13:35 Haydock

Saturday 22 December 2018

All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:0514:4015:15

Smarkets Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 4m 3.40s

1^st

Kauto Riko

711-12

20/1

T: T R GrettonJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division, headway on inside 6th, challenged from 4 out, led 3 out, stayed on well, comfortably op 14/1

2^nd

4 ½

Zalvados

510-13

4/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out, challenged before 2 out going well, ridden and not run on flat tchd 9/2

3^rd

Shear Rock

811-3

7/2

T: Kerry LeeJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders, challenged 6th, led 8th, mistake and went right 4 out, headed and mistake 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on same pace op 4/1

4^th

Vendor

1010-12

28/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: T Scudamore

In rear, slow 1st, closed 3 out, 4th next, no impression last, stayed on final 100 yards op 20/1 tchd 18/1

5^th

Uno Valoroso

1010-0

16/1

T: M WalfordJ: Lorcan Murtagh (3)

Chased leaders, challenging when jumped left into and brushed rival 9th, hampered 4 out, weakened after 2 out op 10/1

6^th

2 ¾

Granville Island

1111-6

12/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Not always fluent, led 1st until 2nd, lost place 8th, weakened 2 out

7^th

3 ½

Ontopoftheworld

910-13

9/1

T: P & M BowenJ: T J O'Brien

Led until 1st, led and not fluent next, headed 8th, mistake 3 out, weakened next op 10/1 tchd 8/1

Also Ran

Elixir Du Gouet

411-4

3/1f

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Bryony Frost

Mid-division on outside, headway when mistake 7th, lost place next, well beaten from after 9th, tailed off before 4 out, pulled up after op 9/2 tchd 11/4

Ubaltique

1010-11

5/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Blundered and unseated rider 1st op 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£22.90Pl:£5.00, £1.70, £1.30EX:£130.10Trifecta:£605.00Tricast:£355.63SF:£100.78Swingers:£13.30, £9.60, £3.50

Forecasts

Elixir Du Gouet (3/1), Shear Rock (7/2), Zalvados (4/1), Ubaltique (5/1), Ontopoftheworld (9/1), Granville Island (12/1), Uno Valoroso (16/1), Kauto Riko (20/1), Vendor (28/1)

Ubaltique makes a fair degree of appeal as he bids to follow up last year's success, but there are a couple of interesting ones pitched against him in the shape of Shear Rock and ELIXIR DU GOUET. It is hard to know the strength of the selection's French form, but he has joined a stable whose runners have been performing well recently and which boasts a good record at this track. Granville Island, Kauto Riko and Ontopoftheworld also enter calculations in an open contest.

Elixir Du Gouet
Shear Rock
Vendor

Previous Winners

2017

Ubaltique

Weight: 10-11 |Age: 9

J: W T Kennedy | T: D McCain Jnr

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,747.002nd: £2,862.003rd: £1,431.004th: £716.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00