17:00 Cheltenham

Wednesday 18 April 2018

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:30

Weatherite Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 6m 44.40s

1^st

Another Hero

910-7

8/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: B J Geraghty

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 14th, challenged and badly bumped 2 out, soon led, joined last, driven and stayed on towards finish, all out op 9/1

2^nd

Singlefarmpayment

811-4

11/4f

T: T R GeorgeJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, steady headway on outside before 3 out, challenging and every chance when went badly left and hampered rivals 2 out, soon 2nd, hung right under pressure run-in, strong challenge near finish, just failed tchd 5/2

3^rd

Dell' Arca

910-13

12/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Held up and behind, good headway on inside chasing leaders 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, stayed on same pace run-in op 10/1

4^th

Lovely Job

811-0

7/1

T: F O'BrienJ: N D Fehily

Chased leaders, led 7th, headed 2 out, weakened approaching last tchd 15/2

5^th

1 ¼

Some Invitation

711-0

16/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Towards rear, headway on outside into mid-division 8th, chased leaders approaching 14th, 2nd 4 out, every chance 2 out, carried left soon after, weakened tchd 14/1

6^th

Vic De Touzaine

910-13

25/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 13th, went 2nd 17th, led when badly hampered and lost place 2 out, weakened, not recover op 33/1

7^th

More Buck's

810-1

12/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 11th, weakened approaching 2 out op 10/1 tchd 9/1

8^th

2 ¾

Delusionofgrandeur

811-3

20/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Sean Quinlan

Tracked leader 2nd until mistake 16th, chased leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened before next tchd 25/1

9^th

Scotchtown

610-5

25/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Jamie Bargary

Mid-division, weakened 3 out op 22/1

10^th

Smooth Stepper

911-8

16/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Chased leader until 4th, chased leaders, weakened 15th, behind after op 20/1

11^th

What Happens Now

910-1

8/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Led until 7th, remained prominent, hit 4 out, weakened after next tchd 9/1

12^th

Double Treasure

711-12

20/1

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up towards rear, mistake 14th, never on terms op 16/1

Also Ran

Coologue

910-5

10/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: S Bowen

Always behind, jumped left 10th, not fluent 13th, never a factor, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out

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Non-Runners

Alvarado¹²⁴

Weight: 10-6| Age: 13

T: F O'Brien J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.10Pl:£3.80, £1.40, £4.00EX:£36.60Trifecta:£412.00Tricast:£261.69SF:£28.35Swingers:£4.80, £15.70, £7.40

Forecasts

Singlefarmpayment (11/4), Lovely Job (7/1), Another Hero (8/1), What Happens Now (8/1), Alvarado (10/1), Coologue (10/1), Dell' Arca (12/1), More Buck's (12/1), Some Invitation (16/1), Smooth Stepper (16/1), Delusionofgrandeur (20/1), Double Treasure (20/1), Vic De Touzaine (25/1), Scotchtown (25/1)

What Happens Now is just 3lb higher than when he won here back in October and though not quite at that level since should be able to run a big race here, but preference is for SINGLEFARMPAYMENT. Tom George's charge has been truly unlucky not to yet win a handicap chase and down 3lb for another great effort here during the Festival he can finally return to winning ways. Smooth Stepper has a rise up the weights to overcome but has shown good form lately.

Singlefarmpayment
What Happens Now
Smooth Stepper

Previous Winners

2017

Upswing

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 9

J: Aidan Coleman | T: J & A O'Neill

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £15,640.002nd: £4,620.003rd: £2,310.004th: £1,155.005th: £578.006th: £290.00