15:40 Chepstow

Saturday 24 February 2018

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:20

Pertemps Opportunities Around The Corner Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 6m 13.00s

1^st

Carnspindle

610-0

8/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Thomas Greatrex (7)

In touch in mdi0division, headway 6th, edged left and bumped rival before 3 out, not much room 2 out and switched left, led before not fluent last, driven out flat op 18/1

2^nd

2 ¼

Sainte Ladylime

710-11

5/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Led, not fluent 6th or 7th, headed before last, held by winner flat, kept on op 10/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Poker Play

510-3

8/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, headway before 3rd, went 2nd 5th, bumped before 3 out, mistake 2 out, 3rd and beaten flat tchd 9/1

4^th

Salmanazar

1010-2

16/1

T: A KingJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)

Held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, mistake 7th, outpaced before 3 out, went 4th and plugged on after 2 out, no impression op 33/1

5^th

Padge

910-8

16/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Held up towards rear, headway 7th, lost place before 3 out, soon weakened op 33/1

6^th

1 ¾

Eminent Poet

710-9

16/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Hugh Nugent (7)

Prominent until 2nd, chased leaders, 4th and outpaced 3 out, weakened before next

7^th

Coeur Blimey

710-8

8/1f

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner (3)

Held up in rear, not fluent 3rd or 7th, soon weakened op 3/1

8^th

2 ½

Connetable

610-12

4/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost (3)

Prominent until after 1st, chased leaders, lost place after 7th, well behind 3 out op 5/1 tchd 6/1

9^th

Book of Gold

610-1

7/1

T: O SherwoodJ: Conor Shoemark

Prominent, hit 5th, mistake next, lost place and hit 3 out, soon weakened op 5/1

Also Ran

Ptit Zig

911-12

8/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Held up, last before 5th, soon behind, pulled up before 7th op 20/1

This Is It

610-4

8/1

T: Nick MitchellJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased leaders, mistake 1st, lost place before 3rd, behind 6th, pulled up before 2 out op 11/2 tchd 6/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.60Pl:£4.20, £2.90, £2.20EX:£181.40Trifecta:£610.20Tricast:£1,440.99SF:£160.19Swingers:£39.10, £22.80, £11.00

Forecasts

Connetable (4/1), Sainte Ladylime (5/1), Book of Gold (7/1), Carnspindle (8/1), Poker Play (8/1), Coeur Blimey (8/1), This Is It (8/1), Ptit Zig (8/1), Salmanazar (16/1), Padge (16/1), Eminent Poet (16/1)

Having run well in what appeared to be very testing ground in the Betfair Hurdle last time COEUR BLIMEY is presented with an easier opportunity off the same mark here. Provided that race hasn't taken too much out of the gelding he should be able to take advantage of what appears a much less competitive ground, not to mention what should be more favourable conditions. He narrowly gets the vote ahead of recent Grade 2 runner-up Sainte Ladylime and Paul Nicholls' Connetable.

Coeur Blimey
Sainte Ladylime
Connetable

Previous Winners

2017

Gayebury

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 7

J: T J O'Brien | T: Evan Williams

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £11,710.002nd: £3,460.003rd: £1,730.004th: £866.005th: £433.00