14:10 Worcester

Thursday 10 May 2018

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5516:2516:5517:25

Martin & Co (Worcester) Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 5m 2.46s

1^st

Cropley

910-7

5/1

T: D BurchellJ: R T Dunne

Towards rear, headway before 5 out, ridden before 3 out, led 3 out, kept on well towards finish op 7/2 tchd 11/2

2^nd

Youngoconnor

511-0

10/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Towards rear, headway before 3 out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, always well held op 9/1 tchd 8/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Great Tempo

511-12

9/2

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Behind, headway before 4 out to chase leaders, every chance 2 out, mistake last, kept on and lost 2nd place towards finish tchd 11/2

4^th

Le Curieux

611-11

4/1j

T: B G PowellJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, headway to chase leaders before 4 out, challenged 3 out, kept on same pace from 2 out op 9/1

5^th

Rule The Ocean

810-10

20/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Led, headed 3 out, weakened from 2 out op 16/1

6^th

Dark Invader

611-10

9/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Held up towards rear, hampered 8th, weakened before 2 out op 11/1 tchd 12/1

7^th

Soulsaver

611-12

4/1j

T: A J HoneyballJ: R P McLernon

Tracked leaders, went 2nd from 5 out, ridden and weakened before 2 out op 10/3 tchd 11/4

8^th

One Leader

711-4

18/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: David Noonan

Tracked leaders, pushed along and reminders before 8th, soon lost place op 16/1

Also Ran

Tudors Treasure

711-10

17/2

T: R StephensJ: James Best

With leader, jumped right 6th, fell 8th op 9/1 tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

Findusatgorcombe¹⁶

Weight: 10-3| Age: 6

T: J D Frost J: Bryony Frost

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.10Pl:£1.70, £3.00, £2.40EX:£68.30Trifecta:£741.90Tricast:£240.18SF:£51.94Swingers:£11.80, £6.20, £7.50

Forecasts

Le Curieux (4/1), Soulsaver (4/1), Great Tempo (9/2), Cropley (5/1), Tudors Treasure (17/2), Dark Invader (9/1), Youngoconnor (10/1), Findusatgorcombe (12/1), One Leader (18/1), Rule The Ocean (20/1)

None of these have particularly exciting form, but DARK INVADER was lightly-raced over hurdles and improvement can be expected now he switches to fences. He may have failed to get off the mark over the smaller obstacles, but he shaped somewhat encouragingly, and conditions here are unlikely to pose a problem. With so many chasing newcomers it's difficult to tell who will appreciate the switch to fence, but others who could go well are Soulsaver and Great Tempo.

Dark Invader
Soulsaver
Great Tempo

Prize Money

1st: £4,679.002nd: £1,374.003rd: £687.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00