17:55 Leicester

Friday 5 April 2019

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Simon De Montfort Handicap

Off time: 17:55 | Winning time: 1m 46.28s

1^st

(10)

Ventura Gold

49-6

25/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Sean Davis (5)

Chased leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, stayed on well op 18/1

2^nd

(9)

Elixsoft

49-2

3/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: B A Curtis

Behind, outpaced over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on into 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner op 11/4

3^rd

1 ¾

(7)

Sir Roderic

69-7

11/1

T: B R MillmanJ: Daniel Muscutt

Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, no extra closing stages op 10/1

4^th

(5)

Dashing Poet

59-2

9/4f

T: H MainJ: David Egan

In touch, keen, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on into 4th closing stages op 10/3

5^th

(6)

Oud Metha Bridge

59-4

7/1

T: Miss J FeildenJ: Shelley Birkett

Tracked leader, led over 2f out, weakened over 1f out tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

6^th

1 ¾

(1)

Ghazan

49-2

12/1

T: K FrostJ: C Lee

Chased leaders, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened final furlong op 15/2

7^th

2 ¼

(3)

Art Echo

69-7

25/1

T: J MackieJ: A Mullen

Held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous tchd 28/1

8^th

(4)

Cheerfilly

59-7

4/1

T: A WatsonJ: Hollie Doyle

Driven forward and soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 9/2 tchd 3/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

Angel Palanas³⁷

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: K R Burke J: Jonathan Fisher

(8)

Regular Income²⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: A West J: Charlie Bennett

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£31.60Pl:£5.80, £1.20, £2.00EX:£99.80Trifecta:£1,141.50Tricast:£716.48SF:£95.11Swingers:£8.40, £7.20, £5.90

Forecasts

Dashing Poet (9/4), Elixsoft (3/1), Cheerfilly (4/1), Angel Palanas (6/1), Oud Metha Bridge (7/1), Sir Roderic (11/1), Ghazan (12/1), Regular Income (12/1), Ventura Gold (25/1), Art Echo (25/1)

A tough finale. Both Elixsoft (Newcastle) and Angel Palanas (Southwell) are AW specialists seeking to exploit more lenient handicap marks on turf, with the former making considerably more appeal. Regular Income would probably appreciate a drop of rain, albeit couldn't be totally discounted should that not arrive. However, the pair of most interest are the Leicester regular Cheerfilly who should benefit for her recent comeback run at Lingfield (sports blinkers) and the Heather Main-trained DASHING POET. The selection is an in-form mare who is perfectly capable on turf, and will almost certainly appreciate the stiff uphill Leicester finish.

Dashing Poet
Cheerfilly
Elixsoft

Prize Money

1st: £3,752.002nd: £1,116.003rd: £558.004th: £300.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00