16:20 Ascot

Sunday 25 March 2018

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

grandnational.fans Veterans' Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 6m 13.80s

1^st

Rathlin Rose

1010-5

7/2

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Slightly hampered 1st, held up in rear, gained a place 10th, closer 15th, 3rd going well 4 out, led 2 out, 4 lengths ahead when not fluent last, pushed out op 4/1

2^nd

2 ¼

No Duffer

1111-1

20/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Pressed leader, led before 2 out until 2 out, chased winner, kept on same pace, no impression last op 16/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Houblon Des Obeaux

1111-7

8/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Chased leading pair, jumped slowly 5th, outpaced 4 out, rallied from 2 out, driven into 3rd between last 2, one pace and well held when not fluent last op 9/1

4^th

4 ½

Fox Appeal

1111-1

10/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: G Sheehan

Hampered 1st, in touch until blundered and dropped to last pair 6th, last at 10th, headway 4 out, driven along and one pace in 4th before 2 out op 12/1

5^th

1 ½

Loose Chips

1211-0

8/1

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

Led, headed before 2 out, weakened between last 2 op 6/1

6^th

Band Of Blood

1010-10

3/1f

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened on long run before 2 out op 7/2

7^th

Sego Success

1010-11

11/2

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Held up in 5th, lost place slightly after 14th, rallied 4 out, weakened soon after 3 out op 5/1 tchd 6/1

Also Ran

Theatre Guide

1111-12

5/1

T: C L TizzardJ: P J Brennan

Tracking leaders when fell 1st tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

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Non-Runners

Seeyouatmidnight¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: A M Thomson J: Rachel McDonald

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.60, £5.10, £2.70EX:£72.30Trifecta:£759.20Tricast:£524.95SF:£60.44Swingers:£15.10, £5.60, £19.20

Forecasts

Band Of Blood (3/1), Rathlin Rose (7/2), Seeyouatmidnight (9/2), Theatre Guide (5/1), Sego Success (11/2), Houblon Des Obeaux (8/1), Loose Chips (8/1), Fox Appeal (10/1), No Duffer (20/1)

Band Of Blood has been in useful form and holds some of these on Doncaster form, but he might feel the pinch having run at the Cheltenham Festival. SEGO SUCCESS was behind him on Town Moor, though he travelled like the best horse for a long way. Alan King's charge can atone for that now. Last year's winner Loose Chips is perfectly entitled to be in the mix again along with Theatre Guide and Rathlin Rose, who would prefer if this was at Sandown.

Sego Success
Loose Chips
Band Of Blood

Previous Winners

2017

Loose Chips

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 11

J: G B Watters | T: C E Longsdon

12/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,768.002nd: £5,544.003rd: £2,772.004th: £1,386.005th: £693.006th: £348.00