13:50 Exeter

Sunday 25 November 2018

All12:5013:2013:5014:2014:5015:2015:50

Smarkets Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 6m 7.10s

1^st

Monbeg Gold

811-2

7/4f

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R Johnson

Always prominent, slipped on landing 9th, led narrowly when jumped left from 4 out, ridden between last 2, kept on under pressure flat, just held on, all out op 5/2

2^nd

Abbreviate

711-10

7/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held up behind, took closer order after 7th, chased front pair 3 out, headway approaching last, ridden and stayed on to press winner towards finish, just held op 8/1

3^rd

1 ½

Only Gorgeous

910-1

9/2

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner (3)

Tracked leader, led briefly 7th, jumped into lead 13th, headed narrowly 4 out, ridden after last, kept on until no extra in 3rd towards finish op 7/1

4^th

2 ½

Looks Like Power

812-0

20/1

T: Mrs D A HamerJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Held up in rear, blundered 10th, headway when not fluent 4 out, ridden and one pace after next, stayed on under pressure flat, not reach leaders op 18/1 tchd 16/1

5^th

1 ¾

Court Frontier

1011-4

16/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: T J O'Brien

Chased leaders, lost place 12th, soon behind, ridden and kept on under pressure from last, no impression op 12/1

6^th

Bells 'n' Banjos

811-9

4/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Left in lead 1st, headed briefly 7th, headed 13th, ridden and outpaced by front pair before 4 out, weakened 2 out tchd 7/2 and tchd 9/2

Also Ran

Royal Palladium

1011-7

5/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Led narrowly when fell 1st op 3/1

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Non-Runners

Deauville Dancer²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: David Dennis J: N D Fehily

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.70Pl:£1.10, £3.00EX:£29.90Trifecta:£54.10Tricast:£47.26SF:£14.48Swingers:£6.20, £3.30, £8.50

Forecasts

Monbeg Gold (7/4), Bells 'n' Banjos (4/1), Only Gorgeous (9/2), Royal Palladium (5/1), Abbreviate (7/1), Deauville Dancer (7/1), Court Frontier (16/1), Looks Like Power (20/1)

At either end of the weights, Looks Like Power and Only Gorgeous have claims, while Monbeg Gold could be dangerous following an encouraging return to action at Uttoxeter. However, all three have question marks against them and a more solid option may be COURT FRONTIER, who ran well in a veterans' chase last time and is nicely handicapped. Others to consider in an open contest are Deauville Dancer and Royal Palladium.

Court Frontier
Only Gorgeous
Royal Palladium

Previous Winners

2017

You Say What

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 7

J: T Scudamore | T: D Pipe

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £10,072.002nd: £2,957.003rd: £1,479.004th: £739.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00