17:00 Newcastle

Saturday 14 April 2018

All13:3014:0514:4015:2015:5516:3017:0017:45

Break From The Herd At Vertem Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 4m 45.8s

1^st

Black Kettle

811-6

11/2

T: R MenziesJ: C O'Farrell

Led, hampered 4th, wandered under pressure approaching last, soon strongly challenged, held on gamely (1 fence omitted) op 6/1

2^nd

Sky Full Of Stars

811-12

7/2

T: J EwartJ: Steven Fox (5)

Chased leaders, ridden to challenge 2 out, every chance after last, kept on well op 10/3 tchd 3/1

3^rd

Little Jimmy

1111-8

11/4f

T: T R GrettonJ: Craig Nichol

Held up in rear, headway 3 out, not fluent 2 out, soon no impression, modest 3rd op 3/1

4^th

3 ¼

Titian Boy

911-12

4/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: W T Kennedy

Held up, pushed along 6th, headway when hampered 4 out, weakened after next

5^th

4 ½

Captain Sharpe

1010-5

5/1

T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Alison Clarke (7)

Chased leaders, lost place 4th, behind from 5 out op 7/1

Also Ran

Ballycool

1111-6

9/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Held up, slow 3rd, soon lost place and in rear, outpaced 4th, headway when stumbled on landing and unseated rider 3 out op 7/1

Duhallowcountry

1210-0

22/1

T: V ThompsonJ: Thomas Dowson (3)

Tracked leader, jumped right 4th and 4 out, weakened 3 out, pulled up after next op 25/1 tchd 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.40Pl:£3.30, £1.50EX:£32.20Trifecta:£63.90SF:£25.93Swingers:£4.30, £3.70, £4.50

Forecasts

Little Jimmy (11/4), Sky Full Of Stars (7/2), Titian Boy (4/1), Captain Sharpe (5/1), Black Kettle (11/2), Ballycool (9/1), Duhallowcountry (22/1)

Not a strong contest, and the majority of these find winning opportunities very easy to pass over. Sky Full Of Stars is no world beater, but he's posted some fair efforts this season, including over hurdles at this track so merits consideration off top-weight. However, this looks a decent opportunity for the sparingly raced TITIAN BOY to record a third career success. His ideal trip is probably 2m4f, but he finished runner up over C&D from a 6lb higher mark in March 2017 (to Halcyon Days), and a reproduction of that level of form will be good enough.

Titian Boy
Sky Full Of Stars
Black Kettle

Previous Winners

2017

Chain Of Beacons

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: Steven Fox | T: A M Thomson

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,314.002nd: £973.003rd: £487.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00