15:00 Ascot

Saturday 22 December 2018

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Garrard Silver Cup Handicap Chase (Listed)

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 6m 3.56s

1^st

Valtor

911-3

33/1

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen

Chased leaders, 2nd approaching 15th, led 15th, clear before 2 out, stayed on strongly op 40/1

2^nd

Jammin Masters

710-5

7/1

T: W GreatrexJ: G Sheehan

Towards rear, hit 14th, headway on outside chasing leaders 4 out, stayed on from next, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 6/1

3^rd

Benatar

611-4

8/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Held up towards rear, steady headway on inside 9th, chased leaders 14th, went 2nd 4 out, ridden and well held before next, lost 2nd close home op 15/2

4^th

Solighoster

610-2

50/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: R T Dunne

Held up in rear, steady headway chasing leaders before 4 out, 4th and one pace before next tchd 40/1

5^th

3 ½

The Last Samuri

1011-12

15/2

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Mid-division on outside, dropped to last at 13th, plugged on after 3 out op 14/1

6^th

2 ¼

Favorito Buck's

610-4

7/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders, weakened before 2 out op 10/1

7^th

Flying Angel

711-1

16/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Thomas Bellamy

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 14th, ridden and weakened 16th tchd 18/1

8^th

Thomas Patrick

611-3

11/2f

T: T LaceyJ: R Johnson

Chased leader, led 14th, mistake and headed next, lost 2nd approaching 4 out, chased leaders, weakened before next op 5/1

9^th

Gold Present

811-7

6/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Raced wide in mid-division, went left 2nd, weakened 3 out op 5/1 tchd 9/2

10^th

nse

Minella Daddy

810-5

12/1

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Led until mistake and headed 14th, lost 2nd approaching next, weakened 16th, soon behind op 14/1 tchd 11/1

11^th

Otago Trail

1011-9

7/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Chased leaders, weakening when blundered and almost unseated rider 4 out op 15/2

Also Ran

Full Glass

510-11

9/1

T: A KingJ: D A Jacob

Held up on inside, not fluent 10th, headway 12th, chased leaders 14th, blundered 4 out, weakened before blundered 2 out, pulled up before last op 8/1 tchd 15/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£47.00Pl:£9.10, £2.30, £3.00EX:£531.10Trifecta:£4,066.90Tricast:£2,056.60SF:£252.72Swingers:£66.00, £33.80, £11.00

Forecasts

Thomas Patrick (11/2), Gold Present (6/1), Jammin Masters (7/1), Favorito Buck's (7/1), Otago Trail (7/1), The Last Samuri (15/2), Benatar (8/1), Full Glass (9/1), Minella Daddy (12/1), Flying Angel (16/1), Valtor (33/1), Solighoster (50/1)

THOMAS PATRICK proved disappointing as favourite in the Ladbrokes Trophy but his earlier form is rock solid so he is given a chance to redeem himself and crucially the ground here is no issue. Last year's winner Gold Present made an encouraging return here behind Politologue over an inadequate 2m5f but Nicky Henderson's charge prefers a sounder surface so that is the doubt here. Jammin Masters has twice won on heavy ground over hurdles and after his encouraging return on a sounder surface he could be even better now with testing conditions.

Thomas Patrick
Jammin Masters
Gold Present

Previous Winners

2017

Gold Present

Weight: 11-3 |Age: 7

J: N de Boinville | T: N J Henderson

17/2

Prize Money

1st: £56,950.002nd: £21,370.003rd: £10,700.004th: £5,330.005th: £2,680.006th: £1,340.00