15:00 Ascot

Saturday 19 January 2019

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

bet365 Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 5m 14.70s

1^st

Cyrname

711-10

10/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Led after 1st, made rest, clear after 4th, kept on strongly, unchallenged op 9/2

2^nd

Doitforthevillage

1011-0

12/1

T: P HendersonJ: P J Brennan

Held up in rear, steady headway 13th, 3rd before 2 out, went remote 2nd close home, never near winner op 12/1

3^rd

Happy Diva

811-2

8/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: R Patrick (3)

Tracked leaders on inside, remote 2nd soon after 3 out, never near winner, lost 2nd close home op 8/1

4^th

Mister Whitaker

711-12

8/1

T: M R ChannonJ: J J Burke

Tracked leaders, hit 8th, slightly outpaced in 5th place after 11th, plugged on in 4th from 3 out op 6/1

5^th

Flying Angel

811-5

20/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Thomas Bellamy

Slight lead until after 1st, chased winner until 3rd, chased leading pair until 10th, weakened after next op 16/1

6^th

Mr Medic

811-3

7/1

T: R WalfordJ: James Best

Tracked leaders, weakened and mistake 3 out

7^th

Benatar

711-9

7/2f

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd at 3rd, never near winner, hit 9th and 12th, went left and lost remote 2nd 3 out, weakened before next

8^th

Quite By Chance

1010-9

25/1

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

Raced wide, always towards rear, behind 9th, tailed off op 16/1

9^th

Get On The Yager

910-10

20/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Chased leaders on outside, weakened 9th, soon lost touch, tailed off op 40/1

10^th

San Benedeto

811-10

14/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Lorcan Williams (5)

Held up in last pair, some headway 12th, weakened 4 out

Also Ran

N/A

Jerrysback

711-8

6/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: 2nd Preference

NonRunner

N/A

Belami Des Pictons

811-6

8/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

NonRunner

N/A

Divine Spear

810-13

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£2.00, £3.50, £2.20EX:£51.80Trifecta:£383.20Tricast:£378.93SF:£55.19Swingers:£12.40, £7.20, £18.50

Forecasts

Benatar (7/2), Jerrysback (6/1), Mr Medic (7/1), Happy Diva (8/1), Mister Whitaker (8/1), Belami Des Pictons (8/1), Cyrname (10/1), Doitforthevillage (12/1), Divine Spear (12/1), San Benedeto (14/1), Flying Angel (20/1), Get On The Yager (20/1), Quite By Chance (25/1)

A really tricky contest this but smart novices from last year BENATAR and Cyrname are both high on the list with the former, a C&D Grade Two winner last season preferred to the Paul Nicholls trained second season chaser who had similarly smart form last season. Ultra-consistent mare Happy Diva has never been out of the first three over fences apart from when she was brought down so will be hard to keep out of the frame again.

Benatar
Cyrname
Happy Diva

Previous Winners

2018

Acting Lass

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 7

J: N D Fehily | T: H Fry

7/4

Prize Money

1st: £46,920.002nd: £13,860.003rd: £6,930.004th: £3,465.005th: £1,732.006th: £870.00