15:30 Cheltenham

Thursday 15 March 2018

All13:3014:1014:5015:3016:1016:5017:30

The Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 6m 20.40s

1^st

Penhill

711-10

12/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Held up in rear, headway and widest of all approaching 2 out, led before last but pressed by runner-up, stayed on well, asserting when edged left towards finish

2^nd

Supasundae

811-10

6/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Mid-division, headway approaching 2 out, challenged before last, upsides winner flat, stayed on, no impression towards finish op 7/1

3^rd

Wholestone

711-10

14/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up in mid-division, headway 2 out, ridden and unable to quicken approaching last, stayed on flat, went 3rd final 100 yards but not able to challenge front pair op 16/1 tchd 12/1

4^th

Colin's Sister

711-3

33/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, last jumping 2 out, still about 10th last, stayed on well flat, went 4th last strides, unable to get on terms

5^th

Sam Spinner

611-10

9/4f

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: Joe Colliver

Set modest gallop, not fluent 2 out, headed approaching last, beaten after, hung left flat, kept on same pace op 3/1

6^th

Yanworth

811-10

6/1

T: A KingJ: B J Geraghty

Tracked leaders, not fluent 2 out, every chance on last bend, not pace of leaders flat, no extra towards finish op 11/2 tchd 7/1

7^th

The Worlds End

711-10

33/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up towards rear, headway approaching 2 out, every chance on last bend, unable to quicken last, one pace flat

8^th

L'Ami Serge

811-10

14/1

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up in rear, not much room 2 out, headway on stands side off last bend, disputing 3rd when drifted left last, unable to challenge, weakened towards finish op 11/1

9^th

Augusta Kate

711-3

20/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins

Held up in mid-division, lost place after 3 out, soon closed up again, lost place approaching last tchd 16/1

10^th

1 ¾

Unowhatimeanharry

1011-10

8/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Mid-division, headway on inside approaching 2 out, outpaced on last bend, weakened before last

12^th

The New One

1011-10

18/1

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

Held up in touch in 5th, ridden after 2 out, weakened before last op 16/1

13^th

Lil Rockerfeller

711-10

33/1

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Tracked leaders, pushed along briefly after 3 out, ridden after next, beaten off last bend, weakening when hampered last

Also Ran

Bacardys

711-10

14/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins

Held up in mid-division on inside, lost a few places after 3 out, not clear run after 2 out, switched left and headway approaching last, disputing 4 lengths 5th when fell last op 12/1 tchd 16/1

Let's Dance

611-3

33/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Danny Mullins

Held up towards rear, fell 9th tchd 40/1

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Non-Runners

Apple's Jade⁷⁷

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Old Guard⁷³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: P F Nicholls J: H Cobden

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.80Pl:£3.80, £2.40, £4.20EX:£109.90Trifecta:£1,107.20Tricast:£1,042.05SF:£78.24Swingers:£11.30, £35.00, £17.00

Forecasts

Sam Spinner (9/4), Supasundae (6/1), Yanworth (6/1), Unowhatimeanharry (8/1), Penhill (12/1), Apple's Jade (12/1), Wholestone (14/1), L'Ami Serge (14/1), Bacardys (14/1), The New One (18/1), Augusta Kate (20/1), Colin's Sister (33/1), The Worlds End (33/1), Lil Rockerfeller (33/1), Let's Dance (33/1), Old Guard (33/1)

A strong renewal with plenty that can be given a chance of taking this prize with the vote going to SUPERSUNDAE to follow up his 2017 Coral Cup win having shown plenty of class and versatility of late. Sam Spinner and Yanworth will prove worthy adversaries though the former could still be improving while the latter is closely matched with the selection on their Aintree running last season returned to hurdles. The New One would be a popular winner on his first try at the trip with Unowhatimeanharry bidding to go two better than last year. If there is to be a relative upset then the unexposed Barcardys could be the one to provide it.

Supasundae
Bacardys
Yanworth

Prize Money

1st: £185,088.002nd: £69,452.003rd: £34,775.004th: £17,322.005th: £8,710.006th: £4,355.00