12:25 Aintree

Saturday 8 December 2018

All11:5512:2513:0013:3014:0514:4015:15

Betway Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:25 | Winning time: 5m 10.20s

1^st

Ballyhill

711-11

7/2f

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Prominent, lost place before 4th, headway 9th, led next, clear last, stayed on well op 10/3

2^nd

3 ¼

Caltex

611-4

5/1

T: Henry OliverJ: J McGrath

Jumped right, chased leaders, challenged 8th, led 9th, headed next, stayed on from 2 out, no impression on winner op 6/1 tchd 13/2

3^rd

A Place Apart

410-6

10/1

T: G P CromwellJ: James Bowen

Held up towards rear, headway when not fluent 4 out, went 3rd before last, no impression on front pair op 14/1

4^th

2 ¼

Creep Desbois

611-8

14/1

T: B PaulingJ: Thomas Bellamy

In rear, slow 1st, headway 11th, no impression from 2 out, modest 4th last

5^th

3 ¼

Chef D'Equipe

611-12

9/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Mr D Maxwell (5)

Held up in rear, took keen hold, headway from 6th, beaten 2 out, modest 5th last op 5/1

6^th

3 ½

Cave Top

611-6

9/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Harry Skelton

Prominent, not fluent 5th, mistake 10th, challenged 12th until 3 out, not fluent 4 out, weakened and lost 3rd before last tchd 10/1

7^th

Granville Island

1111-9

14/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Led until 4th, led next, headed 6th, lost place after 8th, weakened 2 out tchd 12/1

8^th

2 ¾

Katachenko

911-2

6/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Held up on inside, mistake 5th, headway next, lost place 9th, behind 12th op 13/2

9^th

Lord Bryan

711-3

7/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

In rear, headway 4th, led 7th, lost place 11th, well beaten before 4 out tchd 13/2

Also Ran

Bestwork

711-1

33/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Prominent, led 4th, headed next, led 6th until 7th, not fluent and lost place 8th, last 10th, behind 12th, pulled up before last op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.40Pl:£1.70, £2.10, £3.00EX:£23.10Trifecta:£214.50Tricast:£162.73SF:£22.60Swingers:£5.70, £4.20, £18.80

Forecasts

Ballyhill (7/2), Chef D'Equipe (9/2), Caltex (5/1), Katachenko (6/1), Lord Bryan (7/1), Cave Top (9/1), A Place Apart (10/1), Creep Desbois (14/1), Granville Island (14/1), Bestwork (33/1)

BALLYHILL showed signs that he is on his way back to form when second over hurdles at Bangor last time out and Nigel Twiston-Davies charge could now be ready to return to the winners enclosure back over fences off a mark just 1lb higher than his Cheltenham win last term. Katachenko was beaten a short head in this race 12 months ago and now arrives 6lb lower so has to be considered, most of his best form comes at this track. Also on the shortlist is Chef D'Equipe after an encouraging return and as a six-year-old Philip Hobbs charge could be open to further improvement this season.

Ballyhill
Katachenko
Chef D'Equipe

Previous Winners

2017

Play The Ace

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: S Bowen | T: P & M Bowen

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £11,696.002nd: £3,434.003rd: £1,717.004th: £859.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00