13:20 Cheltenham

Saturday 15 December 2018

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Cheltenham Club Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:21 | Winning time: 4m 5.30s

1^st

Ozzie The Oscar

711-12

11/4

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led, not fluent 8th, mistake 4 out, not fluent next, headed 2 out, led again flat, stayed on stongly op 5/2 tchd 3/1

2^nd

3 ½

Bun Doran

711-7

5/4f

T: T R GeorgeJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, jumped left 1st, left 2nd at the 3rd, not fluent 3 out, led 2 out, driven and headed flat, no impression towards finish op 15/8

3^rd

Theinval

811-9

8/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Held up, left 3rd and slightly hampered at the 3rd, not fluent 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened next tchd 10/1

4^th

Yorkist

1010-11

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, left 4th and hampered at the 3rd, disputing 3rd from the 7th, not fluent 3 out, soon beaten, weakened before next tchd 7/1

Also Ran

Top Gamble

1011-5

5/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: S Bowen

With winner, fell 3rd op 4/1 tchd 5/1

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Non-Runners

Hell's Kitchen³⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: H Fry J: B J Geraghty

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.70, £1.40EX:£7.80Trifecta:£15.80SF:£7.18Swingers:£2.60

Forecasts

Bun Doran (5/4), Ozzie The Oscar (11/4), Top Gamble (5/1), Yorkist (6/1), Theinval (8/1), Hell's Kitchen (8/1)

A tricky handicap chase in which each of the runners has questions to answer. Yorkist will take some beating if in the same mood as when winning last time at Aintree, but he is up in the weights and has to prove he is as effective on his second run following a long absence. Theinval may be better in the spring and Top Gamble needs rain, so this could be fought out by top-weight Ozzie The Oscar and BUN DORAN, with narrow preference for the latter who can defy his rise in the weights. Hell's Kitchen may need a longer trip to be seen to best effect.

Bun Doran
Ozzie The Oscar
Yorkist

Previous Winners

2017

Gino Trail

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 10

J: Harry Skelton | T: Kerry Lee

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £18,570.002nd: £5,514.003rd: £2,757.004th: £1,374.005th: £690.006th: £348.007th: £174.008th: £84.00