 out, soon weakened, refused op 4/1 tchd 7/2 and tchd 5/1

Sir Mangan

1010-3

20/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Henry Brooke

Prominent, weakened 15th, tailed off, pulled up before 2 out tchd 25/1

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Non-Runners

Daklondike⁴⁹

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.60Pl:£2.40, £1.50, £2.30EX:£28.70Trifecta:£213.50Tricast:£168.47SF:£27.83Swingers:£5.10, £11.60, £5.70

Forecasts

Blaklion (9/4), The Dutchman (9/2), Wild West Wind (9/2), Silsol (5/1), Yala Enki (8/1), Mysteree (9/1), Daklondike (10/1), Three Faces West (16/1), Sir Mangan (20/1)

A good renewal of this contest. Blaklion will be the starting point for many punters and understandably so given his record and consistency. However, he has a big weight to shoulder in testing ground so narrow preference is for THE DUTCHMAN, who is progressive and showed his liking for this track last time. Three Faces West and Wild West Wind should go well if putting in a clear round after falling on their latest starts and Silsol may have improvement in him over fences. Yala Enki, Sir Mangan and Mysteree have something to find, but cannot be dismissed with any confidence.

The Dutchman
Blaklion
Wild West Wind

Previous Winners

2017

Vieux Lion Rouge

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 8

J: T Scudamore | T: D Pipe

8/1

Prize Money

1st: £56,950.002nd: £21,370.003rd: £10,700.004th: £5,330.005th: £2,680.006th: £1,340.00