16:10 Cheltenham

Saturday 26 January 2019

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:10

Steel Plate And Sections Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 10.70s

1^st

Benny's Bridge

610-0

8/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Raced keenly, held up well in rear, some headway 2 out but still plenty to do, closing in 4th going well last, switched left flat, soon led, readily asserted op 13/2

2^nd

2 ¾

Flash The Steel

710-5

3/1f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in mid-division, headway 3 out, pushed along in 3rd before not fluent last, went 2nd flat, not pace of winner op 7/2

3^rd

2 ½

Flashing Glance

610-7

9/2

T: T LaceyJ: R Johnson

Tracked leader, not fluent 2nd, hit 4th, led when mistake 3 out, headed before not fluent last, stayed on same pace op 7/1

4^th

Champagne City

611-0

10/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke

Tracked leaders, left 2nd 3 out, led before last, headed flat, no extra towards finish tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1

5^th

Storm Home

710-12

25/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T Scudamore

Held up towards rear, some headway 2 out, soon weakened op 20/1

6^th

Nelson's Touch

610-5

9/1

T: J W MullinsJ: T J O'Brien

Mid-division, headway 5th, hampered 3 out, weakened after 2 out op 7/1

7^th

4 ½

John Constable

811-0

50/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Conor Ring

Held up in rear, hampered 3 out, soon weakened

8^th

Equus Amadeus

611-3

8/1

T: T LaceyJ: Aidan Coleman

Chased leaders, outpaced after 2 out, soon weakened tchd 15/2

9^th

1 ¾

Chti Balko

711-12

25/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Mid-division on inside, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened

10^th

Demopolis

510-10

33/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: B J Geraghty

Held up, mistake 4th, hampered 5th, weakened after 3 out

Also Ran

Our Merlin

710-7

9/1

T: R WalfordJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Led, headed when fell 3 out tchd 8/1

Maquisard

710-2

7/1

T: C GordonJ: Harry Reed (3)

Chased leaders, fell 5th op 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.00Pl:£2.50, £1.70, £1.90EX:£35.50Trifecta:£326.70Tricast:£125.32SF:£32.17Swingers:£6.90, £7.50, £3.40

Forecasts

Flash The Steel (3/1), Flashing Glance (9/2), Maquisard (7/1), Benny's Bridge (8/1), Equus Amadeus (8/1), Nelson's Touch (9/1), Our Merlin (9/1), Champagne City (10/1), Storm Home (25/1), Chti Balko (25/1), Demopolis (33/1), John Constable (50/1)

CHAMPAGNE CITY is expected to come on for a solid come back effort last time and he will be better suited to the likely decent ground than several of these. Maquisard would appear to still be on a workable handicap mark while Nelson's Touch has been running well in defeat of late.

Champagne City
Maquisard
Nelson's Touch

Previous Winners

2018

Remiluc

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 9

J: Harry Reed | T: C Gordon

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £17,022.002nd: £5,054.003rd: £2,527.004th: £1,260.005th: £632.006th: £319.007th: £160.008th: £77.00