19:55 Aintree

Friday 15 June 2018

All17:4518:1518:5019:2019:5520:2520:55

Inkerman London Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:56 | Winning time: 3m 54.00s

1^st

Champagne At Tara

911-6

11/4

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

Held up towards rear, tracked leaders after 6th, switched outside before 2 out, pressed leader between last 2, led last, soon ridden, quickened clear flat, readily op 7/2 tchd 5/2

2^nd

Pearls Legend

1111-8

5/1

T: J L SpearingJ: James Bowen (3)

Tracked leaders, challenged 2 out, ridden to lead between last 2, headed last, readily outpaced by winner flat

3^rd

2 ½

Ifandbutwhynot

1211-2

10/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders, effort on inside after 2 out, soon one pace, ridden after last, kept on but no chance with leaders flat, took 3rd post op 9/1

4^th

Theflyingportrait

911-12

7/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Disputed lead to before 4th, tracked leader, led 5 out, headed between last 2, soon ridden, no impression with front pair before last, lost 3rd post op 5/1

5^th

1 ¾

Gris De Pron

510-13

40/1

T: H HogarthJ: Jamie Hamilton

Held up behind, chased leaders 3 out, soon outpaced, never on terms op 25/1

6^th

Indian Temple

912-3

15/8f

T: T ReedJ: Harry Reed (5)

Disputed lead, led before 4th, headed 5 out, lost place after 3 out, weakened before last op 9/4

7^th

Valseur Du Granval

911-8

7/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up behind, hit 7th, outpaced 4 out, weakened next, tailed off op 6/1

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Non-Runners

Un Beau Roman¹⁸

Weight: 10-4| Age: 10

T: P Henderson J: P J Brennan

Free Stone Hill¹¹

Weight: 10-6| Age: 8

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£2.00, £2.50EX:£18.30Trifecta:£75.60Tricast:£118.10SF:£17.14Swingers:£1.02, £7.40, £0.00

Forecasts

Indian Temple (15/8), Champagne At Tara (11/4), Free Stone Hill (10/3), Pearls Legend (5/1), Theflyingportrait (7/1), Valseur Du Granval (7/1), Ifandbutwhynot (10/1), Un Beau Roman (20/1), Gris De Pron (40/1)

Pace a plenty, so the recent emphatic Perth winner INDIAN TEMPLE is unlikely to have the uncontested lead he was afforded that sunny Sunday afternoon in Scotland. However, he's a thoroughly genuine horse (unlike a couple of the others) and showed similar speed at this track on his penultimate start (2m4f) before folding to finish a creditable 7L second to Martiloo; so the drop back in trip to 2m is certainly no negative.

Indian Temple
Pearls Legend
Free Stone Hill

Previous Winners

2017

Theflyingportrait

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: Sean Quinlan | T: J Candlish

9/1

Prize Money

1st: £7,507.002nd: £2,218.003rd: £1,109.004th: £554.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00