14:30 Haydock

Sunday 30 December 2018

All12:2012:5513:2514:0014:3015:0515:35

Happy Birthday Vernon Phillips Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 5m 52.70s

1^st

Tomkevi

711-8

20/1

T: R MenziesJ: Aaron Anderson (7)

Held up in rear, slow 4th, headway 3 out, chased leaders next, every chance last, led flat, ran on op 14/1 tchd 12/1

2^nd

Hastrubal

811-0

7/2

T: H D DalyJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders, outpaced 3 out, stayed on under pressure into 2nd towards finish tchd 4/1

3^rd

Ballyhome

711-2

4/1

T: F O'BrienJ: C Brace (7)

Held up, headway 5 out, led before 2 out, headed after last, weakened close home op 6/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 13/2

4^th

Ice Cool Champs

712-3

9/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led until approaching 4th, remained prominent, led after 6th, mistake 4 out, headed before next, rallied 2 out, stayed on same pace approaching last op 4/1 tchd 5/1

5^th

Volcano

411-7

5/2f

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

Held up in rear, driven and headway before 3 out, chased leaders next, kept on approaching last op 11/4 tchd 9/4

6^th

Dan Emmett

811-5

50/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Benjamin Poste

Prominent, jumped right in places, led approaching 4th, headed after 6th, weakened 4 out tchd 66/1

7^th

Kalaharry

610-6

8/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Callum Bewley

Chased leaders, hit 7th, effort 2 out, weakened before last op 10/1

8^th

Quids In

511-1

10/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leader, lost place after 4 out, tailed off op 9/1 tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

Too Many Chiefs¹²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Mrs S A Watt J: Ross Chapman

Smooth Stepper²⁶

Weight: 12-4| Age: 9

T: A M Hales J: Mr B Brackenbury

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£24.20Pl:£4.20, £1.40, £1.50EX:£121.30Trifecta:£859.30Tricast:£347.18SF:£91.41Swingers:£7.40, £12.00, £2.80

Forecasts

Volcano (5/2), Hastrubal (7/2), Ballyhome (4/1), Ice Cool Champs (9/2), Too Many Chiefs (6/1), Kalaharry (8/1), Quids In (10/1), Smooth Stepper (16/1), Tomkevi (20/1), Dan Emmett (50/1)

VOLCANO was second last time when stepped up in trip for his first handicap and he looks the sort to stay on the right side of over this sort of distance so he is taken to go one better. Also looking likely to be suited by this trip is fellow unexposed sort Hastrubal for Henry Daly. Too Many Chiefs won last time out and his stamina will come into play in these conditions.

Volcano
Hastrubal
Too Many Chiefs

Previous Winners

2017

Top Ville Ben

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: A Nicol | T: P A Kirby

13/2

Prize Money

1st: £9,747.002nd: £2,862.003rd: £1,431.004th: £716.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00