19:00 Stratford

Tuesday 3 July 2018

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BH & HPA Heart Of England Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 5m 19.7s

1^st

Birch Hill

811-12

4/1

T: Mrs S LeechJ: Adrian Heskin

Made all, ridden approaching last, stayed on well op 7/2 tchd 10/3

2^nd

Born For War

611-1

2/1f

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings

Prominent, slightly outpaced after 2 out, rallied last, held final 75 yards op 13/8 tchd 6/4 and tchd 9/4

3^rd

Burrows Lane

711-7

9/2

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd 4th until 9th, outpaced 4 out, well beaten from next, left 3rd last op 13/2 tchd 7/1

4^th

3 ¾

Boss Mans Ladder

611-3

10/3

T: B PaulingJ: R P McLernon

Chased leaders on inside, not fluent 6th, pushed along 11th, outpaced 4 out, well beaten next op 4/1

Also Ran

Allez Jacques

611-9

5/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Adam Wedge

Held up, headway 10th, ridden in close 2nd after 2 out, 2 lengths 3rd when fell last op 4/1 tchd 11/2

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Non-Runners

Cafe Au Lait²¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Soupy Soups⁵⁸

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: N P Mulholland J: R T Dunne

Finula¹⁸⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: B G Powell J: Brendan Powell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.10Pl:£2.00, £1.30EX:£14.60Trifecta:£30.90SF:£12.89Swingers:£3.60

Forecasts

Born For War (2/1), Cafe Au Lait (3/1), Boss Mans Ladder (10/3), Birch Hill (4/1), Burrows Lane (9/2), Allez Jacques (5/1), Soupy Soups (8/1), Finula (14/1)

Cafe Au Lait made a very good start over fences at Bangor and is respected despite the 10lb rise. Boss Mans Ladder is a consistent hurdler who could well improve for going over fences and shouldn't be discounted. Slight preference is for chasing debutante BORN FOR WAR who went very close on handicap debut over hurdles last time and looks like a chaser in the making with this longer trip set to suit.

Born For War
Cafe Au Lait
Boss Mans Ladder

Previous Winners

2017

Braqueur D'Or

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 6

J: Sam Twiston-Davies | T: P F Nicholls

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £4,927.002nd: £1,455.003rd: £728.004th: £364.005th: £173.00